In non-Boston related news...

The Boy Scouts of America are considering a plan that would allow gay scouts to join the organization, but would still ban gay and lesbian scoutmasters and den mothers. A North Dakota judge has issued a permanent injunction invalidating a two-year old state law that eliminates medication-induced abortions in the first trimester.  As Saturday is 4/20, Colorado has mixed feelings about the state's new marijuana tourism after legalization. The FAA has okayed the revisions to the battery systems in Boeing's glitch-plagued 787 Dreamliner, clearing the way for the planes to resume flying. Google wants to buy more green power for its hungry data centers, and it wants power companies to offer more of it.