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EUROPEAN FINANCIAL CRISIS. New Proposals Emerge.
European Union officials wrap up early summit early with several steps for financial crisis repairs. Also planning for Greece to leave?

US GOVERNMENT WAR. Food Stamp Fraud.
Updated proposals are expected to demand explanations from recipients who request replacements cards, claiming the lost them, but are sold on the black market.

FIRE ON NUKE-SUBMARINE. Blaze Injures Six.
The sub's reactor wasn't operating during the fire that burned through the night at a Maine shipyard.

STATES PUSHING CONGRESS. New Highway Tolls.
Some toll projects approved on I-95 in Virginia and North Carolina and on I-70 in Missouri.

RARE STORMS EXPECTED. 2012 Hurricane Season.
Following Alberto, US government forecasts for the Atlantic hurricane season that begins June 1. In the Pacific, now Hurricane Bud is developing as it bears down on Mexico.