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NEWS ABOUT: Boy Scouts of America

Boy Scouts of America stories: 8 news summaries

School Suspends 1st-Grader for Cub Scout Eating Utensils

Zero-tolerance weapons policies sometimes ridiculous, say critics

Oct 12, 09 1:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A first grader was suspended for 45 days from school for bringing a Cub Scout combined knife-fork-spoon utensil to class, triggering an uproar among parents. Zachary Christie, 6, was booted because his Newark school has a zero-tolerance policy on knives. Horrifying episodes like the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings have... More »

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Virginia Tech • discrimination • weapon • elementary school • Columbine school massacre • knife • Boy Scouts of America • policy

 Boy Scouts Train to Fight Terror, Patrol Borders
 

Program trains kids in terror threats, border protection

May 14, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Think of it as Extreme Boy Scouting: the co-ed Explorers program has trained kids across the country in law enforcement techniques for decades. But lately “our emphasis is on terrorism, illegal entry, drugs, and human smuggling,” says a Border Patrol agent of the program. That means charging around... More »

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FBI • counterterrorism • Border Patrol • training • police department • Boy Scouts of America • Explorers

INVESTIGATION

Boy Scout Bosses Sell Wildlands to Developers

'Conservation-minded' group slammed for cashing in on green spaces

Jan 31, 09 1:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The Boy Scouts of America has made tens of millions of dollars over the past two decades by selling campgrounds and valuable wildlands across the country to developers, a Seattle Post-Intelligencer investigation reports. The organization—which boasts a "conservation-minded" Outdoor Code—has often exclusively sought deals with developers, sometimes... More »

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conservation • nonprofit • land conservation • Boy Scouts of America

Even As Neb. Honors Fallen Scouts, Floods Pound Iowa

Hospital evacuated in downtown Cedar Rapids, where 100 blocks are submerged

Jun 13, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - “We have to make sure people remember," said a 13-year-old who pulled a dead fellow Boy Scout out of the rubble left by Wednesday's fatal tornado. Last night's vigil in Omaha, Neb., was among several for the four teens killed in the Iowa maelstrom; “This is probably... More »

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Iowa • Nebraska • flooding • Missouri • Mississippi River • disaster • Boy Scouts of America

updated

Iowa Tornado Kills 4
at Boy Scout Camp

At least 40 others are injured

Jun 11, 08 9:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four people were killed and at least 40 others were injured when a tornado struck a Boy Scout camp in western Iowa, the Des Moines Register reports. A Scout spokesman said about 100 youths ages 14 to 18 were at the camp along with adult supervisors, but it wasn't immediately... More »

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Iowa • tornado • storm • Boy Scouts of America

 Scouts Dig In
 for Philly Fight
 Over Gays 

Battling city over eviction for barring gays

May 28, 08 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Philadelphia chapter of the Boy Scouts of America is locked in a legal battle with the city over the group's refusal to enroll gays. Philadelphia gave the Scouts an ultimatum to quit their historic city-owned headquarters—or pay a new fair-market annual rent of $200,000. The Scouts have... More »

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Philadelphia • civil rights • US Supreme Court • United Way • gays • Boy Scouts of America • atheists • Cradle of Liberty • Shelley R. Smith

Philly Boots Scouts Over Gays

City won't give anti-homosexual group $1 lease on city property

Dec 6, 07 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Philadelphia will evict the Boy Scouts from a municipal building known as the group’s birthplace, citing its exclusion of gay members, the New York Times reports. The city requires renters to put nondiscriminatory language into leases; the BSA has fought the stipulation at the building where it's held the... More »

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gay rights • Philadelphia • eviction • US Supreme Court • Boy Scouts of America

Boy Scouts
Reach Out to Latinos

Soccer, Spanish lighting the spark for a new class of scouts

Aug 13, 07 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - With enrollment down almost 10% in the last 10 years, the Boy Scouts are reaching out to Latinos to fill their ranks. Handbooks, advertisements and bumper stickers are now available in Spanish, and the “be prepared” group has even had permission from ministers to recruit in Hispanic churches, the... More »

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soccer • Americans • Latinos • diversity • Soccer and Scouting • Hispanic • Boy Scouts of America

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