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Soap Opera Magazine Announces Nominees for the First Annual Maggie Awards – Fans Will Decide Every Winner
ONTARIO, Canada — Soap Opera Magazine, a leading digital publication covering daytime television, today announced the nominees for the first annual Maggie Awards, a new honors program recognizing outstanding performances and storytelling across all five American daytime dramas. The Maggies celebrate work that aired during the 2025 calendar year, and every winner will be chosen by fan vote. Winners will be announced October 1, 2026….
California Asks Ferret Advocates to Trust ‘Further Consideration’ – History Gives Them Little Reason To
LA MESA, Calif. — In March 2025, LegalizeFerrets.org filed Form FGC-1 with the California Fish and Game Commission – the formal petition, under Government Code §11340.6, asking the state to reconsider its classification of domestic ferrets as restricted wild animals under Title 14, §671. Preparing it properly took considerable effort. The Commission accepted it as Petition 2025-003….
Dark Matter names Salvatore Piccola and Gil Valera to product strategy, professional services leadership roles
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in mortgage technology, today announced it has expanded its leadership team with two experienced executives: Salvatore Piccola as senior vice president of product strategy and Gil Valera as vice president of professional services. The additions strengthen two areas central to Dark Matter’s growth strategy: innovation focused on using AI to improve customer experience, help lenders realize efficiencies, and drive seamless implementation and adoption of its product capabilities….
Ampere Electric Receives Outstanding Advertising Performance Award for Achieving Over $4 Million in New Business
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Southern Nevada’s premier electrical contractor, Ampere Electric, has been honored with the Outstanding Advertising Performance Award by RSVP Las Vegas Advertising using a targeted mailer to the top 30% of homeowners in the Las Vegas Valley. This accolade recognizes the company’s exceptional results in an 18-month advertising campaign that successfully closed over $4 million in new business matched back to the targeted mailer….
A Space Shuttle Has Landed in Minnesota: Soon, You Will Travel to Space Without Ever Leaving the Ground
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Planning is underway for Inspiration Space Port, a year-round family destination that will place Shuttle Inspiration, a full-scale Space Shuttle mock-up, inside a towering 300-foot-wide, 175-foot-tall dome. Wrapped in a spectacular LED exterior, the dome will become a glowing beacon on the Minnesota skyline-a new landmark visible for miles….
FirstClose Chief Revenue Officer John Aslanian named a 2026 HousingWire Vanguard
AUSTIN, Texas — FirstClose™, a leading fintech provider of data and workflow solutions for home equity and mortgage lenders nationwide, announced today that John Aslanian, chief revenue officer, has been named a 2026 HousingWire Vanguard. The award recognizes C-level executives across mortgage, real estate and homebuilding for leadership that has driven measurable impact on their organizations and the broader housing economy over the past year….
Thread sends the Class of ’26 to Hawaii in its first-ever community trip
PROVO, Utah — Thread wrapped a three-month graduation campaign by sending four members of the Class of ’26, along with the people who got them there, on a trip to the Big Island, Hawaii. The campaign, which ran from April 6 through July 2, invited thousands of graduates to enter online and on college campuses for a chance to win. No purchase required. No paid influencers. The entire $19,000 budget went to boxes filled with goodies and the trip itself….
Retired Educator Dave Jones, PsyD Invites Readers to Rediscover the Joy of an Unplanned Day in ‘A Perfect Saturday.., almost’
CHICAGO, Ill. — What does a child do when an entire Saturday stretches out ahead with endless possibilities? In “A Perfect Saturday.., almost” (ISBN: 978-0228802990, released by Tellwell Publishing), author and retired educator Dave Jones, PsyD, takes young readers on a lively journey through one child’s ambitious plans for a bright springtime day and everything that does, and almost does, happen along the way….
HousingWire names Friday Harbor’s Theo Ellis a 2026 Vanguard
SEATTLE, Wash. — Friday Harbor, an AI pre-underwriting platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, today announced that its Founder and CEO Theo Ellis has been honored with HousingWire’s 2026 Vanguard Award….
Dark Matter CEO Vikas Rao named a 2026 HousingWire Vanguard
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in mortgage technology, today announced that Vikas Rao, chief executive officer, has been named a 2026 HousingWire Vanguard. Rao recognized for transforming Dark Matter and opening new ways for lenders to build, integrate and deploy AI….