“Holidays” on The Daily Caller

NEW YORK (AP) — After two frugal holiday seasons, many small business owners are planning, well, another frugal holiday season. (more)

JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israel moved its clocks back early Sunday in preparation for the holy fast day of Yom Kippur, people in this high-decibel society found something new to disagree about: the time of day. (more)

YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Tropical storm Earl’s worst damage in New England has been to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — From Cleveland to Chicago, South Florida to the New York area, it was a mostly quiet Fourth of July in the NBA. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling the Declaration of Independence more than words on an aging parchment, President Barack Obama marked the Fourth of July on Sunday by urging Americans to live the principles that founded the nation as well as celebrate them. (more)

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The fireworks display in the city of Durango will go on thanks to embattled oil giant BP. (more)

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that the meaning of Memorial Day is found in the story of ordinary Americans who become extraordinary for one simple reason: love of country. (more)

In an effort to help strapped school districts save money, the House on Monday approved a bill that would let local school boards set four-day weeks for students. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former pro basketball star Dikembe Mutombo stressed the importance of an education as he was honored Monday with an award for improving lives in his native Congo. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will spend much of Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrating the civil rights leader’s life and legacy. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is joining the lineup for the Kennedy Center’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Retail sales unexpectedly fell in December, leaving 2009 with the biggest yearly drop on record and highlighting the formidable hurdles facing the economy as it struggles to recover from the deepest recession in seven decades. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Some New York City immigrants are becoming U.S. citizens in a ceremony honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (more)

MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) — Officials say they’re canceling Mount Rushmore’s nationally televised July Fourth fireworks show because of wildfire worries. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — A research firm is confirming that stores had a respectable sales gain for the holiday shopping season compared with last year’s steep decline. (more)

CAIRO (AP) — Three suspects in a drive-by shooting that killed six Christians in southern Egypt surrendered to police Friday, while authorities faced mounting pressure to resolve the sectarian dispute in the tense community reeling from a bloody Coptic Christmas Eve attack. (more)

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security and hospital officials say gunmen have killed at least six people in a drive-by shooting outside a church in southern Egypt as worshippers left a midnight Mass for Coptic Christmas. (more)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A central Kentucky autoworker is lucky he held on to the $126 million Powerball ticket he bought on Christmas Eve during some last-minute shopping — after all, it was printed by mistake. (more)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky autoworker says he bought a Powerball lottery ticket worth $126.6 million on Christmas Eve while doing last-minute shopping. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday shoppers bought a little more jewelry, electronics and boots but passed by the women’s clothing racks, according to figures released Wednesday. (more)