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• For a GOP warrior, a chance to reshape federal workforce | OPM Nominee Kay Coles James is a 'true believer' whose stands worry some groups (The Washington Post)
• Faith and power profiles: Charles Colson (UPI)
• Dalai Lama meets Jesse Ventura (Reuters)

Religion and politics:

• Religious coalition lobbying Illinois for social service hike | Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Muslims, and Jews ask for more than $100 million in additional funding (Chicago Tribune)
• God is opposed to Britain joining EU's single currency, says economist | Graeme Leach, chief economist of the Institute of Directors, says adopting "humanist" Euro is bad stewardship (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• Outrage at bishop's praise for Mugabe | Anglican Bishop of Harare accused critics of Zimbabwe's human rights record of being motivated by self-interest, claiming Western countries were using black "puppets" to manipulate Africa. (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• Porn industry takes its case to Sacramento | Lobbying blitz aims to convince legislators of the business' legitimacy. 'We are a revenue generator and we'd like a little respect,' actress says. (Los Angeles Times)

Church and state:

• Court is asked to decide on Commandments | Hollywood-generated display triggers constitutional debate (Gannett)
• Lord's Prayer 'protected' | Parliamentary privilege covers recital, court told (The Toronto Star)
• White House must build faith-based initiatives on common ground | Current congressional debates and public-opinion polls reveal that the more the people learn about the president's faith-based initiative, the more skeptical they are about it. (Charles Haynes, Freedom Forum)
• Scopes trial county has new cross to bear | Bible classes in the county's public schools challenged in court (Fox News)
• Ohio schools sued over hymns | Columbus Public Schools' student choral groups perform music with Christian lyrics (The Columbus Dispatch)
• Schools can teach but not preach religion, educators are told | Religion gets less space than the growth of railroads in history textbooks, say educators' educators (Knight-Ridder)
• Anti-abortion protesters ask federal appeals court to overturn buffer-zone law (Associated Press)

Timothy McVeigh:

• A letter to Timothy McVeigh (Miroslav Volf, The Christian Century)
• 'Eye for an eye' challenges faithful | Religious leaders try to change public opinion about death penalty (The Washington Post)
• Eighty-nine executions. I was the warden. I did the job with dignity. I still have questions | (Jim Willett, The Washington Post)

Other stories of interest:

• Alcohol and buggies form 'wild years' for Amish teens | Amish youth - those between the age of 16 and their early 20s - are not yet members of the church. That "loophole" frees them to pursue worldly activities that normally would be off-limits. (The Toledo Blade)
• Hallelujah diet: medical miracle or myth? (WEWS, Cleveland)
• Doctors seek way to measure evil | During a symposium at the American Psychiatric Association convention, forensic psychiatrist Michael Welner asked more than 120 psychiatrists to help create a depravity scale which could be used by the courts to judge criminals. (Associated Press)
• Religion news in brief | Peru Missionary, McVeigh execution, Baptist resignations, Ten Commandments, Jewish worship ban, exclusivity of Christ, Mormon park, and Baptist Foundation fraud. (Associated Press)
• Bombs still explode in Birmingham | People who had gotten very exercised about a bomb that killed four little girls tended to walk away from a city where death of another kind has destroyed tens of thousands. (Joel Belz, World)
• Jane and Ted and marriage surprises | There may be good reasons to end a marriage, but I refuse to allow that getting religion could be one of them, no matter how contentious the views of spouses on this subject. (Dana Mack, Los Angeles Times)

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