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Scouts Train to Fight Terrorists, and More

May. 14, 2009
An affiliate of the Boy Scouts of America is training young people to confront terrorism and border security.
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Boy Scouts honor 101-year-old member

DETROIT, April 25 (UPI) -- The oldest member of the Boy Scouts of America says he's lived to be 101 by eating well, getting plenty of rest and working with Scouts in Michigan.

U.K. scoutmasters prepared to give condoms

LONDON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The head of Britain's Boy Scouts says handing out condoms is part of the duty of troop leaders to promote safe relationships.

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OMAHA, June 13 (UPI) -- Four teenage Boy Scouts who were killed when a tornado hit an outdoor camp near Omaha, Neb., were recognized for their passion for scouting and leadership.

Philly Boy Scouts lose meeting hall

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Philadelphia, the birthplace of the Boy Scouts, will be evicting the organization from the Scouts' city-owned meeting hall over a gay-rights fight.

Gay ban may cost Philadelphia Boy Scouts

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- The rent the Boy Scouts pay for their Philadelphia headquarters may increase from $1 a year to $200,000 because of the group's ban on gays.

Scouts from Beirut kept out of Sweden

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 11 (UPI) -- The Swedish Embassy in Damascus has denied visa applications to a group of Boy Scouts from northern Beirut who wanted to attend a jamboree in Sweden.

Boy Scouts add to 'buddy system'

FORT A.P. HILL, Va., July 31 (UPI) -- The Boy Scouts of America have combined their traditional "buddy system" with an electronic tracking device to ensure special needs Scouts don't get lost.

Scout official faces pornography charge

DALLAS, March 29 (UPI) -- A retired national official of the Boy Scouts of America has been indicted in Texas for receiving and distributing child pornography. Douglas Sovereign Smith Jr. is charged in a federal indictment with trading several computer images "of minors engaging i

Scouts' Army-base jamboree to go on

FORT A.P. HILL, Va., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A court settlement forcing military bases to withhold support from the Boy Scouts of America won't disrupt next summer's Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill Army base.

Court lets anti-Scouts ruling stand

WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday let stand a lower-court ruling allowing Connecticut to drop the Boy Scouts from a charities list because of its anti-gay bias.
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler