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Agriculture Department wants to do more to stop benefit recipients who sell cards for cash

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 government for replacement cards.


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Most come between June 1 to Nov. 30; nine to 15 named storms expected in 2012

(CNN) -- Despite some early storms this year, forecasters Thursday predicted a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season with nine to 15 named storms, including four to eight hurricanes and one to three major hurricanes.


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Former military leader surprised GOP four years ago when he backed Democrat

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time.


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State's attorney general said New York police didn't violate any laws

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Muslim leaders in New Jersey say they are angry but uncertain what their next step will be after the state's attorney general found that New York City police did not violate any laws in its surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups in New Jersey.


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Trayvon Martin shooter in January 2011 expressed outrage over homeless man incident

(CNN) -- George Zimmerman gave a scathing review of the Sanford Police Department and accused its chief of engaging in a cover-up during a public meeting in January 2011.


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Accuser of Brian Banks has recanted story of kidnap and rape

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- The kidnap-rape conviction of a once-promising prep football star was dismissed Thursday following a recantation by his accuser.


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Dennis Mahon convicted of 2004 bombing that injured two

PHOENIX (AP) -- A white supremacist likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a federal judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison Tuesday for a 2004 bombing that wounded a black city official in suburban Phoenix.


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Trayvon Martin shooter was once harsh critic of Sanford force, but view changed during 2011

(CNN) -- George Zimmerman gave a scathing review of the Sanford Police Department when he spoke at a public meeting in January 2011, describing what he'd seen on ride-alongs with officers as "disgusting."


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He said the work of ending one war and setting the path to end the Afghan war has set a foundation for what he called 'a new era of American leadership'

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- President Barack Obama is telling graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy that they are the first class in nearly a decade to graduate into a world that has no Osama bin Laden, no war in Iraq and no questions about when the war in Afghanistan will end.


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Tolls are hardly a perfect solution. But to many states and communities, they're the best option available

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay.


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