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Stem cells:

1. Hopefuls embrace stem cell research | Md. candidates vie to prove support (The Washington Post)
   
   
2. State takes lead in stem cell efforts | A day after President Bush's veto, the governor orders a $150-million loan to kick-start research now stalled by litigation (Los Angeles Times)
   
   
3. Schwarzenegger gives $150M stem cell loan | A day after President Bush vetoed expanded federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday authorized a $150 million loan to fund California's stem cell institute, which has been stalled by lawsuits (Associated Press)
   
   
4. Debate continues over stem cell research | In Madison, Wisconsin—the birthplace of embryonic stem cell research—debate rages on over the morality of using human embryos to look for cures to diseases. (Associated Press)
   
   
5. House rejects Santorum stem cell bill | Sen. Rick Santorum, a conservative struggling to win reelection, suffered a political setback late Tuesday when the House rejected his bill to encourage adult stem cell research. (Associated Press)
   
   
6. Stem cell debate a complication for GOP | The largely one-sided debate over embryonic stem cell research pits President Bush against the Republican Party. (Associated Press)
   
   
7. Stem-cell divisions transcend abortion fight | Abortion opponents are not necessarily against embryonic stem-cell research, an issue facing many countries. (Reuters)
   
   
8. Connecticut GOP bucks party on stem cells | Connecticut's three Republican congressional representatives voted to overturn President Bush's veto of a stem cell research bill, bucking their party leader on a key issue for many religious conservatives. (Boston Globe)
   
   
9. Long fight has slowed progress on stem cells | Recent discussion is only the latest skirmish in an often rancorous eight-year-old battle over the science and ethics of embryonic stem cell research. (The Washington Post)
   
   
10. Politics in the pew, the pew in politics | President Bush's veto of a stem-cell research bill on religious and moral grounds is a sign of how much faith has infused US politics. Before this escalating piety in politics goes too far and further polarizes society along religious lines, the US needs a new consensus on boundaries to prevent theological warfare. (Editorial, The Christian Science Monitor)
    
    
11. Saving snowflakes | The first veto by President Bush was not only a promise kept, but also a triumph of science over emotion (Editorial, Investors Business Daily)
    
    
12. Stem cell morals | Are social and religious conservatives antiscience? Many are. But resistance to public funding of stem cell research is not an example of it (John Leo, US News & World Report)
    
    
13. Balance science, ethics | It is difficult—but necessary—to draw the boundaries, according to the secretary of Health and Human Services. (Mike Leavitt, USA Today)
    
    
14. Stillborn | In praise of Bush's awful stem-cell veto (Michelle Cottle, The New Republic)
    
    
15. The president stands up for life | Not potential life, but life with potential (G. Tracy Mehan, III, The American Spectator)
    
    
16. Who's "anti-science" now? | Proponents of embryonic-stem-cell research put themselves in a bad position (Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online)
    
    

Bush veto:

1. First Bush veto maintains limits on stem cell use | President Bush's veto put him at odds with many members of his own party and what polls say is a majority of the public. (The New York Times)
   
   
2. Republicans say Bush's veto is risky | President Bush's first veto may make it difficult for the Republican party to get votes this November. (Associated Press)
   
   

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