Question on AutoBlogs - Can my article stay on the home page? I Like my article to stay on the home page and the content pulled to go in the categories. is that possible?
Yep, there are plugins to do this but since wordpress 2.7 or 2.8 (I'm not sure) came out they've added this feature!
use wp robot then you will be able to assign the post to the old days as it allow you to post in the back date as well.
Yes, just make it a static homepage. Go to Settings/Reading You'll have to create the page first before you can select it as your homepage. And create the catergories either before or during posting. And selecting the the correct catergory when making the post, or if it's already been posted you can edit the post.
Sticky posts are the way to go. Just a side note: You need to check whether the WP theme you're using supports it, or it won't work. Most themes developed for WP 2.7 should already have that included.