You can have announcements on your site too, just create a post as usually and at the Announcement Options select a start and end date and the announcement will show up on your site (if more they will be ordered by StartDate) and when EndDate is reached they will automatically dissapear from your site.
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Announcement
Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:42:13 BST by admin, 37112 views