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    • A police officer from Edison, New Jersey was arrested on five counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated arson, according to NJ.com, after he allegedly firebombed another cop’s house.

      Michael A. Dotro was arrested after a massive search. He has been suspended from the force with pay. Bail was set at $5 million.

      Monday morning, Edison Police Department Capt. Mark Anderko’s house was set on fire while Anderko was at home with his wife, two young children, and 92-year-old mother inside. The house was damaged, but nobody was injured.

      Police believe the suspect used either a Molotov cocktail or detonated a gas can outside the home to set the fire.

      The allegations shocked Dotro’s lawer. “I find it utterly incomprehensible to believe that Mike, who I’ve known in his capacity as PBA representative, could ever be involved in anything like this,” Lawrence Bitterman told NJ.com.

      “I’ve spoken to him, and he adamantly denies any involvement and expresses his condolences to the Anderko

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    • Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas. (Jason Sickles/Yahoo News)

      [Updated at 6:55 p.m. CT]

      DALLAS – The Boy Scouts of America, one of the country’s largest and oldest youth organizations, decided on Thursday to break 103 years of tradition by allowing openly gay members into its ranks.

      The controversial move was approved by more than 60 percent of the approximate 1,400 votes cast by the BSA’s national council. According to the new resolution, beginning Jan. 1, 2014, “no youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone.”

      “The resolution also reinforces that Scouting is a youth program, and any sexual conduct, whether heterosexual or homosexual, by youth of Scouting age is contrary to the virtues of Scouting,” the BSA stated in a press release.

      Lifting the organization’s ban on gay adult volunteer leaders and paid staff was not considered and remains in place.

      Pascal Tessier, a gay Scout from Maryland, told Yahoo News that he was ecstatic with the outcome.

      “Proud, happy and on top of

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    • A house leveled during Superstorm Sandy in Fairfield, Conn. (Dylan Stableford/Yahoo News)

      A year after Superstorm Sandy, residents along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts should prepare for "an extremely active" 2013 hurricane season, U.S. forecasters say.

      There is a "70 percent likelihood" that will be three to six major hurricanes this year with winds above 111 mph, according to the 2013 hurricane outlook unveiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center on Thursday.

      During the six-month hurricane season, which begins June 1, forecasters anticipate 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher). Of those, seven to 11 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher).

      Those ranges are above normal. According to the National Hurricane Center, the seasonal average is 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major hurricanes. Hurricane season ends Nov. 30.

      The dire forecast comes as many shoreline residents—particularly in New York and New Jersey—are still recovering from Sandy, which killed 147 people and caused more than $75

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