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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
GRAPEVINE, Texas – In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the country’s leading youth organization.
Today 7:13 pm
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Obama outlines drone-strike standards
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy.
Today 3:41 pm
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Unhand me, you cad!
Soara, a 21-day-old female peregrine falcon, expresses her displeasure as she is brought to the table to be banded at One Summit Square on Thursday.
Today 4:14 pm
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