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Bernie Madoff is sentenced to a century-and-a-half in prison for defrauding thousands of investors out of billions of dollars; Justice David Souter officially retires from the US Supreme Court; and protesters take to the streets in Honduras after the military exiled the country’s president in a coup. Other top stories on today’s PM programs include:
Marketplace: This Fourth of July is going to be a lot quieter and less colorful in communities across the country, as many municipalities have decided they can’t afford Independence Day celebrations this year. Curt Nickisch has the story.
All Things Considered: The Supreme Court ruled today that the city of New Haven Connecticut violated the civil rights of white firefighters when it dumped the results of an exam that would have predominantly promoted white members of the department. Today’s decision reverses that of three judges on the US Court of Appeals in New York, one of whom was Supreme Court candidate Sonia Sotomayor.
The World: As Colombia’s president, Alvaro Uribe, meets with President Obama in Washington, trade unionists back in Columbia are dealing with constant threats of violence. John Otis reports that Uribe needs to show that he has a plan to reduce anti-union violence in order to get a free-trade pact with the US.
