NATIONAL BRIEFS

CALIFORNIA: Judge demands Scouts' files

A judge overseeing a lawsuit brought by the family of a boy molested by his troop leader in 2007 has ordered the Boy Scouts of America to hand over confidential files detailing allegations of sexual abuse by Scout leaders around the nation. The Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge said the Irving, Texas-based organization must turn over the last 20 years' worth of records by Friday, with victims' names removed, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. The documents have been maintained since the 1920s and are intended to keep suspected molesters out of Scouting. Scouts officials deny that the files have been used to conceal abuse.

Contesting Marine's slaying

In a move that broke with the military's tradition, Sgt. Manuel Loggins Jr.'s commanding officer at Camp Pendleton publicly rebuked civilian authorities in Orange County for their handling of the investigation into the fatal Feb. 7 shooting of Loggins by a deputy. While Marines have each other's backs on the battlefield, when they get into trouble back home, off base, the military tends to step aside while police investigate. But Marines say this time was different. The death of Loggins rocked the tight-knit Marine Corps community. Fellow troops describe him as a devout Christian dedicated to his pregnant wife and three children, nothing like the picture painted by law enforcement. The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs has said Loggins plowed a car through a gate at San Clemente High School at 4:30 a.m., and got out as his 9- and 14-year-old daughters could be heard screaming in the SUV. A deputy shot the rambling Loggins, fearing for the children's safety, the statement said.

HAWAII: Ex-kidnap victim is married

Elizabeth Smart, the Utah woman who was kidnapped at 14 and held captive for nine months by an itinerant street preacher, married Matthew Gilmour, of Aberdeen, Scotland, Saturday on Oahu. Smart, 24, met Gilmour while doing Mormon missionary work in Paris.