The explosion of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Plaxo has created an expansion of personal information being uploaded to the Internet. What some users might not know is that potential employers are using these sites before making hiring decisions. This is certainly encroaching on privacy and should not be done. Still, it is happening.

A former U employee is charged with stealing more than $123,000 in cash and goods from the U's theater department during the past three years.

U scientists contributed to a large international research collaboration to work toward identifying the cause of autism.

The injectable H1N1 virus vaccines arrived in Utah last week, but there's a disparity between the University Hospital and U students' reactions to protecting themselves.

Amanda Mergaert led the Utah cross-country team to a No. 13 finish among 37 teams at the Chile Pepper Invitational on Saturday.

Men's tennis hosted the Utah Invitational Thursday through Saturday at the Liberty Park Tennis Center, and women's tennis competed in the ITA Mountain Region Championships in Las Vegas from Wednesday to Sunday.

The women's soccer team (7-8-2, 2-2-1 MWC) fell to New Mexico (11-3-2, 3-2-0) by a score of 1-0 Saturday night at Ute Field.

The Colorado State Rams swept the Utes (25-14, 25-13, 25-15), despite U setter Abby Simmons earning her fourth career double-double.

The Utes came away with a 35-15 victory over the Rebels, but struggled to keep their momentum in the second half.

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