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3. Bush turns first veto into child's play | Children born from frozen embryos take the White House stage in an effort to overshadow President Bush's veto. (Associated Press)
   
   
4. Bush vetoes stem-cell research bill | President Bush practices a "Solomon-like decision" by vetoing a bill to expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. (Boston Globe)
   
   
5. Bush vetoes stem-cell funding | President Bush's veto of a bill to expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research makes supporters upset that "religious thinking trumps the national consensus". (Washington Times)
   
   
6. Bush turns back on science to veto stem cell bill | Research using human embryos is one of the critical battlegrounds in the culture wars between American Christian campaigners and secularists. (The Telegraph, London)
   
   
7. Bush draws battle lines with 1st veto | President Bush's veto formed important battle lines between Democrats and Republicans in advance of the fall midterm elections. (Chicago Tribune)
   
   
8. Stem cell veto isn't end, DeGette vows | Rep. Diana DeGette vowed to keep fighting "every day" to advance federally funded embryonic stem cell research, even though she and her allies failed to overturn President Bush's veto of her legislation Wednesday. (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
   
   
9. Bush readies first veto, dashing hopes of millions | A quarter-century from now, when the benefits of embryonic stem cell research are being realized, Americans are likely to shake their heads in astonishment at this week's events in Washington. (Editorial, USA Today)
   
   

Life ethics:

1. Paper details failed human cloning attempts | Scientist contends he tried five times in a foreign lab (The Boston Globe)
   
   
2. How faith saved the atheist | Why did the doctors stop asking me to pull the plug? (Pamela R. Winnick, The Wall Street Journal)
   
   
3. A vaccine's promise | Cervical cancer can now be prevented. So why isn't everyone cheering? (Editorial, The Wall Street Journal)
   
   
4. Religion today: Genomes and Jesus | Francis S. Collins led the international Human Genome Project that mapped the 3.1 billion chemical base pairs in humanity's DNA. He now directs the U.S. government program on applying that information to medical treatments. He's also emerged as a surprise advocate for faith and for its compatibility with science (Associated Press)
   
   
5. Anti-life, anti-science | A Castle of confusion (Richard M. Doerflinger, National Review Online)
   
   
6. Ethical alternatives | Keeping a focus on ethics in medical research (National Review Online)
   
   

Politics:

1. Christian Coalition loses Ohio chapter over policy stands | The former Christian Coalition of Ohio has become the second state chapter this year to split from the national organization, which has been in financial decline and has taken some policy stands critics find inconsistent with traditional conservative values (The Washington Times)
   
   
2. Govt to up spending on marriage programs | For the next five years, Congress is setting aside up to $100 million a year to promote marriage and $50 million a year to produce committed fathers. This year's allotment goes out before Sept. 30 (Associated Press)
   
   
3. GOP agenda aims to motivate loyal voters | With votes this week on gay marriage, stem cell research and the Pledge of Allegiance, the Republican-controlled Congress is systematically working through an agenda of conservative causes, eager to mobilize hard-core voters in the months before the midterm elections. (Associated Press)
   
   

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