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Will Boy Scouts accept gay youths? Vote is imminent

With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.

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Molly Rettig: Barrow: Spring is in the air and in the ice

On the 5-mile snowmachine ride to Point Barrow, we saw several fresh polar bear tracks the size of dinner plates, a pile of whalebones from last year and a 3-foot-wide crack in the sea ice that could swallow a sled. The crack was created when an ice floe in the open water crashed into shore-fast ...

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Camp means community service for many young people

At 14, Tyler Cohen had never been out of the country or traveled without his Long Island family when he found himself in Costa Rica on a monthlong service trip for teens.

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1 winning ticket sold in Fla. on Powerball

A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million.

FISHING PHOTOS

Seine Boat Work in Homer

Dan and Jane Veerhusen work on their limit seine boat, in the Homer Harbor, in preparation for the Chignik salmon fishery.

WILDLIFE PHOTOS

Homer Shorebird Festival

The Homer Shorebird Festival runs through Sunday, May 12.

HEALTH

Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines

Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined.

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LIVING PHOTOS

Seattle receives Copper River salmon

The first shipment of Copper River king salmon arrives in Seattle from Cordova, Alaska, Friday, May 17, 2013. The arrival of the salmon, which is prized for its taste and color, is a rite of spring in Seattle, and the fish bring top dollar in restaurants and fish markets.

READERS' OUTDOOR PHOTOS

Reader photos: Spring 2013

It's beginning to look like spring in Alaska. Before we know it we'll be in the middle of break up. Readers share their photos of spring in Alaska.