Boy Scout Council Defends False Names
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A Boy Scout group under FBI investigation amid questions over whether it inflated its membership rolls said Friday that it sometimes registers youths by false names to protect at-risk youngsters, not to create fictitious members.
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The Original Stars Hockey League is denying it has suspended play, saying a statement released Wednesday with league letter-head was not legitimate.
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NEW YORK Sept. 20, 2004 - CBS News apologized Monday for a &quot;mistake in judgment&quot; in its story questioning President Bush&#39;s National Guard service, claiming it was misled by the source of documents that several experts have dismissed as fakes.
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Using a young readers' novel called "The Misfits" as its centerpiece, middle schools nationwide will participate in a "No Name-Calling Week" initiative starting Monday. The program, now in its second year, has the backing of groups from the Girl Scouts to Amnesty International but has also drawn complaints that it overemphasizes harassment of gay youths.
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By Mark Havnes, The Salt Lake Tribune  Sep. 11--The powerful Outdoor Industry Association has weighed in against  a controversial growth plan for Washington County, just days before a  congressional subcommittee is scheduled to take up the matter.
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The BSA must be good for something.  Truth just doesn't happen to be one of them.
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CBS admitted Monday that it cannot vouch for the authenticity of documents used to support a "60 Minutes" story that questioned President Bush's Vietnam War-era National Guard service, after several experts denounced them as fakes.
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Roman Catholic bishops in England and Wales rejected as false and misleading a BBC documentary about what it said was a cover-up of child sexual abuse under a system enforced by Pope Benedict XVI in his previous job.
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A best-selling author who is the worldâs leading spokesman for child soldiers strongly defended himself against an Australian newspaperâs accusation that he had distorted the account of his service in Sierra Leoneâs civil war during the 1990s. In a statement released on Tuesday, the author, Ishmael Beah, above, said: âI am right about my story. This is not something one gets wrong.â His publisher, Sarah Crichton Books, a Farrar, Straus & Giroux imprint, also defended the accuracy of his book, âA Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.â The Weekend Australian reported that his ordeal had lasted one year, not the three that he had stated. Mr. Beah, now 27, said the newspaper may not have understood that rebels first attacked his village in 1993, two years before they closed a village mine.
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A primary school whose test results were quashed  for alleged cheating denies having  done anything wrong.
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CBS News continued to defend the legitimacy of its recent story about President Bush's Vietnam-era service in the Texas Air National Guard, even as two experts it hired to examine records CBS used told ABC they could not vouch for their veracity.
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The watchdog group that first provided the FBI with suspicious e-mails from then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) said yesterday that FBI and Justice Department officials are  attempting to cover up their inaction in the case by making false claims about the group.
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Census officials sought to reassure minority and civil rights groups Tuesday that the agency keeps names, addresses and other personal information confidential from other government departments. Some critics remained skeptical.
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WASHINGTON - After two weeks of staunchly defending a report on President Bush&#39;s National Guard service, CBS News and Dan Rather apologized Monday for relying on documents they now say cannot be verified.
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The Pentagon has agreed to warn military bases worldwide not to directly sponsor Boy Scout troops, partially resolving claims that the government has engaged in religious discrimination by supporting a group that requires members to believe in God.
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An entry in the Fitness column last week, about weekend backpacking trips, misstated the name of the club that organizes them. It is the Appalachian Mountain Club, not the Appalachian Club.