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Southern Baptists consider abandoning Boy Scouts of America
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.HOUSTON — Some conservatives predicted an exodus of families and church sponsors from the Boy Scouts last month after Scouting leaders announced plans to lift a longstanding ban on gay Scouts. So far, an exodus from Scouting has yet to...Tags: Religion and Belief, Clubs and Associations, Christianity, Boy Scouts of America, Youth Organizations
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Bomb threats: Often hoaxes, always annoying, but sometimes real
No bombs, so life will go on. Again. As it does. Princeton University exhaled after police determined that a vague phone threat made to multiple buildings on the campus turned out to be an apparent hoax. But before the campus could relax, the people...
Tags: Bombings, University of New Hampshire, Southwest Airlines Co., Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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George Zimmerman trial: 11 more prospective jurors are interviewed
The second day of jury selection in the George Zimmerman trial in Sanford, Fla., picked up steam on Tuesday as lawyers continued to explore the attitudes and politics of those who may decide the fate of the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, George Zimmerman
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Princeton University evacuated after bomb threat
Princeton University was evacuated Tuesday morning after a bomb threat to "multiple, unspecified buildings on campus," officials said. No further information was available about the threat, which created a logjam of traffic leaving the Ivy League...
Tags: Bombings, Petroleum Industry, Arts, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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Beijing International Screenwriting Competition announces winners
An American woman arrives in China to retrace the steps of her deceased daughter from a video diary the daughter kept of her trip to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A young flautist travels to Beijing to audition for a conservatory. A seamstress for a...
Tags: China, Maya Rudolph, Harvard University, Education, Movies
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Barbara Brenner dies at 61; breast cancer research activist
As a neurological disease robbed Barbara Brenner of her voice, the fiercely outspoken activist still managed to be heard. She corralled technology, speaking through a text-to-voice application on her iPad and blogging about the concerns —...
Tags: Women's Health, University of California, Berkeley, Medical Research, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Diseases and Illnesses
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Scouting out Malibu beaches? Get 'em on the phone
When environmental writer Jenny Price first began scouting for ways to get to Malibu's beaches, she drove up and down Pacific Coast Highway but did not spot a single sign pointing "this way to the beach." Shrubbery obscured stairway openings. "Private...
Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, California Department of Transportation, Eli Broad, Crime, Law and Justice, Beaches
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Bionic ear with superhuman potential, hot off the printer
Need a new ear? In the future you may be able to print one out and pop it on. Taking us one step closer to a future in which we are all part human, part machine, scientists at Princeton University have created a pair of high functioning bionic ears made...
Tags: Electronics, Science and Technology
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David Petraeus, former CIA chief and military leader, joins USC
David H. Petraeus, the former four-star U.S. Army general who resigned as head of the Central Intelligence Agency last year after confessing to an extramarital affair, will teach part-time at USC and help mentor students who are veterans, officials are...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, FBI, Iraq, Woodrow Wilson, U.S. Army
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Edward Frieman dies at 87; leading figure in American science
Edward A. Frieman, a leading figure in American science for decades as a researcher with wide-ranging interests, a top-level governmental advisor on defense and energy issues, and director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, has...
Tags: Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Bodies of Water
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A rich season for playwright Richard Greenberg
NEW YORK — "I'm too tired to be anxious," said playwright Richard Greenberg, looking worn out with anxiety as he settled into a booth at a Chelsea diner. This neighborhood canteen, dubbed his "office" by the late theatrical agent Helen Merrill, is...
Tags: Television Industry, Nick Nolte, Judaism, Long Island, TNT (tv network)
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Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' considers 9/11 effects
If there ever was a time to see "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," that time is here and now. In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, with even President Obama asking, "Why did young men who grew up and studied here as part of our communities and...
Tags: Om Puri, Barack Obama, Entertainment, Sports, The Reluctant Fundamentalist (movie)
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