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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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Photo courtesy of Mark London
Callie London poses in front of a muscle car that she will be riding in at the Targa Tooele Road Rally on Aug. 27-28. Callie, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, was chosen as the Top of Utah poster child.

Seeking a cure for cyctic fibrosis

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 10:02pm

FARMINGTON -- Callie London always has the same request when she makes a wish.

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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) (From left) Stephanie Houtz, Sandra Abbott, Sarah DellaCerra and Jessica Namovicz of James Madison Elementary School rally with Ogden School District teachers, who were given a July 20 contract ultimatum to sign or lose their jobs, at Liberty Park in Ogden on Thursday. Teachers then marched to the district offices with their contracts, which state raises based on experience would eventually be replaced with raises based on merit, to the district offices.

Ogden teachers rally over contract ultimatum

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 11:03pm

OGDEN — Traffic parted and a red sea of protesters flowed toward the Ogden School District offices.

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Ogden teachers set rally over contract

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, July 9, 2011 - 10:51pm

OGDEN -- A group of Ogden School District teachers, forced by the district to sign new contracts by July 20 or to lose their jobs, plans a protest rally on Thursday.

Teachers, told to wear red as a sign of solidarity, will meet at 10 a.m. at Liberty Park, 21st Street and Monroe Avenue.

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(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner) On Thursday at the Ogden School District offices in Ogden, Utah Education Association President Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh cheers with teachers and parents gathered for a rally to protest the Ogden School Board’s refusal of terms requested in teacher negotiations.

Ogden district teachers rally, want signed C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 11:39pm

OGDEN -- With some parental support during a rally at the Ogden School District's offices Thursday afternoon, 200 to 300 teachers showed their unhappiness at teaching a full school year with no signed contract.

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No parade permit for Utah global warming activists

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 3:36pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah federal judge has refused to direct a state transportation agency to issue a parade permit to a global warming activist group.

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