“Occasions” on The Daily Caller

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)

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Bristol Palin said she didn’t think twice before waltzing into “Dancing with the Stars,” though she’s barely danced in her life. (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)

CLEVELAND (AP) — Dread of the unknown hung in the air as Lynn France typed two words into the search box on Facebook: the name of the woman with whom she believed her husband was having an affair. (more)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says daughter Chelsea’s approaching wedding is making nervous wrecks of both parents. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a match made in Oscar heaven: Penelope Cruz (krooz) and Javier Bardem (HAH’-vee-ayr bar-DEHM’) have gotten married. (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)

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stoked by advancing legalization efforts, pot smokers across the country lit up in public parks, outside statehouses and in the posh confines of a Hummer parked outside a pot gardening superstore to observe the movement’s annual high holiday. (more)

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As 400 Tea Party activists rallied outside the Idaho Capitol on Monday to shout down federal government, more than a dozen lawmakers have quietly formed a smaller but equally conservative new group inside the building to pursue similar goals: promote gun rights, kill health care reform, maybe even abolish the Federal Reserve. (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)

BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama embarked on a rescue mission Sunday in Massachusetts, hoping his political clout, though diminished, would save an endangered Democratic U.S. Senate candidate as well as the critical 60th vote needed for his health care plan and most of the rest of his agenda. (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) — Construction is finally under way on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall after 13 years of planning, fundraising and legal wrangling. (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)

DENVER (AP) — Denver Nuggets All-Star Carmelo Anthony and actress LaLa Vazquez plan to wed this summer. (more)