(Nov. 23, 2008) -- Bob Allen already had a lot to be thankful for but a phone call he received three months ago not only changed his life but augmented his fortunes that much more: It was from the daughter he hadn’t seen in 32 years.

(Nov. 23, 2008) -- For several years, her father, Glenn, the fire inspector at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, has brought Stephanie to the annual Parris Island Rod and Gun Club turkey shoot. For the past three years, Glenn Guidroz has bought out the club's range for one round so his daughter can shoot several rounds and win a turkey.

(Nov. 23, 2008) -- Richard Jacobson opened his bedroom door Wednesday morning — and found a nightmare in the hall. Two masked men were there with handguns. One grazed his head with a bullet; another doused his screaming girlfriend with gasoline in her bed. They terrorized his daughter. Jacobson doesn't consider himself a hero. Yet somehow, the 140-pound father — clad in his pajamas and soaked with gas — fought off the two taller, heavier attackers. "When they went for my daughter," said Jacobson, "I went ballistic."

(Nov. 23, 2008) -- After their sport utility vehicle was hit by one train, smashing the front end and jamming the doors shut, a 38-year-old-man grabbed his daughters as second freight train bore down on them. Later Peter Salerno would credit divine inspiration for his reaction. All three escaped with scrapes and bruises.  "I just credit God Almighty himself with telling me to grab the girls," Peter Salerno said. "After the second train hit, I looked back at where Sydney was sitting and it was just gone."

(Nov. 22, 2008) -- Richard Wann and his daughter, Ginger, know what it takes to lose weight and get in shape. And for the most part, the father-daughter duo - one of five pairs of readers we're following in their quests to get fit in 2008 - have the exercise part of the "exercise more, eat less" formula down pat.

(Oct. 22, 2008) -- Robert Grandt was forced to admit he violated the city's ethics code when he placed copies of his daughter's book on a library display table at Brooklyn Technical High School and recommended it in a newsletter, The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) reported Wednesday.

(Oct. 21, 2008) -- "I have three kids.  The two oldest are boys.  The third, and youngest, is my daughter, Olivia," writes blogger Jeff Sass at DadOMatic.com. "From the moment of birth, boys and girls are different.  At least that"One day in the past year, I am not entirely sure when, I woke up and discovered that my little girl had miraculously turned into a young woman. How did that happen? When did she start speaking to me as a peer and engaging me in normal, LOGICAL conversation? When did she start making so much sense? When did Daddy’s little girl become a young woman?"

(Oct. 21, 2008) -- Samantha Shaw was daddy's girl when she was growing up. She would stay up at night just to help him eat his dinner. She played in his hair and enjoyed going to the beach and other places with him. But suddenly things changed. Shaw became a teenager. Then her dad stopped relating to her the way he used to. "When I turned 13 or so, Daddy and I no longer talked and it really hurt because this was the time when I needed him the most," Shaw relates.

(Oct. 21, 2008) -- With the U.S. ranking an astounding 71st in the world for women’s political participation – comprising only 16 percent of the Senate, 23 percent of state legislatures, and 10 percent of big city mayors – Take our Daughters to the Polls intends to show girls that there is a place for them in politics.

(Oct. 21, 2008) -- For Natasha Ahmed, 19, of Grand Blanc, this was the first time she saw poverty first hand. Sure, she had read about it in textbooks, but never actually seen it up close and personal like this.  Ahmed's father, Dr. Syed Ahmed, a cardiologist at Cardiology Institute of Michigan in Mundy Township, went along for the trip as the group's medical professional.

(Oct. 21, 2008) -- "My Little Girl," to be published Tuesday by Thomas Nelson, tells the story of a father — in a dark cowboy hat, of course — who spends a fun day with his little girl Katie doing ... nothing in particular. McGraw said he's found that his daughters like coming along while he does simple, everyday stuff, like running to the grocery store or stopping by the office.

(Oct. 21, 2008) -- After Rosandra Jackson’s father discovered the boy hiding in a closet, Jackson began to hit her father and, at one point, punched him in the mouth, as he was removing the boy from their home. Once the boyfriend was outside of the home, Jackson also threw a knife at her father, according to officials.

(Oct. 1, 2008) -- McPherson confesses that, as a male, he doesn't connect with his daughter around certain issues. ""I have a hard time handling the over-sensitive nature she has, so I have a hard time adequately helping her with things she gets upset over,"" he admits. Understanding, too, that as a daughter starts to pull away is when she needs you the most is a difficult concept for dads. ""That can be challenging for men,"" notes Warren.

(Oct. 1, 2008) -- The game went great. On the way to the game, my daughter asked me about yelling. Her little sister has been getting into a log of trouble for screaming lately. This is one of those awkward rules where you are really trying to teach the idea of appropriate behavior. While it is in appropriate to run into Mom & Dad's room at 6 AM on Saturday screaming at the top of your lungs, when the Twins are winning and you are at the game and there are runners in scoring position, Daddy has no problem with you yelling.

(Oct. 1, 2008) -- As the parents of a 2-year-old, Darah and Joe Shatswell thought it would be sensible to wait until he returns in July 2009 from his first tour of Afghanistan to expand their family. But Mother Nature had other ideas. Just before the Army specialist was deployed in July, the surprised Shatswells - based in Fort Hood, Texas - learned they were to be the parents of triplets. But the surprise was far from over. When she was 19-weeks pregnant, a specialist told her there was another baby hiding in there. By this time, her husband was in Afghanistan and she had to tell him over the telephone.

(Oct. 1, 2008) -- It's a familiar sight for those who have morning drives in Mesilla. Randy McFerrin on his mountain bike with his six-year-old daughter, Claire, riding ahead on her pink Princess bicycle. Mesilla Elementary participates in Walk and Roll, a program to encourage students to walk and ride bicycles to school to stay healthy.

(Sept. 30, 2008) -- According to police, 52-year-old David Meyers broke into a home early Sunday morning and entered the bedroom of a 17-year-old girl. He was carrying condoms, a rope and a knife, wearing nothing but a mask and a pair of latex gloves. She was screaming as her father ran into the bedroom and fought off the attacker, who turned out to be a convicted sex offender living nearby.

(Sept. 22, 2008) -- “When she’s in your company, your daughter tries harder to excel. When you teach her, she learns more rapidly. When you guide her, she gains confidence. If you fully understood just how profoundly you can influence your daughter’s life, you would be terrified, overwhelmed, or both.”

(Sept. 22, 2008) -- Five-year-old Miriana and her classmates were in the middle of reading time when her father slipped into the classroom today. She was startled to see him, then embraced her father and introduced him to her classmates.

(Sept. 22, 2008) -- Richard Patino, 51, and Andrea Patino, 22, were arrested on suspicion of cultivating marijuana charges after agents from the Merced Multi Agency Narcotic Task Force found 11 mature marijuana plants growing in the backyard of a home at 2701 Coronado St.