Have you tried the two-finger drag? After pulling down the notification shade like normal, if you have a notification there, do a two-finger drag down should expand them. You can do the two finger drag up to shrink them again. I will have to test on my wife's HOX when I get home to confirm that Sense has this, but that is how it works on non-Sense... get it? Nonsense? Ah, nevermind,