Friday,  June 29, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 351 • 22 of 29 •  Other Editions

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• 10. AND WITH THE FIRST PICK IN THE NBA DRAFT
• The New Orleans Hornets selected Anthony Davis, a freshman forward from the national champion Kentucky Wildcats. His teammate, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, went No. 2 to Charlotte.
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AP News in Brief
Supreme Court's health care decision leaves trail of winners and losers

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- By a single vote, President Barack Obama's health care overhaul survived a painstaking Supreme Court review that consumed thousands of pages in legal filings and an extraordinary six hours-plus of oral argument time back in March.
• In the end, the court upheld the law, with a minor change, and dashed Republican hopes of bringing down what conservatives deride as "Obamacare" on constitutional grounds. The outcome surprised many who thought tough questions from the conservative justices during the arguments foreshadowed the demise of the far-reaching legislation.
• The decision leaves a trail of winners and losers, from Main Street, USA, to the

very steps of the Supreme Court. For some, it's a mixed bag. Here's a look:
• WINNERS
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EU leaders find surprise success at summit, to use bailout fund to prop up struggling banks

• BRUSSELS (AP) -- After 18 disappointing summits, Europe's leaders appeared Friday to have finally come up with a set of measures that show they are serious about solving their crippling debt crisis.
• Meeting for the 19th time since the debt crisis exploded in late 2009, leaders of the 17 countries that use the euro currency agreed to let funds intended to bail out indebted governments funnel money directly to struggling banks as well. The move is intended to stop banks from piling debt onto already stressed governments.
• The leaders also agreed to ease austerity requirements for countries that take

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