<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - boy-scout</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/boy-scout</link><description>Newsvine - boy-scout</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:54:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 08:01:24 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Clarification: Scout Abuse-Impact story</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a story Oct. 22, The Associated Press reported that 14,500 pages of Boy Scout confidential files were released as a consequence of a $20 million lawsuit against the Scouts. The documents were used as evidence in a $20 million lawsuit against the Scouts by a Portland, Ore., man who alleged he was abused by his assistant scoutmaster. The files became public after news organizations including The Oregonian, The New York Times, Oregon Public Broadcasting and The Associated Press won a court case against the Scouts to have the files released.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14622744-clarification-scout-abuse-impact-story</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14622744-clarification-scout-abuse-impact-story</guid><category>us</category><category>impact</category><category>abuse</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>scout</category><category>oregon-public-broadcasting</category><category>boys-scouts</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:42:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c89db2eb-00c9-4582-9e82-e3b4683d8a2d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c89db2eb-00c9-4582-9e82-e3b4683d8a2d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Portland attorney Kelly Clark, talks about some of the 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents created by the  Boy Scouts of America, at right beneath a photo of Oregon boy scout Kerry Lewis, concerning child sexual abuse within the organization, at a press conference to release the documents in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Oct., 18, 2012. The Boy Scouts of America fought to keep those files confidential. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3aa5e67b-df6f-4fb8-a01a-108006ba1286.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="405" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3aa5e67b-df6f-4fb8-a01a-108006ba1286.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="121" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Portland attorney Paul Mones, right, with Kelly Clark, talks about some of the 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents created by the  Boy Scouts of America concerning child sexual abuse within the organization, at a press conference to publicly release the documents in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Oct., 18, 2012.  The Boy Scouts of America fought to keep those files confidential. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>&quot;Perversion files&quot; show locals helped cover up</title>
<description><![CDATA[An array of local authorities &#8212; police chiefs, prosecutors, pastors and town Boy Scout leaders among them &#8212; quietly shielded scoutmasters and others who allegedly molested children, according to a newly opened trove of confidential files compiled from 1959 to1985.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nigel Duara]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nigel Duara]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14539819-perversion-files-show-locals-helped-cover-up</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14539819-perversion-files-show-locals-helped-cover-up</guid><category>us</category><category>abuse</category><category>abridged</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>files</category><category>scout</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:48:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba7000ed-b295-47ce-9490-507acad06eb8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba7000ed-b295-47ce-9490-507acad06eb8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2010 file photo, attorney Kelly Clark makes remarks during a news conference, in Portland, Ore.  Confidential files kept by the Boy Scouts of America on men they suspected of child sex abuse are set to be released after a two-year-long court battle. The anticipated release of the files on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, by Portland attorney Kelly Clark will reveal 20,000 pages of documents the Scouts kept on men inside  and in some cases outside  the organization believed to have committed acts of abuse. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bdf4ec18-75ec-4eae-b9e9-1d1f51cb1ae8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bdf4ec18-75ec-4eae-b9e9-1d1f51cb1ae8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a Tuesday, Oct., 16, 2012 photo, Portland attorney Kelly Clark examines some of the 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents created by the  Boy Scouts of America concerning child sexual abuse within the organization, in preparation for releasing the documents Thursday, Oct. 18, as he stands in his office in Portland, Ore. The Boy Scouts of America fought to keep those files confidential.  (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8f9a7032-3b3a-405c-8831-bc6efcecf4fb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8f9a7032-3b3a-405c-8831-bc6efcecf4fb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a Tuesday, Oct., 16, 2012 photo, Portland attorney Kelly Clark examines some of the 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents created by the  Boy Scouts of America concerning child sexual abuse within the organization, in preparation for releasing the documents Thursday, Oct. 18, as he stands in his office in Portland, Ore. The Boy Scouts of America fought to keep those files confidential.  (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a5b2740-83e1-4c46-94cf-0fc8fce8064c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a5b2740-83e1-4c46-94cf-0fc8fce8064c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 photo, Boy Scout abuse victim Tom Stewart poses for a photo with his old Scout uniform outside the Boy Scout Camp Kilworth in Federal Way, Wash. Former Boy Scouts still struggle to cope with the abuse they suffered at the hands of Scout leaders, and those who are willing to tell the stories of their abuse have come to feel abandoned by an organization considered a pillar of American society. &quot;There are so many victims who have suffered in silence. Marriages and relationships with their kids have suffered,&quot; said Stewart, a 46-year-old engineer for Boeing. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1861927-e9bf-4cc3-8686-e0cba8be1f4b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="430" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1861927-e9bf-4cc3-8686-e0cba8be1f4b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="129" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 photo, Boy Scout abuse victim Tom Stewart poses for a photo with his old Scout uniform outside the Boy Scout Camp Kilworth in Federal Way, Wash. Former Boy Scouts still struggle to cope with the abuse they suffered at the hands of Scout leaders, and those who are willing to tell the stories of their abuse have come to feel abandoned by an organization considered a pillar of American society. &quot;There are so many victims who have suffered in silence. Marriages and relationships with their kids have suffered,&quot; said Stewart, a 46-year-old engineer for Boeing. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5cd8e265-1f13-4237-a0a1-5f4db3755399.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5cd8e265-1f13-4237-a0a1-5f4db3755399.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This family photo provided by Tom Stewart shows him, right, and his younger brother Matt, left, in their scout uniforms. The brothers settled out-of-court after suing the Boy Scouts in 2003 for abuse they had suffered at the hands of one of their Scoutmasters. The Stewarts are angry that the Boy Scouts of America have fought to keep confidential thousands of files the organization has kept since the early 1900s on suspected pedophiles within their ranks. The Stewarts say releasing the files decades ago would have helped stop pedophiles. (AP Photo/Courtesy Tom Stewart)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ee12fd23-d2c8-45ea-9324-25d39237a104.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="231" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ee12fd23-d2c8-45ea-9324-25d39237a104.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Portland attorney Paul Mones, right, with Kelly Clark, talks about some of the 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents created by the  Boy Scouts of America concerning child sexual abuse within the organization, at a press conference to release the documents in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. The files are a window on a much larger collection of documents the Boy Scouts of America began collecting soon after their founding in 1910. The files, kept at Boy Scout headquarters in Texas, consist of memos from local and national Scout executives, handwritten letters from victims and their parents and newspaper clippings about legal cases. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5e15b8d2-c9f4-404a-987e-2f4ec8162b1e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5e15b8d2-c9f4-404a-987e-2f4ec8162b1e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Portland attorney Paul Mones, left, with Kelly Clark, talks about some of the 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents created by the Boy Scouts of America concerning child sexual abuse within the organization, at a press conference to release the documents in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Oct., 18, 2012. The files are a window on a much larger collection of documents the Boy Scouts of America began collecting soon after their founding in 1910. The files, kept at Boy Scout headquarters in Texas, consist of memos from local and national Scout executives, handwritten letters from victims and their parents and newspaper clippings about legal cases. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7680c6b1-bdad-40b1-b313-435a468d1fa4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="405" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7680c6b1-bdad-40b1-b313-435a468d1fa4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="121" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Portland attorney Paul Mones, right, with Kelly Clark, talks about some of the 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents created by the  Boy Scouts of America concerning child sexual abuse within the organization, at a press conference to publicly release the documents in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Oct., 18, 2012.  The Boy Scouts of America fought to keep those files confidential. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>&quot;Perversion files&quot; show locals helped cover up</title>
<description><![CDATA[Again and again, decade after decade, an array of authorities &#8212; police chiefs, prosecutors, pastors and local Boy Scout leaders among them &#8212; quietly shielded scoutmasters and others accused of molesting children, a newly opened trove of confidential papers shows.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nigel Duara]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nigel Duara]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14539236-perversion-files-show-locals-helped-cover-up</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14539236-perversion-files-show-locals-helped-cover-up</guid><category>us</category><category>abuse</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>files</category><category>scout</category><category>boy-scouts'</category><category>local-boy-scout</category><category>scout-abuse</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:10:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba7000ed-b295-47ce-9490-507acad06eb8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba7000ed-b295-47ce-9490-507acad06eb8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2010 file photo, attorney Kelly Clark makes remarks during a news conference, in Portland, Ore.  Confidential files kept by the Boy Scouts of America on men they suspected of child sex abuse are set to be released after a two-year-long court battle. The anticipated release of the files on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, by Portland attorney Kelly Clark will reveal 20,000 pages of documents the Scouts kept on men inside  and in some cases outside  the organization believed to have committed acts of abuse. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bdf4ec18-75ec-4eae-b9e9-1d1f51cb1ae8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bdf4ec18-75ec-4eae-b9e9-1d1f51cb1ae8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a Tuesday, Oct., 16, 2012 photo, Portland attorney Kelly Clark examines some of the 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents created by the  Boy Scouts of America concerning child sexual abuse within the organization, in preparation for releasing the documents Thursday, Oct. 18, as he stands in his office in Portland, Ore. The Boy Scouts of America fought to keep those files confidential.  (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8f9a7032-3b3a-405c-8831-bc6efcecf4fb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8f9a7032-3b3a-405c-8831-bc6efcecf4fb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a Tuesday, Oct., 16, 2012 photo, Portland attorney Kelly Clark examines some of the 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents created by the  Boy Scouts of America concerning child sexual abuse within the organization, in preparation for releasing the documents Thursday, Oct. 18, as he stands in his office in Portland, Ore. The Boy Scouts of America fought to keep those files confidential.  (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa71bd9b-8589-491a-80d3-1ed5ecb8d3ee.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="382" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa71bd9b-8589-491a-80d3-1ed5ecb8d3ee.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a Tuesday, Oct., 16, 2012 photo, Portland attorney Kelly Clark examines some of the 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents created by the  Boy Scouts of America concerning child sexual abuse within the organization, in preparation for releasing the documents Thursday, Oct. 18, as he stands in his office in Portland, Ore. The Boy Scouts of America fought to keep those files confidential.  (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5cd8e265-1f13-4237-a0a1-5f4db3755399.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5cd8e265-1f13-4237-a0a1-5f4db3755399.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This family photo provided by Tom Stewart shows him, right, and his younger brother Matt, left, in their scout uniforms. The brothers settled out-of-court after suing the Boy Scouts in 2003 for abuse they had suffered at the hands of one of their Scoutmasters. The Stewarts are angry that the Boy Scouts of America have fought to keep confidential thousands of files the organization has kept since the early 1900s on suspected pedophiles within their ranks. The Stewarts say releasing the files decades ago would have helped stop pedophiles. (AP Photo/Courtesy Tom Stewart)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Scout files shown at news conference</title>
<description><![CDATA[Attorneys are showing a number of so-called Boy Scout "perversion files" at a news conference in preparation later in the day for release of 14,500 pages of documents included in the files.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nigel Duara]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nigel Duara]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14527627-scout-files-shown-at-news-conference</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14527627-scout-files-shown-at-news-conference</guid><category>us</category><category>abuse</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scouts</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>files</category><category>scout</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:05:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Boy Scouts to report pedophiles missed previously</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Boy Scouts of America plan to begin doing what critics argue they should have done decades ago &#8212; bring suspected abusers named in the organization's so-called perversion files to the attention of police departments and sheriff's offices across the country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terrence Petty]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Terrence Petty]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14165514-boy-scouts-to-report-pedophiles-missed-previously</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14165514-boy-scouts-to-report-pedophiles-missed-previously</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scouts</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>files</category><category>scout</category><category>scout-files</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Oct 2012 07:22:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7291c5ef-f1d1-4da0-bec0-c1abc0232a0b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="351" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7291c5ef-f1d1-4da0-bec0-c1abc0232a0b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="106" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This April 8, 2010 file photo shows Kelly Clark, attorney for the Portland man who filed a sex abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, using a chart during his closing statements in the Multnomah County Courthouse in Portland, Ore. The Boy Scouts of America plan to begin doing what critics argue they should have done decades ago &amp;#8212; bring suspected abusers named in the organizations so-called perversion files to the attention of police departments and sheriffs offices across the country. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Brent Wojahn, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rabid beaver attacks NY man swimming in Pa. river</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Boy Scout leader from New York who was attacked by a rabid beaver while swimming in the Delaware River is recovering.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13256729-rabid-beaver-attacks-ny-man-swimming-in-pa-river</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13256729-rabid-beaver-attacks-ny-man-swimming-in-pa-river</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>attack</category><category>us-news</category><category>beaver</category><category>delaware-river</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>rabid-beaver-attack</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:55:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Scouts from fire-ravaged town die in Wyo. crash</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities have released the names of three Boy Scouts and their Scout leader who were killed in a head-on collision while driving back to Colorado from a camp in Wyoming.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[THOMAS PEIPERT]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[THOMAS PEIPERT]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/01/12503857-scouts-from-fire-ravaged-town-die-in-wyo-crash</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/01/12503857-scouts-from-fire-ravaged-town-die-in-wyo-crash</guid><category>us</category><category>deadly</category><category>crash</category><category>wyoming</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scouts</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>wyoming-highway-patrol</category><pubDate>Sun, 1 Jul 2012 04:24:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Skull linked to Utah Scout killed in 1961 flood</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police in Utah say a skull fragment found in the Virgin River belongs to a Boy Scout who was swept away in a flash flood more than 50 years ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11662708-skull-linked-to-utah-scout-killed-in-1961-flood</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11662708-skull-linked-to-utah-scout-killed-in-1961-flood</guid><category>us</category><category>mystery</category><category>flood</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>solved</category><category>flash-flood</category><category>virgin-river</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 19:17:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>No sign of 4-year-old last seen at Boy Scout camp</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/27/10888023-no-sign-of-4-year-old-last-seen-at-boy-scout-camp</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/27/10888023-no-sign-of-4-year-old-last-seen-at-boy-scout-camp</guid><category>for</category><category>boy</category><category>border</category><category>img</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>alignleft</category><category>clearall</category><category>stylemargin</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:33:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120327-kia-kima-missing-scout-hmed-830a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120327-kia-kima-missing-scout-hmed-830a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The search for a 4-year-old Arkansas boy who went missing at a Boy Scout camp over the weekend entered its third full day Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Body of 4-year-old Arkansas boy found in river</title>
<description><![CDATA[Searchers found the body of a 4-year-old boy Wednesday in the river at an Arkansas Boy Scout camp where he was tagging along with his aunt last weekend.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeannie Nuss]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeannie Nuss]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10867651-body-of-4-year-old-arkansas-boy-found-in-river</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10867651-body-of-4-year-old-arkansas-boy-found-in-river</guid><category>us</category><category>arkansas</category><category>missing</category><category>boy</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>missing-boy</category><category>arkansas-boy-scout</category><category>arkansas-boy-scouts</category><category>racheal-downs</category><category>carolyn-truex</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:21:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/227a9429-adf9-42ed-ab33-85bf9cc53620.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/227a9429-adf9-42ed-ab33-85bf9cc53620.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Caleb Linn is seen in this undated photo provided by the Arkansas State Police. Rescue crews are searching for the 3-year-old boy who went missing Saturday, March 24, 2012 from a Boy Scout camp in northeastern Arkansas. (AP Photo/Arkansas State Police)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9f28e691-6498-4ca4-8b96-cb4b37e2cad3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="239" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9f28e691-6498-4ca4-8b96-cb4b37e2cad3.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Major Todd Smith, left, of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission steps out of the water with diving equipment after searching for 4-year-old Caleb Linn along with other volunteers and departments Monday, March 26, 2012, in and around South Fork River in Camp Kia Kima, Cherokee Village Ark. (AP Photo/The Jonesboro Sun, Tami Wynn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ff781f32-e951-4703-937d-69b60b1e7ecb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ff781f32-e951-4703-937d-69b60b1e7ecb.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Swift Water Rescue Technitians for Marion County Emergency Search and Rescue team gather to discuss new areas to search for 4-year-old Caleb Linn Monday, March 26, 2012, at the location in Camp Kia Kima, Cherokee Village Ark., where Caleb was last seen Saturday morning. From right are Anton Such, Dwayne McFarland and Sherry McFarland. (AP Photo/The Jonesboro Sun, Tami Wynn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3e1b27bb-6eb6-4811-8304-afc8cae5c903.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3e1b27bb-6eb6-4811-8304-afc8cae5c903.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Marion County Emergency Search and Rescue Swift Water Rescue Technitians Anton Such, left, and Dwayne McFarland search for 4-year-old Caleb Linn Monday, March 26, 2012, in South Fork River at Camp Kia Kima, Cherokee Village, Ark., where Caleb was last seen Saturday morning. (AP Photo/The Jonesboro Sun, Tami Wynn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c60a4cb1-2152-403e-9cb8-90c776374976.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c60a4cb1-2152-403e-9cb8-90c776374976.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Divers search for a missing 4-year-old boy at a Boy Scout camp near Hardy, Ark., on Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ad02eb26-f2a6-43b1-851c-6ca366288b9f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ad02eb26-f2a6-43b1-851c-6ca366288b9f.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Divers search for a missing 4-year-old boy at a Boy Scout camp near Hardy, Ark., on Monday, March 26, 2012. More than 150 people turned out Monday to search the Kia Kima Boy Scout Camp for Caleb Linn, who was last seen Saturday at the end of a bridge where he and several other children were clearing away storm debris, Fulton County Sheriff Buck Foley said. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b60414d1-56bf-48a4-b2a5-87f10ab3ae2b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b60414d1-56bf-48a4-b2a5-87f10ab3ae2b.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Divers search for a missing 4-year-old boy at a Boy Scout camp near Hardy, Ark., on Monday, March 26, 2012. More than 150 people turned out Monday to search the Kia Kima Boy Scout Camp for Caleb Linn, who was last seen Saturday at the end of a bridge where he and several other children were clearing away storm debris, Fulton County Sheriff Buck Foley said. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ccf154b1-c39d-4f6d-8ba4-6aedb6f5e25d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ccf154b1-c39d-4f6d-8ba4-6aedb6f5e25d.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A searcher takes a smoke break while divers get ready to scour the water near Hardy, Ark., for a missing 4-year-old boy on Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1b608d0b-6866-4a46-a09b-b89532603590.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1b608d0b-6866-4a46-a09b-b89532603590.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Two searchers take a short break while divers get ready to scour the water near Hardy, Ark., for a missing 4-year-old boy on Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b49250e9-0166-4f77-97c0-cf2408f81928.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b49250e9-0166-4f77-97c0-cf2408f81928.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A few people walk toward the river at a Boy Scout camp near Hardy, Ark., on Monday, March 26, 2012. More than 150 people turned out Monday to search the Kia Kima Boy Scout Camp for Caleb Linn, who was last seen Saturday. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3609650c-5783-4efe-adf2-2e67e7acae6f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3609650c-5783-4efe-adf2-2e67e7acae6f.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A car drives out of a Boy Scout camp near Hardy, Ark., on Monday, March 26, 2012. A missing 4-year-old boy named Caleb Linn was last seen at the camp on Saturday. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1b678c4b-66ef-4852-a466-805c2b23aa8b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1b678c4b-66ef-4852-a466-805c2b23aa8b.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 2011 photo provided by Joey Dawson shows Dawson and his nephew Caleb Linn. Hundreds of strangers and law enforcement officers have been scouring the Kia Kima Scout Reservation since Linn went missing Saturday, searching the woods and fast-moving waterway that flows beneath the bridge where he was last seen. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Joey Dawson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b9ae12a3-fef2-4a71-84bf-47ee30f30f33.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b9ae12a3-fef2-4a71-84bf-47ee30f30f33.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;File - Caleb Linn is seen in this undated file photo provided by the Arkansas State Police. Searchers found Linn's body Wednesday, March 28,, 2012 in a river at the northern Arkansas Boy Scout camp where he disappeared during the weekend, the boys uncle, Chris Bruner said. (AP Photo/Arkansas State Police, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/adcb2ad9-d82c-4060-8086-511c23513525.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/adcb2ad9-d82c-4060-8086-511c23513525.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This 2011 file photo provided by Joey Dawson shows Dawson and his nephew Caleb Linn. Chris Bruner told The Associated Press Wednesday, March 28, 2012, that searchers found the body of his nephew, Caleb Linn, 4, in a river at the northern Arkansas Boy Scout camp where he disappeared during the weekend. (AP Photo/courtesy of Joey Dawson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Former aerospace company exec McDonnell dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sanford "Sandy" McDonnell, a former Boy Scout who went on to work on the first atomic bomb before heading aerospace behemoth McDonnell Douglas Corp., has died, according to Boeing Co., which bought McDonnell Douglas in 1997. He was 89.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Suhr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Suhr]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10785948-former-aerospace-company-exec-mcdonnell-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10785948-former-aerospace-company-exec-mcdonnell-dies</guid><category>business</category><category>obit</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>mo</category><category>mcdonnell-douglas</category><category>mcdonnell</category><category>sanford-mcdonnell</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:48:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Records show Boy Scouts failed to report abuser</title>
<description><![CDATA[Boy Scout officials in the U.S. and Canada not only failed to stop an admitted child molester in their ranks, but sometimes helped cover his tracks, according to confidential records, court files and interviews with victims and their families.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/29/8537827-records-show-boy-scouts-failed-to-report-abuser</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/29/8537827-records-show-boy-scouts-failed-to-report-abuser</guid><category>us</category><category>abuse</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scouts</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>scouts</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:49:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Man charged in scoutmaster's death wants no lawyer</title>
<description><![CDATA[The man charged with fatally stabbing a 76-year-old scoutmaster during a hike in northern Indiana told a judge that he wanted nothing done in his defense.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/22/7436973-man-charged-in-scoutmasters-death-wants-no-lawyer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/22/7436973-man-charged-in-scoutmasters-death-wants-no-lawyer</guid><category>us</category><category>killed</category><category>leader</category><category>us-news</category><category>indiana-state-police</category><category>boy-scouts</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>scout</category><category>scout-leader</category><category>murdered</category><category>indiana-boy-scout</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:17:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9a3e42d1-ba85-4c4b-9453-1806b1b3cb31.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9a3e42d1-ba85-4c4b-9453-1806b1b3cb31.jpg" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An iundated image provided by thte Indiana State Police shows Shane C. Golitko.  Golitko is being held in connection with the stabbing death of assistant Boy Scoy leader Arthur Ld. Anderson.  (AP Photo/Indiana State Police)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f904f0a2-5f2c-4c26-bd23-ceeacbf871fa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f904f0a2-5f2c-4c26-bd23-ceeacbf871fa.jpg" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CORRECTS SPELLING OF INUNDATED IN FIRST SENTENCE AND SCOUT IN SECOND SENTENCE -- An inundated image provided by the Indiana State Police shows Shane C. Golitko.  Golitko is being held in connection with the stabbing death of assistant Boy Scout leader Arthur Ld. Anderson.  (AP Photo/Indiana State Police)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a82c8eaa-6697-46f5-b833-8e9a0fb95a80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a82c8eaa-6697-46f5-b833-8e9a0fb95a80.jpg" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An undated image provided by the Indiana State Police shows Shane C. Golitko. Golitko is being held in connection with the stabbing death of assistant Boy Scout leader Arthur Ld. Anderson.  (AP Photo/Indiana State Police)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6d8bf8b5-7262-4bfc-96e8-70f7570c5600.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="385" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6d8bf8b5-7262-4bfc-96e8-70f7570c5600.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by the Anderson family shows 76-year-old Boy Scout leader Art Anderson who was stabbed to death Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, while leading two scouts on a hiking trip in northern Indiana. (AP Photo/Family Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boy Scout safe after cold night in Utah wilderness</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 12-year-old Boy Scout was scared but he still knew what to do when he got lost during a Utah wilderness outing: He built a shelter made of tree branches and wood to get through a cold night and he also covered himself in dirt to stay warm.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Griffith]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Martin Griffith]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/13/7366739-boy-scout-safe-after-cold-night-in-utah-wilderness</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/13/7366739-boy-scout-safe-after-cold-night-in-utah-wilderness</guid><category>us</category><category>found</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>scout</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:19:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a6a10c2f-5849-40a3-92a4-bd7613485078.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a6a10c2f-5849-40a3-92a4-bd7613485078.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;After spending the night lost in the Uinta Mountains, Boy Scout Jared Ropelato w is hugged by his cousin Shannon Friesen, right, at the Sheriff's Search and Rescue command post near Spirit Lake, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011 in the Uinta Mountains, Utah. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Jeremy Castellano)  SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OUT; PROVO DAILY HERALD OUT; MAGS OUT    &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/77bc92e8-3b2e-4e85-b03d-d5368c96252e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/77bc92e8-3b2e-4e85-b03d-d5368c96252e.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boy Scout Jared Ropelato  is hugged by his brother Kevin Ropelato at the Sheriff's Search and Rescue command post near Spirit Lake, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011 in the Uinta Mountains, Utah. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Jeremy Castellano)  SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OUT; PROVO DAILY HERALD OUT; MAGS OUT    &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pa. man survives lightning strike at campsite</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police say a Pennsylvania man has survived a lighting strike while helping set up tents for a Boy Scout outing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/16/6653064-pa-man-survives-lightning-strike-at-campsite</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/16/6653064-pa-man-survives-lightning-strike-at-campsite</guid><category>us</category><category>strike</category><category>lightning</category><category>man</category><category>odd</category><category>odd-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>survives</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 14:14:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Beyond camping, canoeing, Boy Scouts add robotics</title>
<description><![CDATA[Can a robot pitch a tent? If so, a Boy Scout who builds one might be able to earn two merit badges at once.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Holly Ramer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Holly Ramer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/08/6429765-beyond-camping-canoeing-boy-scouts-add-robotics</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/08/6429765-beyond-camping-canoeing-boy-scouts-add-robotics</guid><category>us</category><category>robotics</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scouts</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>scouts</category><category>badge</category><category>robotics-badge</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:05:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/abe76dc2-0037-4a31-9dfa-2ec3d536dc19.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/abe76dc2-0037-4a31-9dfa-2ec3d536dc19.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo released April 7, 2011 by the Boy Scouts of America shows a new Robotics merit badge, which depicts NASAs Mars rover. The badge will be unveiled next week as part of its efforts to emphasize science, technology, engineering and math. (AP Photo/Boy Scouts of America)   NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lawyer files suit against Boy Scouts in Alaska</title>
<description><![CDATA[A lawyer who won a $19 million jury verdict against the Boy Scouts of America in Oregon is representing a man who claims he was molested as a youth by a Boy Scout leader in Alaska.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/03/5982072-lawyer-files-suit-against-boy-scouts-in-alaska</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/03/5982072-lawyer-files-suit-against-boy-scouts-in-alaska</guid><category>us</category><category>sued</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scouts</category><category>boy-scout</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Feb 2011 17:42:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ex-Mo. police officer pleads guilty to sex charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former Missouri police captain and Boy Scout leader has pleaded guilty to 22 counts related to the sexual abuse of minors.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/19/5496883-ex-mo-police-officer-pleads-guilty-to-sex-charges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/19/5496883-ex-mo-police-officer-pleads-guilty-to-sex-charges</guid><category>us</category><category>sex</category><category>charge</category><category>missouri</category><category>us-news</category><category>officer</category><category>boy-scout</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:36:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bill Gates receives Scouts' Silver Buffalo Award</title>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday received the highest award that the Boy Scouts of America bestows on adults for distinguished service to youth.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/14/5111297-bill-gates-receives-scouts-silver-buffalo-award</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/14/5111297-bill-gates-receives-scouts-silver-buffalo-award</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>award</category><category>gates</category><category>bill-gates</category><category>boy-scouts</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>scout</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:19:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge may toss part of Idaho Boy Scout abuse suit</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge said Tuesday he's inclined to dismiss many of the claims in a lawsuit against the Mormon church made by a man who says the church didn't do enough to stop a Boy Scout troop leader from sexually abusing children.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Boone]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rebecca Boone]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/20/4718408-judge-may-toss-part-of-idaho-boy-scout-abuse-suit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/20/4718408-judge-may-toss-part-of-idaho-boy-scout-abuse-suit</guid><category>us</category><category>suit</category><category>abuse</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>scouts</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:34:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Wis. Boy Scout dies from rock bridge fall in Utah</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities say an 18-year-old Boy Scout from Wisconsin has died after falling 100 feet from a rock formation in Utah.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/18/4702484-wis-boy-scout-dies-from-rock-bridge-fall-in-utah</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/18/4702484-wis-boy-scout-dies-from-rock-bridge-fall-in-utah</guid><category>us</category><category>death</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>scout</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:11:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Philadelphia: Scouts should confront anti-gay rule</title>
<description><![CDATA[City lawyers called on local Boy Scout officials to muster "the courage of their convictions" and challenge their national group's ban on gays as a trial over government funding opened Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maryclaire Dale]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maryclaire Dale]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4507886-philadelphia-scouts-should-confront-anti-gay-rule</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4507886-philadelphia-scouts-should-confront-anti-gay-rule</guid><category>us</category><category>philadelphia</category><category>eviction</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scouts</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>scouts</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:17:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b7bd0dfb-068e-40ec-9f32-5c980f8bd46e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b7bd0dfb-068e-40ec-9f32-5c980f8bd46e.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Shown is the city-owned Boy Scouts headquarters in Philadelphia, Monday, June 14, 2010. A federal trial is getting under way that could settle a long-running dispute between local Boy Scouts and the city of Philadelphia. At issue is whether the local scouts group should be allowed to stay rent-free in its city-owned headquarters, despite the Boy Scouts of America's national policy banning gays. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1546045f-d5fb-4edd-8797-24080d059692.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1546045f-d5fb-4edd-8797-24080d059692.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Shown is the city-owned Boy Scouts headquarters in Philadelphia, Monday, June 14, 2010. A federal trial is getting under way that could settle a long-running dispute between local Boy Scouts and the city of Philadelphia. At issue is whether the local scouts group should be allowed to stay rent-free in its city-owned headquarters, despite the Boy Scouts of America's national policy banning gays. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mo. officer to stand trial on sex assault charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[The top police officer in a remote eastern Missouri town was ordered to stand trial Monday on charges that he sexually assaulted two members of the Boy Scout troop he led after an investigator testified that the officer had confessed to the crimes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Salter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Salter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/01/3966732-mo-officer-to-stand-trial-on-sex-assault-charges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/01/3966732-mo-officer-to-stand-trial-on-sex-assault-charges</guid><category>us</category><category>sex</category><category>charge</category><category>missouri</category><category>us-news</category><category>officer</category><category>boy-scout</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 23:11:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mo. town's top officer faces child sex charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[The top police officer in a remote Missouri town, a giant of a man who was also a Boy Scout leader, has been accused of sexually assaulting two boys, videotaping the acts and then destroying the recordings.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Salter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Salter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/06/3721848-mo-towns-top-officer-faces-child-sex-charges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/06/3721848-mo-towns-top-officer-faces-child-sex-charges</guid><category>us</category><category>sex</category><category>charge</category><category>missouri</category><category>us-news</category><category>officer</category><category>boy-scout</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Jan 2010 18:23:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Boy Scout, 11, returns purse with nearly $2,000</title>
<description><![CDATA[An 11-year-old North Carolina boy has found and returned a stolen purse with nearly $2,000 inside. The News & Record of Greensboro reported Wednesday that Edward Myers and his siblings were helping neighbors plant trees in a Greensboro park when he spotted a purse on the creek bank. The Boy Scout and his mother called the police, and the purse's owner showed up to collect.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/16/3643133-boy-scout-11-returns-purse-with-nearly-2000</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/16/3643133-boy-scout-11-returns-purse-with-nearly-2000</guid><category>us</category><category>odd</category><category>odd-news</category><category>good</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>us-news</category><category>purse</category><category>boy-scout</category><category>samaritan</category><category>edward-myers</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:02:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>