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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate agreement would give more flexibility to schools in what healthy meals they serve students. Some schools have complained that the current rules are burdensome, and the changes would ease requirements on whole grains and delay an upcoming deadline to cut sodium levels. The Senate Agriculture Committee is set to vote on the changes on Wednesday.
UNDATED (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Physicians are telling doctors to avoid using antibiotics when treating even severe colds. And they've issued new guidelines, which have been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The experts say don't prescribe antibiotics for acute bronchitis unless pneumonia is suspected. And they suggest over-the-counter remedies for pain. They say overuse of antibiotics leads to drug-resistant germs.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is likely to devote much of his annual State of the State speech Tuesday night to the drinking water emergency in Flint. The state already is providing lead testing, filters and bottled water for the city of 99,000. And some say customers shouldn't have to pay their water bills because the water is contaminated with lead. It's unclear if lawmakers will cover the expense. The governor also is expected to again press lawmakers to address mounting financial problems in Detroit's school district.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb targeting a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan has killed 11 people. A local official says another 17 people were wounded in the Tuesday morning blast which happened on the outskirts of Peshawar. The official says the dead include police, civilians and at least one child.
NEW YORK (AP) — The relatives of former FBI agent Robert Levinson say they hope the U.S. government doesn't give up on their loved one, who disappeared in Iran in March 2007. At the time Levinson went missing, he was on an unauthorized mission for the CIA. He was not one of the Americans recently freed by Iran. Levinson's family insists he is still alive, even with health issues including diabetes, gout and high blood pressure.
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