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1、From NPR News in Washington, Im Louise Schiavone.Supporters and opponents of the Arizona immigration law are claiming victory in a supreme court ruling today. The court said local law enforcement may not arrest illegal immigrants and the state may not make it a crime for immigrants to work without a

2、 permit. But the justices upheld the so-called show me your papers provision, requiring police to check the immigration status of someone they suspect is in the US illegally. Governor Jan Brewer says she satisfied.I believe we have accomplished a lot, and that it was upheld by the United States Supr

3、eme court. And we will move forward, instructing law enforcement to begin practicing what the United States Supreme court has upheld.Meanwhile, speaking for the Service Employees International Union , Eliseo Medina said his rank-and-file is not happy.We are extremely disappointed that they upheld th

4、e show me your papers provision. We think that is clearly a violation of human and civil rights that it will, in fact, lead to ritual profiling.President Obama welcomed provisions of the ruling striking down sections of the law and today renewed his call for a national overhaul of immigration law. T

5、he justice has also ruled that a mandatory life sentence without parole is unconstitutional for juveniles. NPRs Nina Totenberg explains.The judge must, or the jury must consider the youth and the background of this individual, whether the person was in fact, the shooter, the actual person, the trigg

6、er man, or was he or she and accomplice, all of those things have to be considered before youth sentence, a juvenile to life in prison without parole. Not that you cannot do it, but you have to consider other factors you cant on a mandatory basis, sentence juveniles to life in prison without parole.

7、 NPRs Nina Totenberg.Some good news for the struggling construction market. NPRs Sonari Glinton reports.In May, the sale of new homes went up almost 8%. Its the best growth since April, 2010. That was the last month that people can qualify for a federal home buying tax credit. Americans brought appr

8、oximately 360,000 new homes. Thats a big increase, but its still far below the 700,000 economists will consider a healthy. The sales gains were concentrated in two reasons of the country. New home sales increased more than 36% in the northeast and nearly 30% in the south, they fell in the west and t

9、he middle west. Some of the reasons for the overall growth in the new home market, affordability, mortgage rates are at a all time low and prices remain low as well. Sonari Glinton, NPR News.On Wall Street, approaching the close, the Dow was down 128 at 12,512; the NASDAQ down 54 at 2,837.This is NP

10、R News.Eurozone anxieties are leading world oil prices lower, translating into savings at the pump. Analyst * puts the average price of a gallon of regular in the US now at 347 down 48 cents from early April.The scandal-plagued Vatican has hired the Fox News correspondent in Rome to improve its comm

11、unications strategy. NPRs Sylvia Poggioli reports the American journalist is a member of the conservative Catholic group Opus Dei.Fifty-two-year-old Greg Burke has been with Fox News 10 years. And he will be the first Vatican communications expert with experience outside the world of religious media

12、. Last week, the Popes right hand man Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone accused the media of pettiness and lies. The Vatican has been bedeviled by communication errors since Benedicts 2005 election. the popes infamous remarks about Muslims and violence, his decision to rehabilitate a schismatic bishop who d

13、enied the Holocaust, and the Vaticans response to the 2010 explosion of sex abuse scandals in Europe are just a few. The Vatican is now dealing with leaks of sensitive documents. In accordance with Opus Dei discipline, Burke is celibate and gives most of his income to the movement. Sylvia Poggioli,

14、NPR News, Rome.A state of fires across the state of Colorado could leave many hotels and camp grounds empty for 4th of July holiday. A forest fire Rocky Mountain National Park burned almost 2 dozen homes and other structures. And Florida Governor Richard Scotts declared a statewide emergency because of tropical storm Debby. The system has been drenching Florida with rain and spawning tornados.Im Louise Schiavone. NPR News, Washington.