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Western Governors University offers online degrees in nursing

Last updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 9:36pm

LAYTON — Taking care of patients at a long-term care facility 13 years ago sparked a desire in Jamie Pectol to become a nurse, but when she looked into nursing schools, she found a long waiting list.

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Utahns can give where they live during March 22 online fundraising effort

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 9, 2013 - 12:28am

Nonprofits and schools are bracing for the fallout of the federal government’s budget-cutting sequestration.

But here in Utah, the light at the end of the funding tunnel may be something called Love UT Give UT.

That’s an online effort, set for March 22, when everyone in Utah will be asked to give a little that will help accomplish a lot when added all together.

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The Red Rabbit Kitchen and Bar - co-owned by Matt Nurge, left, and John Bays - was the apparent target a local Yelp.com user in Sacramento, California. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./Sacramento Bee/MCT)

Restaurants say online reviewers exploit their power

Timothy Sandoval The Sacramento Bee

Last updated Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 9:34am

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Restaurant owner Sonny Mayugba was given an offer he almost could not refuse this month.

Not by a local gangster, but by a user of a popular online review site, Yelp.com.

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Reagan's blood being auctioned off online

Steve Chawkins Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 3:29pm

VENTURA, Calif. -- A British online auction house is offering a glass vial that it says held blood samples taken from President Ronald Reagan after his attempted assassination in 1981.

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UTC names Ogden businessman CEO of the Year

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 20, 2012 - 8:35pm

OGDEN — Jerry Ropelato, chief executive officer of TechMediaNetwork, was named the CEO of the Year at the Utah Technology Council’s annual members’ meeting.

Ropelato’s award is the result of voting by the UTC Executive Committee, comprising Utah’s leading technology industry representatives.

Ropelato founded TechMediaNetwork (originally TopTenREVIEWS, Inc.) in 2003 and serves as chief executive officer. The company has grown to 16 web properties that deliver technology news and reviews featuring such flagship sites as LAPTOP, SPACE.com, TopTenREVIEWS and TechNewsDaily.

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An English pointer named Chip waits for some attention during a pet adoption event Saturday in Layton. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Davis officials lapping up numerous pet adoptions

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 8:00am

FRUIT HEIGHTS — More face time for Davis County animal shelter dogs and cats, both in the community and online, has pet adoptions moving faster than a greyhound.

And Davis County Animal Care and Control officials are lapping it up.

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Utah bounty hunter ignites gun-owner debate over Trayvon Martin shooting

Henry Pierson Curtis The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 7:02am

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the roiling national debate over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, one group has been conspicuously quiet: gun owners.

The National Rifle Association has not issued a statement, despite growing criticism of its part in advocating for legislation such as Florida’s "stand your ground" law — which has come under increasing fire in the wake of the unarmed teen’s shooting by Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman.

But online, proponents of carrying concealed weapons are participating in forums that reflect their concerns over the touchy subjects of race, gun laws and the need for facts in the most controversial shooting in recent memory.

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Online attacks have become a local campaign staple

Jean Meri Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 9:19am

LOS ANGELES -- Even some of Richard Alarcon's campaign supporters had to concede that the website slamming the politician was cleverly done.

The site had an interactive Monopoly-style board game that drew attention to the legal troubles of the Los Angeles city councilman, who is running for state Assembly this year.

A click on the video brings up a commentary about a grand jury's 18-count felony indictment against Alarcon and his wife, stemming from the district attorney's allegations that they lied about where they lived and voted fraudulently. It does not mention that the couple have pleaded not guilty to all counts and have not yet gone to trial.

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(From left) Zaynab Alshakhiss, Weber State University student senator-elect, Nancy Collingwood, director of Student Involvement & Leadership, and Hamad Al Yami, International Student and Scholar Center admissions assistant, pose for a portrait. Alshakhiss has stirred interest in her home country of Saudi Arabia because women there don't usually get to take major leadership roles. She says the media there has been largely supportive of her elected position. (Photo courtesy of Hamad Al Yami)

Saudi woman’s election at WSU stirs interest back home

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 6:10am

OGDEN — When Zaynab Alshakhiss won her bid for the Weber State University student Senate, it didn’t draw much attention in Ogden, but when the news hit in Alshakhiss’ native Saudi Arabia, the media mobilized.

Over spring break, more than a dozen print and online newspapers approached Weber State representatives and Alshakhiss for the story of her groundbreaking win as the international student senator for the 2012-13 year.

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A graphic display of a Facebook network is shown at a Facebook event for marketing professionals, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 in New York. New, potentially lucrative advertising opportunities are coming to Facebook as a prelude to its initial public offering of stock. The idea is to lure big brands with the promise of effective, precisely targeted ads that reach the social network's 845 million users. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Young adults turning away from Facebook

Matt Huston The Philadelphia Inquirer

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 12:40pm

The world's most popular website started in a college dorm room, and for some users it stops there, too.

Though Facebook currently claims a tenth of the world's population in monthly users, many in its original demographic -- young adults -- have attempted, sometimes successfully, to go against the grain. Call it Facebook fatigue, social network sickness, sensory overload: It's not unusual for college-age users to call it quits.

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Meir Strahlberg is CEO of Avalanche which operates many dating online dating sites and is lauhcing Jewscier.com for Jewish singles. He is shown in Miami Beach, Florida, on Februay 7, 2012. (Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald/MCT)

Dating sites focusing more on niche markets

Ina Paiva Cordle The Miami Herald

Last updated Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 11:41am

MIAMI -- Online dating has brought romance to millions of men and women. And now, a new website for Jewish singles, Jewcier.com, operated by Miami Beach-based Avalanche, is geared to help even more people find love through the Internet.

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Comedian's BYU black history video goes viral

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 5:15pm

PROVO -- A YouTube video of a comedian who painted his face black to quiz Brigham Young University students about Black History Month is bringing some unwanted attention to the Mormon-run school.

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Lawyers' online acts could land them in court

Gabrielle Banks Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Last updated Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 2:07pm

To help her colleagues spot and ultimately steer clear of the career pitfalls of social media, chat rooms, message boards and blogs, Pennsylvania attorney Jennifer Ellis has developed a popular online continuing legal education course called, "I'm Begging You -- Please Don't be an Idiot on the Web."

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