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Teenage Quadruplets Make History With Admission Into Mensa

Most teenage siblings tend to share clothes and maybe even a family car, but one set of quadruplets from Wylie, Texas, shares something much greater: serious smarts. The Crowley quadruplets -- Moria, Alanna, Thomas and Patrick -- are 17-year-old juniors at Lovejoy High School who just happen to be extremely bright and...

Gay Dad Ousted as Cub Scout Volunteer

(Oct. 21) -- Jon Langbert is a self-described "hands-on dad," volunteering with his 9-year-old son's Cub Scout pack in Dallas and raising $13,000 last year through popcorn sales and other fundraisers. He also happens to be openly gay -- something the other dads don't like. They complained to the local pack leader, and...

Boy Scout Leader in Mich. Faces Child Porn Charges

(July 22) -- If the office voice mail recording is any indication, damage control was in full swing this week at the Gerber Boy Scout Camp near Muskegon, Mich., where the director is behind bars, charged with possessing and distributing child pornography -- including locker-room videotapes of boys at the YMCA where he...

Boy Scouts Hit With $1M Verdict in Sex Abuse Suit

(April 13) -- A jury has ordered the Boy Scouts to pay more than $1 million in damages to an Oregon man who sued the group over sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of a troop leader in the 1980s. The plaintiff, Kerry Lewis, said he was molested by Timur Dykes, an assistant scoutmaster, beginning in 1983 when Lewis was...

Background on boy scouts of america

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with 2.7 million youth members and over 1 million adult volunteers.

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