For decades, the Boy Scouts of America has kept thousands of pages of files on men they wanted to keep out of the scout leader ranks because they were suspected of molesting boys. Under court order of Thursday, the Boy Scouts released 14,500 pages of the files to an Oregon lawyer, dating from 1959 to 1985, and he has released the names. Twenty-three Minnesota men are identified in documents, five from St. Paul, seven from Minneapolis and one each from Apple Valley, Bloomington, Chisholm, Eagan, Faribault, International Falls, Maplewood, Moorhead, Mounds View, Rochester and St. Louis Park, Fox 9 reports.

Central Minnesota's Girl Scout troops will be well represented at the 100th anniversary of the organization Saturday in Washington, D.C. About 100 local Girl Scouts will appear on behalf of more than 35 troops. About 200,000 people are expected to attend the Girl Scouts Rock the Mall sing-a-long event at the National Mall.

The 1991 Minnesota case is among 125 instances in which a blacklist meant to keep pedophiles away from boy scouts failed. The Los Angeles Times reviewed more than 1,000 Boy Scout files dating from 1970 to 1991. It found suspected - or convicted - abusers often found their way back into scouting in spite of a blacklist.

An extreme fundraiser in St. Paul Friday has donors rappelling off a downtown skyscraper to raise money for Boy Scouts of America. About 100 participants that donated at least $1,000 will take the leap from the 22-story EcoLab Corporate Center.