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Boy Scouts of America set to vote on gay youth ban

By Marice Richter GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America will vote on Thursday on a proposal to remove its ban on openly gay scouts that has been in place throughout the organization's 103-year history. The vote by more than 1,400 delegates comes amid intense lobbying by gay-rights activists and members of conservative organizations. The proposal would not remove the organization's ban on gay adult leaders. Representatives from both sides have rallied in Grapevine, Texas, near Dallas, where the scouting organization is hosting its national annual meeting. ...

Immigration bill gets Senate boost; House effort teetering

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of U.S. immigration reform are hoping that the smooth and drama-free passage of their legislation through a Senate committee - a departure from almost everything that has happened in Congress over the past four years - will boost the likelihood of the bill winning full Senate approval. Even Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee who voted against the immigration bill on Tuesday, told Reuters TV that the "very fair" debate by the panel "does improve its chances. ...

U.S. military lawyers put more pressure on Guantanamo

By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) - Military and civilian lawyers for prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base urged U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to improve conditions for detainees, putting more pressure on the Obama administration to make good its promise to close the camp. The plea from 18 lawyers representing "high-value" prisoners came before a speech by President Barack Obama on Thursday when he will address counterterrorism measures such as drone strikes and closing Guantanamo. ...

‘We aren’t daredevils’: Oklahoma’s storm chasers in the sky

MOORE, Okla.—As a helicopter pilot for Los Angeles’s KCAL-TV, Jim Gardner had flown over deadly mudslides and earthquakes, covered car chases and was shot at by snipers during the L.A. riots. Yet Gardner was best known for giving the world its first glimpse of O.J. Simpson’s infamous white Bronco leading police on a low-speed chase [...]

Police show up at kindergarten graduation after girl’s dad killed in line of duty

Five-year-old Tatum Raetz was cheered on by hundreds of police officers Wednesday at her kindergarten graduation. What was going to be a happy occasion took a heart-breaking, tragic turn when her father, Phoenix Police Officer Daryl Raetz, was struck and killed by a car Sunday during a DUI arrest. The officers were there "in proxy [...]

Pieces of 747 fall on woman’s house and Wal-Mart lot

Pieces of a 747 cargo plane fell onto a woman's house and a Wal-Mart parking lot in Georgia on Sunday afternoon. Federal authorities are investigating why. Homeowner Pamela Ware spoke with WSBTV.com about the experience. "And boom! I was like, 'Huh?' Actually, I hit the floor," Ware told WSBTV.com. "If it had landed in here [...]

10 things Washington (and you) could do to make college more affordable

So you're considering college but don't have the dough. Or maybe you're out of college now and still don't have any dough. You're not alone: In the past 30 years, the cost of a college degree has risen 1,120 percent and the number of people taking out loans to pay for it has skyrocketed. The [...]

Who makes money off your student loans? You might be surprised

Making money off the student loan industry isn’t just for big banks anymore. Thanks to new lending rules and historically low interest rates, the federal government is now getting a sizable piece of the action. Commercial banks like Sallie Mae, a former government agency now the nation’s largest private student loan lender, continue to make [...]

Jury in Jodi Arias trial resumes deliberations

PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix jury deciding whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to life in prison or death has resumed deliberations a day after reaching an impasse and being told to keep trying.

Police say 15-year-old boy arrested in deaths of his brothers, ages 4 and 10

WEST POINT, Utah (AP) — Police say 15-year-old boy arrested in deaths of his brothers, ages 4 and 10.

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U.S. jets scrambled over Korean Air bomb threat

U.S. fighter planes escorted a Korean Air jet carrying 146 passengers and crew to a Canadian military base due to a bomb threat against the flight, officials and the airline said Wednesday.

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U.S. jets scrambled over Korean Air bomb threat