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HTML

<select name="zoom_cat[]" style="margin-left:15px;">
    <option value=""  selected="selected">Nothing</option>
  <option value="-1">All</option>
  <option value="0">News</option>
  <option value="1">Publications</option>
  <option value="2">Services</option>
  <option value="3">Industries</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$(function(){
  $('select[name="zoom_cat[]"] option[value="-1"]').attr('selected', 'selected');
});