what we ve shown here is that there are compromises that can be reached that protect the special places while still allowing for a robust level of natural gas and oil development. brown: margaret warner interviews supreme court justice antonin scalia about his new book, a guide for judges on how to interpret the text of the law. the trick for a judge is to see where the balance resides. it s like a murder mystery. there are clues pointing one way, pointing another way. which clues are more persuasive? woodruff: we have a report from beijing on the closely watched murder trial of gu kailai, the wife of a disgraced communist party official. brown: and we close with a look at the golden successes of women athletes at the london games. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, a
brown: the housing market is showing more signs of mending from the depths of the foreclosure crisis. a new report from realty-trac finds banks are repossessing fewer homes than a year ago, and general foreclosure activity has declined for 22 consecutive months. still, there was plenty of sobering news. the number of homes in july that received an initial notice of default, the first step in a foreclosure, was up 6% from a year ago, and nearly 60,000 homes are being repossessed by lenders each month. california has the highest foreclosure rate, with one in every 325 homes receiving a foreclosure notice last month. guy cecala watches all this closely as c.e.o. and publisher of inside mortgage finance, a housing industry research publication. welcome to you. thank you. brown: filings are down. explain that part of the equation. what s going on? filings are down basically means we re seeing less people getting into trouble due to job loss. an improving economy is hel
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