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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate agreement on school nutrition standards signals a possible truce for a group of school nutrition directors and first lady Michelle Obama, an outspoken proponent of healthier eating. The bill would revise healthier meal standards to give schools more flexibility in what they serve the nation's schoolchildren, easing requirements on whole grains and delaying an upcoming deadline to cut sodium levels.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The water emergency in Flint, where lead has contaminated the drinking supply, is expected to dominate today's State of the Sate speech by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. Michigan is already providing lead testing, filters, bottled water and other essentials in the city of 99,000, and Snyder is expected to further detail plans to address the contamination.
PARIS (AP) — The restoration of Paris' Ritz Carlton hotel to its former grandeur has been marred by a fire that engulfed the top floor and burned out of control for hours today. The posh hotel where Princess Diana spent her final hours before the car crash that took her life has been closed for renovations for three years and was expected to re-open in March. Paris police say there are no known victims.
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — There's a possible breakthrough in the effort to end the chaos in Libya. Rival Libyan factions negotiating through a U.N.-brokered process have announced a unity government with a 32 person Cabinet drawing members from across the country. The Unity Presidential Council that has been doing the negotiating includes representatives from Libya's two rival parliaments and other factions. It's not clear whether the new government can govern the oil-rich nation.
NEW YORK (AP) — There are calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards over the all-white list of nominees. Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith both say they'll sit it out this year. The academy's president now says it's time for major changes — and soon. Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs issued a statement promising more diversity.
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