CALIFORNIA

May Day!
The San Francisco Examiner
On Wednesday around 5:45 a.m., High Priestess and Witch M. Macha NightMare will head up to Inspiration Point to watch the Berkeley Morris dancers "dance the sun up."

COLORADO

Drought could dry up Mother Cabrini's 'miracle' spring
Rocky Mountain News
Drought threatens to dry up what's believed to be a miraculous 90-year-old water supply at the popular Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden.

FLORIDA

Church targets lawsuit attorney
Scientology tries to end a lawsuit by having the plaintiff's attorney in the case removed.
St Petersburg Times
CLEARWATER -- The Church of Scientology is rolling out an aggressive set of legal maneuvers aimed at wiping out one of its biggest headaches: the lawsuit blaming the church for the 1995 death of Lisa McPherson.

ILLINOIS

Fear of a Mormon return Illinois town's fundamentalists feel threatened by giant temple
San Francisco Chronicle
Nauvoo -- At fundamentalist church gatherings in this bend of the Mississippi River, Rocky and Helen Hulse paint a menacing specter: legions of impeccably groomed Mormons pedaling house to house on bicycles, robbing anyone at home of their immortal souls.
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Temple impact reaches far
The Deseret News
In all of American history, there has never been a building quite like the Nauvoo Temple. As an architectural achievement, as a cultural icon, as a religious centerpiece, it has a significance that stretches far beyond the LDS faith.

Islamic Charity Charged With Lying
The Associated Press
CHICAGO- An Islamic charity and its executive director were charged with perjury Tuesday for denying in a lawsuit against the federal government that they have supported groups engaged in terrorism.

IOWA

Meditation Town Prints Own Money
The Asspciated Press
VEDIC CITY - If Walt Disney World can make Disney Dollars and Club Med can print its own currency, then this Iowa town founded by practitioners of Transcendental Meditation figured it, too, could make its own money.

NEW YORK

Muslims complain of discrimination
Dallas Morning News
In ways large and small, from perceived prejudice in the workplace to a heightened sense of anxiety at home, the events of Sept. 11 continue to reverberate in the lives of American Muslims.

TEXAS

For 17-foot Jesus statue, it's all about location
The Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Faith is literally getting in the way for New Waverly resident Evelyn Blazek. Officials with the Texas Department of Transportation say the 83-year-old woman's 17-foot statue of Jesus is violating state right-of-way laws with its location on State Highway 150 East.

UTAH

Forensics Expert Says Alleged Lee Scroll Fake
The Salt Lake Tribune
A document blaming Brigham Young for the Mountain Meadows Massacre is a fake, according to a forensic expert. The authenticity of an inscribed lead sheet dated 1872 has been questioned ever since it was found by a Park Service volunteer inside Lee's Fort on the Colorado River in January.

'Lee' note work of Hofmann?
Deseret News

Examiner: 1857 Church Document Fake
The Associated Press

WYOMING

Two more groups oppose Martin's Cove sale
The Associated Press
CASPER - Two more national organizations are opposing the proposed sale of federally owned Martin's Cove to the Mormon Church.
Update:
Witness lineup finalized for Martin's Cove hearing
The Associated Press
CASPER - Two members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been asked to testify at a congressional field hearing regarding the proposed sale of federally owned Martin's Cove to the Mormon Church.

CHINA
Overseas Falun Gong Followers Make Harassing Calls
The People's Daily
Many units and residents in Beijing have lately received harassing calls deep at nights, with a tape saying that Falun Gong practitioners have suffered persecution, according to reports of Beijing Morning Post.
NOTE: The People's Daily is a pro-Communist newspaper and bias toward Falun Gong.

ENGLAND

Farrakhan banned from Britain
CNN.com
LONDON -- The British government has won its legal bid to keep controversial black U.S. political leader Louis Farrakhan out of the UK.

GERMANY
Police investigate heavy-metal link to school shooting
The London Times
Berlin - Police in Erfurt were investigating yesterday whether the dull throb of a heavy metal song called School Wars could have nudged Robert Steinhäuser towards the killing of 13 teachers in Germany’s worst classroom massacre.

INDIA
India's secularism under threat?
BBC News
Sectarian tensions are calling into the question the essential nature of India as a secular state. Hundreds of people have died in India in the past two weeks after Muslims attacked a train carrying Hindu activists back from Ayodhya.

INDONESIA
Indonesian alert over religious attack
BBC News
Indonesian security forces are patrolling the Moluccan capital Ambon after religious violence saw at least 12 people killed at the weekend.
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ITALY
Vatican reaches out to Islamic world
BBC News
The Vatican has signed an unprecedented agreement with the Government of Turkey to promote religious dialogue between Christians and Muslims.

MALAYSIA

Scores seek 'death' to strengthen their faith
The Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR - Scores of Malaysian Muslims are experiencing 'death' by attending a course organised by a Muslim group at a shophouse in Rawang, Selangor.

RUSSIA
Russians protest unorthodox revival
The Christian Science Monitor
MOSCOW - Hundreds of Orthodox believers joined hands in cities across Russia Sunday in a "day of protest and prayer" against the "aggressive and expansionist" Roman Catholic Church.

SCOTLAND

New year begins with Sikh festival in the city
The Herald
VAISAKHI, one of Punjab's most popular festivals, was celebrated in Glasgow yesterday with the launch of an exhibition to increase awareness of Sikh religion and culture.

SOUTH AFRICA
'Evil spirits want your money'
News24.com
Bredasdorp - A surprised couple found the rotten head of a guinea fowl, telephone directories and old magazines in suitcases which were supposed to contain R606 000. They had given the precious suitcases to a sangoma because he had told them evil spirits were after their money.

UGANDA
Ugandan rebels blamed for gruesome killings
BBC News
The Ugandan army has accused rebels of carrying out a gruesome attack on civilians in southern Sudan, leaving up to 60 people dead.

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