Thursday,  May 24, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 315 • 27 of 35 •  Other Editions

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• . HOW MANY STORMS WILL HIT THIS HURRICANE SEASON
• At 11 a.m., the government releases its forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season that begins June 1. In the Pacific, Hurricane Bud formed today as it bears down on southwestern Mexico.
• . OBAMA TRAVELS TO IOWA TO TOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY
• At 7 p.m., the president speaks in Des Moines to support clean-energy tax incentives, part of his congressional "to-do" list that he contends could bolster the economy.
• . SOLDIERS PLANT FLAGS TO HONOR U.S. WAR VETERANS
• At 4 p.m., they will begin placing U.S. flags at the more than 220,000 grave markers at Arlington National Cemetery, a tradition that has been part of Memorial Day weekend activities for more than six decades.
• . PHILLIP PHILLIPS IS THE NEW 'AMERICAN IDOL'

• The bluesy Georgia guitar man beat out teenager Jessica Sanchez. TV-
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AP News in Brief
Federal government wants to give states more power to combat food stamp fraud

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash -- sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist -- and then asking the govern

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