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The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America passed a resolution permitting openly gay youth the participate in scouting activities on Thursday afternoon at a national meeting in Grapevine, Texas. Passed by a vote of 61% among 1,400 members, the resolution will go into effect in January 2014, and overturns more than century of organizational precedent.
Steering wheels, keyboards, smartphones, menus, faucets, shopping carts--take your pick
Armadillos can carry leprosy, but your pets are so much worse
247 people in the government's secretive database bought guns in 2010
It doesn't look likely that the email "spear-phisher" will face criminal charges
Just in time for another political freakout about higher gas prices
Alabama is the hardest state hit, the mayor of Tuscaloosa says his city is "decimated"
Move comes after a beating in a Baltimore McDonald's for the same thing
With scandal rocking the cops, a shadowy group of "superheroes" has stepped up
Maybe you should walk to the department store
A look back on the doom-and-gloom coverage of higher education
The Justice Department says the documents are stil classified
"We're in a particularly dangerous situation weather-wise"
Vaughn Walker's sexuality was no secret, so why the objection now?
The Daily's Hunter Walker adds up the church's many real estate acquisitions.
On "good jobs," America in Libya, and Robert E. Lee in the American South
Scientology will now use the historic KCET lot to produce their own broadcasts
The Connecticut case over "douche bags" is the latest in a long tradition
The New Republic's Jonathan Chait says legal education is a 'giant bubble'
King & Spalding will not defend the Defense of Marriage Act for House Republicans
The effects of the financial crisis persist when it comes to retirement
On the necessity of hell, the value of copper, and white America's social divide
Doctors have cleared Giffords for her first public appearance since she was shot
After being admonished several times, she grudgingly issued an apology
On learning to budget from Ben Franklin, America's prostitution problem, and memes
Egg prices are low this year, and they're not getting any higher after the holiday
Alabama prosecutors allowed 40 confidential applications to go online
A new poll quantifies the pre-royal wedding media fatigue
A lot has been said before, but not as succinctly
It remains to be seen how fishing will recover in the wake of last year's oil spill
On the realness of today's royals and why Americans embraced Greg Mortenson's novel.
A crime reporter can barely conceal mocking disdain for a "doe-eyed" gangster
He also asked the federal government for help
City seeking $20 million in lost tax revenue
Researchers compared subjective well-being data sets with states published suicide rates
The President is arriving at a fundraiser; commuters hope gridlock doesn't ensue again
Details, including those Time doesn't mention
Nicholas Kristof's plea for "Three Cups of Tea" author is hard to swallow
Since 2000 the number of Border Patrol apprehensions went from 1.6 million to 447,731
The $40 billion BP wants from Transocean is twice what it committed for spill recovery
Indictment today in the prank that allegedly led to a death
A look at what each have to offer
After finding rodent waste on board, the FDA warns the carrier to clean its planes better
New study also finds those who pictured God as punitive are less likely to cheat
Campus safety laws are a slapdash of anti-bullying measures and armed teachers
Recently declassified CIA documents tell secrets the government no longer cares about
The Gulf is still oily, the politicians paid, and off-shore drilling more popular than ever
Common sense, right?
A media scandal over the book has turned potentially criminal
"We're actually seeing Texas burn from border to border"
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