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"Keep the Peace," rally in Ogden on Friday, May 18, 2012.

Nicholas Draney, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, May 18, 2012 - 3:37pm

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Weber commission chambers designated as gathering site for rally in support of Matthew David Stewart

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 12:43pm

OGDEN — The Board of County Commissioners of Weber County set the Commission Chambers as a designated protest area during its weekly Tuesday morning meeting.

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Matthew David Stewart looks into the gallery Monday during his 2nd District Court appearance in Ogden. He is accused of shooting at police officers during the Jan. 4 serving of a search warrant at his Ogden home, killing one and injuring five others. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Stewart's sister-in-law: Schwarzenegger fan fond of holistic healing, massage

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 2:02pm

OGDEN — The sister-in-law of Matthew David Stewart went to bat for the accused cop-killer following a hearing Monday in 2nd District Court.

Stewart is charged with aggravated murder and seven counts of attempted aggravated murder in connection with a Jan. 4 shootout with police attempting to serve a drug search warrant at his Ogden home.

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OUTreach program to stage rally against bullying, suicide

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 27, 2012 - 6:02pm

OGDEN -- Ogden OUTreach, a program for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered teens, is hosting a community rally: "A Community Stands up -- Northern Utah Addresses LGBT Bullying and Suicide" to fight the continuing number of teen suicides, especially among gay teens.

The rally will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the Ogden Amphitheater, 343 25th St., Ogden.

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Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, left, family attorney Benjamin Crump, center, and Rev. Jesse Jackson demand justice for Martin during a rally in Miami Sunday, April 1, 2012. The rally comes a day after thousands marched through Sanford, the Florida town where Martin, 17, who was fatally shot in February by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Thousands gathered at the rally in Klipsch Amphitheater in Bayfront Park to call for justice for Trayvon Martin, including Jackson, Chaka Khan, Al Sharpton, Martin's parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, and other local officials. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Carl Juste)

More than 1,000 rally to demand action in Trayvon Martin's death

David Ovalle, Diana Moskovitz The Miami Herald

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 10:06am

MIAMI -- As more than 1,000 people flocked to Miami's Bayfront Park Sunday under a blazing sun, Trayvon Martin's hometown rolled out the most elaborate and spirited rally yet calling for justice for the slain teenager.

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Utah college students rally for more money

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 5:00pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- College students and business leaders are urging legislators to boost higher education funding to help reduce tuition and improve employment opportunities.

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(JACQUELYN MARTIN/The Associated Press) In this photo taken Sept. 14, 2011, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bevington, requirements officer with the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, demonstrates one of the military’s latest voice projection system and instant translation technologies, that can project a human voice a mile away and instantly translate from English to another language, at the Marine Base in Quantico Va.

Protests boost sales and fears of sonic blaster

David Dishneau The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 12, 2011 - 8:46am

QUANTICO, Va. — Police deployment of sonic blasters at Occupy Wall Street and G-20 protest rallies is fueling both sales and criticism of the devices, which emit beams of sound with laser-like intensity.

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(BEN MARGOT/The Associated Press) University of California at Berkeley students participate in a ‘teach-in’ near Sather Gate Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in Berkeley, Calif. Dozens of people were arrested during Occupy demonstrations at the University of California, Berkeley campus, as authorities twice clashed with protesters trying to set up encampments. The bulk of the arrests came Wednesday night, as authorities in riot gear confronted demonstrators. The clashes were the latest friction as authorities in cities around the U.S. try to figure out how to deal with the anti-Wall Street protesters who have been camping out since mid-September.

Occupy activists to converge on UC Berkeley campus

Terence Chea The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 8:22am

SAN FRANCISCO — Anti-Wall Street activists intend to converge at the University of California, Berkeley for a day of protests and another attempt to set up an Occupy Cal camp, less than a week after police arrested dozens of demonstrators who tried to set up tents on campus.

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During an Occupy Ogden rally, former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson talks to the crowd gathered in front of the Ogden Municipal Building about the financial state of the country. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Protesters Occupy Ogden

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, November 6, 2011 - 7:44am

OGDEN -- Freezing temperatures greeted the Occupy Wall Street movement's Ogden debut Saturday morning as about 40 protesters gathered at the front steps of the Ogden Municipal Building.

The nationwide movement has burgeoned in recent weeks to assail, peacefully, the excesses and failures of the nation's biggest banks since 2008 that have fueled the current economic downturn.

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Unitarians, others to rally in Ogden Saturday

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 4, 2011 - 1:05pm

OGDEN -- Today is a day members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden are using to promote change.

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(K.M. CHAUDARY/The Associated Press) Pakistani cricketer turned politician and head of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf or Movement for Justice Party Imran Khan waves to his supporters during a rally in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. Khan railed against the government and its alliance with the U.S. before an energized crowd of over 100,000 flag-waving supporters Sunday, establishing himself as a force to be reckoned with in Pakistani politics.

Anti-US Pakistani cricketer rallies 100,000 people

Asif Shahzad, Sebastian Abbot The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 4:30pm

ISLAMABAD — Cricket legend and opposition politician Imran Khan railed against the government and its alliance with the U.S. before more than 100,000 flag-waving supporters Sunday, establishing himself as a force in Pakistani politics.

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California gun-law rally draws little firepower

John King San Francisco Chronicle

Last updated Monday, October 24, 2011 - 5:27pm

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. -- A small group of people carrying big guns gathered Saturday in this Bay Area suburb for an event blending political theater, self-promotion and freshly brewed concerns about constitutional rights.

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(GENEVIEVE ROSS/The Associated Press) Protesters gather at the Hennepin County Government Plaza in Minneapolis. The demonstration is in support of the protests that began on Wall Street last month. As the protests have expanded and gained support from new sources, what began three weeks ago as a group of mostly young people camping out on the streets has morphed into something different: an umbrella movement for people of varying ages, life situations and grievances, some of them first-time protesters.

Protesters want world to know they’re just like us

Jocelyn Noveck The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 8, 2011 - 5:23pm

NEW YORK — As other protesters chanted vigorously around her, Nancy Pi-Sunyer stood off to the side at the Occupy Wall Street rally, clutching her sign, looking a little like a new teacher on the first day of school.

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President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, en route to Minnesota to begin a three-day economic bus tour in the Midwest. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama ditching DC to mingle with voters

Erica Werner The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 15, 2011 - 9:48am

WASHINGTON — Over the next few days the country will get a glimpse of a President Barack Obama rarely seen in recent months — the one who engages with voters, not lawmakers, and kicks back in Midwestern diners, not just the Oval Office.

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