CNA #4

Gay teen achieves Eagle Scout milestone in Maryland 

Pascal Tessier, a 17-year-old gay member of the Boy Scouts in Maryland has received the rank of Eagle Scout as one of the first (if not the first) openly gay members to receive the honor. The Boy Scouts of America has traditionally not permitted gay youth to participate in their organization and has only recently lifted the ban. Tessier views his accomplishment as a statement in support of openly gay Boy Scouts everywhere.

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Earnings gap between young adults with and without college degrees at widest level in 48 years

A recent study by the Pew Research Center revealed a decline in the earnings of young adults whose highest level of education was a high school diploma. While formerly earning 81% of the average salaries of their college graduate counterparts, job-seekers with only a high school diploma are now making only 62% of the same figure. Poverty and dissatisfaction with one's job were also two other side effects of the earning decline.

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California man electrocuted while taking Facebook photos

In Tustin, Calif., a 27-year-old's sunset photography excursion turned deadly when David Strohm Jr. was electrocuted in the process. He had climbed a tree to take photos of the sunset and somehow came into contact with a nearby power line. His parents did not find him until the next morning, and officials had to cut off electricity to at least 20 homes to safely retrieve the body.

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