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U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 12, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Frightened Boy Scouts huddled in a shelter as a tornado tore through their western Iowa campground, killing four people and injuring 48 others who had little to no warning of the approaching twister. Tornadoes also touched down in Kansas, Minnesota and.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Aug 11, 2007 @ 3:37pm neoform

FOX News -- The director of a Christian boot camp and an employee were arrested Friday for allegedly dragging a 15-year-old girl behind a van after she fell behind the group during a morning run, authorities said. Charles Eugene Flowers and Stephanie Bassitt of Sa.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 7, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

FOX News -- A bear tried to pull a Girl Scout out of her tent during a camping trip, the girl and scout officials said. Celeste Tietz, 11, said Wednesday that she managed to grab a tent pole and slide out of her sleeping bag as the bear was tugging at it early Sun.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 8, 2006 @ 11:52pm neoform

Seattle Times -- The summer camp featured in the documentary "Jesus Camp," which includes scenes with disgraced preacher Ted Haggard, will shut down for at least several years because of negative reaction sparked by the film, according to the camp's director... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 13, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- First came the shock, then the grief. As dozens of people injured in a tornado at an Iowa Boy Scout camp recovered, families and friends tried to make sense of the deaths of four teenage Scouts who had gone to the elite camp to learn how to be leaders... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 5:06pm neoform

SF Gate -- If you want to stay overnight in Yosemite Valley while it is in full splendor in the coming weeks, you'll have to camp out or bank on someone canceling their reservation in one of the valley's rooms and cabins. Yosemite's primary lodgings -- at the Ahw.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Apr 7, 2007 @ 1:29pm neoform

Al Jazeera -- Increased confinement Camp Six is composed of windowless, steel cells where inmates are confined for at least 22 hours a day. The US authorities say the new facility allows inmates more "privacy" but Amnesty says Camp Six has created incre.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 2:56pm neoform

SF Gate -- The lost Boy Scout who survived on creek water for four days in the North Carolina mountains had told a friend before wandering off — apparently to try to hitchhike home — that he didn't want to camp out anymore, a fellow Scout said Wednesday. Twel.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 6:12pm neoform

USA Today -- A vehicle in President Bush's motorcade traveling from Washington to the Camp David presidential retreat collided Friday with another car on an icy Interstate, but no one was injured. Bush typically is flown in the Marine One helicopter from the South.. Read More