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Washington (CNSNews.com) - Some of the almost 10,000 members of the National Education Association (NEA) attending the teachers union's annual conference this week in the nation's capital spoke out on the issues they hope their lobbyists will fight for during next year's legislative session, including the establishment of a peace academy, in-state college tuition and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who graduate from high school.

Washington (CNSNews.com) - Pro-life teachers, students, and activists gathered at the Washington Convention Center Wednesday to picket the apparent pro-abortion stance of the National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest teacher's union.

Arlington, Va. (CNSNews.com) - The 2008 presidential election is "foremost about the United States Supreme Court," the president of the National Right to Life Committee said at the group's annual convention Thursday.

Arlington, Va. (CNSNews.com) - America doesn't need change so much as it needs to be heading in the right direction, according to former Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson.

(CNSNews.com) - As Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) apparently moves toward the political middle, he has offended one of the more influential liberal voices in the new media.

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - In an unusual but devastating terror attack on Wednesday, a terrorist plowed a front-end loader head-on into traffic, crushing a number of vehicles and overturning a city bus. It happened just before noon on busy Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem.

Sur Baher, Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - As Israeli officials were mulling Israel's response to what is being described as a terror attack in the heart of Jerusalem, Arab residents of the man's Jerusalem neighborhood -- and his widow -- were still in shock and disbelief on Thursday.

(CNSNews.com) - Paint manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are cheering the Rhode Island Supreme Court for unanimously throwing out a public nuisance case brought against the former makers of lead paint.

(CNSNews.com) - South Dakota may enforce a law that requires doctors to provide pregnant women with a written statement saying, "the abortion will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being," a federal appeals court ruled last Friday.

(1st Add: Includes comments from Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition.)

(CNSNews.com) - The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told a crowd of homosexual activists last week that her husband wants to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and reverse the rule on homosexuals in the military. Michelle Obama also drew parallels with homosexual advocacy groups and the civil rights movement, referring to events "from Selma to Stonewall."

Pipersville, Pa. (CNSNews.com) - In a speech on Monday to about 1,500 people in the small manufacturing town of Pipersville, Pa., Sen. John McCain told the crowd that he was the underdog in the 2008 presidential race and that he needs the help of rural Americans to win in November.

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Online with Terry Jeffrey. Part 1. (CNSNews.com) - For the July 4 edition of "Online with Terry Jeffrey," a new video-interview program at CNSNews.com, Editor-in-Chief Terry Jeffrey interviews bestselling author and former U.S. Education Secretary William J. Bennett about his latest book, America: The Last Best Hope .