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Senicka Arciaga-Spears (left), with his siblings and mothers, Kelly and Eliza. Senicka hopes to join the Boy Scouts if the Utah Pride Center's troop charter application is accepted.

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Twice Rejected, LGBT Group Won't Give Up On Boy Scout Bid

6:45pm July 31, 2013

by Terry Gildea

The Utah Pride Center, which serves LGBT youth in Salt Lake City, has applied to charter a Boy Scout troop twice. Center leaders say they will comply with the rule barring gay adults from serving as troop leaders. But the Boy Scouts of America says the two organizations' missions are misaligned.

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Local Kentucky TV Station Wants To 'Un-Hype' The News

6:05pm July 31, 2013

by David Folkenflik

Sick of the hype that desperate local TV news programs use to try to draw viewers, a station in Louisville, Ky., is making a bold promise: If news isn't breaking at that moment, the station won't call it breaking news. It is part of a new compact with viewers and advertisers not to hype the news.

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Metal crosses mark graves at the cemetery of the former Arthur Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Fla. Investigators in Florida using ground-penetrating radar and soil samples say there are nearly 100 unmarked graves on the grounds.

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In Florida, A Clash Over Exhuming Bodies At Reform School

12:32pm July 31, 2013

by Greg Allen

A forensic anthropologist and her team want permission to exhume dozens of bodies they found in unmarked graves, but are meeting resistance from state officials.

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Laura Molina, 9, shows the mask she created expressing the feeling of "sadness." Her mother is being treated for breast cancer at the Lyndon B. Johnson public hospital in Houston.

Parents Grapple With Explaining Cancer To Children

7:08pm July 30, 2013

by Carrie Feibel

When a parent finds out he or she has cancer, one of the most difficult conversations to have may be with the children. Two programs in Houston teach children and parents how to deal with the emotions that arise throughout the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

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White House Proposes Major Changes To Corporate Tax Code

5:32pm July 30, 2013

President Obama traveled to Tennessee on Tuesday, another event in his recent push to emphasize jobs and the economy.

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Montana opened the first government-run medical clinic for state employees last fall. A year later, the state says the clinic is already saving money.

Montana's State-Run Free Clinic Sees Early Success

7:46am July 30, 2013

by Dan Boyce

A year ago, Montana opened the nation's first clinic for free primary healthcare services to its state government employees. It was pitched as a way to improve employee health but faced political opposition. A year later, the state says the clinic is saving money and diagnosing a host of issues.

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Missing Class Ring Turns Up 65 Years Later

7:46am July 30, 2013

Richard Diedrich of Illinois lost his high school class ring in 1948. Sixty-five years later, Mike Geiger was using a metal detector in a Wisconsin lake when he found it. Diedrich can't believe he's got his ring again at age 82.

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Giant KFC Bucket Not Your Typical Yard Decoration

7:46am July 30, 2013

In Waynesboro, Ga., Aleena Headrick thought she was hallucinating when she saw a huge Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket in her front yard. Turns out, her landlord collects vintage signs and put it there. It quickly became a big draw for gawkers.

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Hunger Strikes Lead To Changes In California Prison Units

7:07am July 30, 2013

by Michael Montgomery

Under pressure from hunger strikes, the state of California has made some changes to the way it runs its toughest prison units. Some men who recently left solitary confinement are talking about their experience. (This story was produced as part of a collaboration between member station KQED and The Center for Investigative Reporting.)

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This house owned by a plastic surgeon and his wife, a cast member on The Real Housewives of Miami, is the poster child for efforts to stop runaway demolitions in Miami Beach.

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Miami Beach Preservationists Battle Glitterati Over Homes

12:35pm July 29, 2013

by Greg Allen

There's a movement to replace Miami Beach's historic homes with large, glitzy houses, and the cause celebre is a landmark house owned by a plastic surgeon and his wife, a cast member on The Real Housewives of Miami.

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