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George Zimmerman's defense attorney has established a new website, Facebook and Twitter accounts to provide details about the high-profile, controversial case.

George Zimmerman defense team launches new website, social-media accounts

ORLANDO, Fla. -- George Zimmerman's defense attorney has established a new website, Facebook and Twitter accounts to provide details about the high-profile, controversial case.

FILE - In a Friday, April 20, 2012, file photo, George Zimmerman appears before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester Jr. during a bond hearing in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman's attorney says his client's bail might have been higher if a judge had known about $200,000 raised by a website. Mark O'Mara said on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 that he only learned about the money Wednesday and will inform a judge at a hearing Friday, April 28, 2012. Friday's hearing was initially scheduled to deal with several media organizations, including The Associated Press, asking the judge to unseal documents from Zimmerman's court file.   (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool, File)

Zimmerman website raised $200,000 for his defense

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman’s attorney said his client’s bail might have been set higher if a judge had known about $200,000 raised by a website and that only came to light this week.

Alleged madam seeks to raise bail with website

The family of the woman accused of being a multimillion-dollar madam has taken a page -- web, that is -- from the latest fundraising tool to help defendants find a way through the labyrinth of the criminal justice system.

George Zimmerman

George Zimmerman's fund-raising website taken down

ORLANDO, Fla. -- George Zimmerman's website, used to solicit money for his legal defense, has been taken down.

Website sells 'murderabilia' outraging victims' families

May Martinez sits in her Jacksonville, Fla., living room, staring at the box full of her slain daughter's ashes and wishing she could afford a plane ticket to confront the teenager's killer.

Five miles away, Eric Gein is counting the cash he earns from selling that killer's "murderabilia" -- graphic letters, greeting cards, artwork and, even, her panties.

Doctor's defamation lawsuit tests limits of online criticism

MINNEAPOLIS -- Two years ago, Dennis Laurion logged on to a rate-your-doctor website to vent about a Duluth neurologist, Dr. David McKee.

McKee had examined Laurion's father, Kenneth, when he was hospitalized after a stroke. The family, Laurion wrote, wasn't happy with his bedside manner. "When I mentioned Dr. McKee's name to a friend who is a nurse, she said, 'Dr. McKee is a real tool!' " he wrote.

McKee wasn't amused. He sued Laurion for defamation, and now the case is pending before the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Cities graded on transparency

A national group that reviews the transparency of state and local governments has given Syracuse and North Salt Lake City the highest rating of any Davis County communities for the information it provides on its community websites.

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Nathan Mook runs a lathe during class on Tuesday in the Manufacturing Technology Building at Ogden-
Weber Applied Technology College in Ogden.

OWATC pioneers partnership with big-industry training website

OGDEN -- Eight years ago, instructors at Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College were looking to solve a problem in the machinist program.

"It was the training materials," said instructor Jeff Fowler, who teaches with machinist team member Bret Holmes. "The materials were amazingly outdated. The textbooks available were 30 to 40 years old, and technology changes fast. It was a big concern of mine."

So Fowler went online looking for up-to-date material, and found Tooling U (www.toolingu.com), a site that then provided technical training only for big industry.

Ogden School District website wins transparency award

SALT LAKE CITY -- Six Utah public sector websites are being honored by a national nonprofit that promotes government transparency.

Matthew David Stewart.

Stewart family launches website

OGDEN -- Besides attorneys, Matthew David Stewart now has a website to help him with his murder trial.

Kaysville website helps residents to shop

The city has implemented a new website to encourage residents to shop within city limits.

The site, www.kaysvillebiz.com, provides users with the opportunity to search a database of nearly 1,000 local businesses by category, keyword or business name.

As the site continues to develop, businesses will be able to add coupons, job listings, and news about their business.

Frank Warren

Frank Warren shares millions of secrets with strangers

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Frank Warren has a secret. To date, he has 500 million and counting -- but most of them are not his.

As the founder of PostSecret, Warren receives secrets from around the world sent to his home on anonymous, homemade postcards that he posts online at postsecret.com, some making it onto his blog and many more in bestselling books. Some of his favorites have come on sonograms, a sea shell, a bag of coffee and an In-n-Out Burger bag.

Utah Senate defeats anti-graffiti paraphernalia bill

SALT LAKE CITY -- A bill aimed at making it illegal to possess any instrument, tool or device with the intent of vandalizing an area with graffiti has failed in the Senate.

Salt Lake City Police Department.

Salt Lake City police website hacked, shut down

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Salt Lake City Police Department took its website offline Tuesday after it was hacked by a group protesting a legislative proposal targeting graffiti paraphernalia.

Family website raises $287,000 to cover deceased skier's medical bills

PARK CITY -- A website set up by the family of deceased Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke has now raised more than $287,000 -- which should be enough to cover her medical bills while in a Salt Lake City hospital.

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