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WASHINGTON – President Bush’s religious faith is “mainstream America” and no different from previous presidents, the director of his Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives said Friday. “The president’s faith has been misunderstood,” said the White House aide, Jim Towey. “I don’t see him as any different from his predecessors, …

The list of 23 fellows announced by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Each will receive $500,000 over five years: — Angela Belcher, 37, Cambridge, Mass. An associate professor of materials science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Belcher’s research opens new paths for controlling inorganic …

WCMH-TV in Ohio reports that an elementary school there has banned celebrations of Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s Day, in part because some of the students don’t participate in such holidays because of personal beliefs. The kiddies at Glendening Elementary School in Groveport will no longer be able to play dress-up, …