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• Summary Box: Atheist sues Ill. cross for grant (AP)
• Atheist sues for grant refund from landmark cross (AP)
• Russia refuses to turn over Jewish library to US (AP)

Summary Box: Atheist sues Ill. cross for grant (AP) Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:54 PM PDT AP - THE ISSUE: Chicago-area atheist Rob Sherman is suing administrators of southern Illinois' towering Bald Knob Cross of Peace over a $20,000 state grant the caretakers received to help pay for the site's ongoing restoration.

Atheist sues for grant refund from landmark cross (AP) Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:52 PM PDT AP - An atheist is suing to force the administrators of a towering cross in southern Illinois to return a $20,000 state grant toward its restoration, saying Thursday it was "blatantly unconstitutional" to spend taxpayer money on a Christian symbol.

Russia refuses to turn over Jewish library to US (AP) Posted: 12 Aug 2010 04:58 AM PDT AP - Russia has rejected a U.S. court ruling to turn over a Jewish library to a Hasidic group in New York.

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