Saturday,  February 2, 2013 • Vol. 13--No. 198 • 29 of 36 •  Other Editions

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last week debated what was known as the "social host" bill, which was designed to make it easier to charge parents and other adults who allow alcohol use by minors. The proposed bill was defeated in committee. A similar bill was filed this week and is scheduled for a hearing next week.

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AP News in Brief
Turkish official: US Embassy bomber had previous terror conviction, took part in hunger strike

• ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A Turkish official says a suicide bomber who struck the American Embassy in Ankara spent four years in prison on terrorism charges before being released for a brain disorder contracted while on hunger strike.
• The 40-year-old bomber, Ecevit Sanli, killed himself and a Turkish security guard

on Friday in an attack Turkish officials blamed on domestic leftist militants. It was the second deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in five months.
• The official said Saturday that Sanli was arrested in 1997 for membership in the outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C, and took part in a major hunger strike that led to the deaths of dozens of inmates.
• The official spoke on condition of anonymity because government rules bar civil servants from speaking to journalists without authorization.
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New federal rules aim to aim to make all foods in schools healthful, get rid of junk food

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most candy, high-calorie drinks and greasy meals could soon be on a food blacklist in the nation's schools.
• For the first time, the government is proposing broad new standards to make sure all foods sold in schools are more healthful.
• Under the new rules the Agriculture Department proposed Friday, foods like fatty chips, snack cakes, nachos and mozzarella sticks would be taken out of lunch lines and vending machines. In their place would be foods like baked chips, trail mix, diet sodas, lower-calorie sports drinks and low-fat hamburgers.
• The rules, required under a child nutrition law passed by Congress in 2010, are part of the government's effort to combat childhood obesity. While many schools already have improved their lunch menus and vending machine choices, others still

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