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NEW YORK ? America?s snack food makers are marketing smaller portion packs, using healthier fats and reducing sugar in some of the nation?s favorite potato chips and cookies.

While they?re trying to make money off of greater demand for healthier grab-and-go food, they?re also hoping the new products will help them avoid increased federal regulation and the threat of lawsuits that allege complicity for the nation?s rising rate of obesity.

Kellogg Co., maker of Pop-Tarts and Cheez-It crackers, said last week it will restrict use of licensed characters such as Shrek in its advertising, and either reduce the amount of calories, fat, sugar and sodium in products or stop marketing them to children under age 12 by the end of next year.

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Spooner High School recently released the names of the students who achieved the honor of making the A and B Honor Roll for the fourth quarter. Students making the Honor Roll include:

A Honor Roll

Seth Adams, Arielle Anderson, Ryan Bloms, Greg Bronson, Stephanie Costello, Eliza DeVoe, Kate Hallock, Theodore Heino, William Hersha, Samantha Kaelin, Amy Luell, Melissa McNitt, Christina Missinne, Nicole Olson, Alan Peterson, Ian Schara, Joshua Scheel, Eva Stellrecht, and John Sweeney.

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Even if you missed the film, which shares the same name with the group, you still might want to check out the Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars when they perform on Friday at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

All of the band members once lived in Sierra Leone's capital city, Freetown, before they were forced to flee during the country's decade-long civil war.

Although their story is quite harrowing, their music is uplifting. The joyous dance music, which draws from traditional West African sounds, roots reggae and folk styles, is all about delivering messages of peace and love. The band's debut, "Living Like a Refugee," addresses such issues as the plight of refugee life and the terrors of wartime.

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NEW YORK ? America's snack food makers are marketing smaller portion packs, using healthier fats and reducing sugar in some of the nation's favorite potato chips and cookies.

While they're trying to make money off of greater demand for healthier grab-and-go food, they're also hoping the new products will help them avoid increased federal regulation and the threat of lawsuits that allege complicity for the nation's rising rate of obesity.

Kellogg Co., maker of Pop-Tarts and Cheez-It crackers, said this month it will restrict use of licensed characters such as Shrek in its advertising, and either reduce the amount of calories, fat, sugar and sodium in products or stop marketing them to children under age 12 by the end of next year.

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NEW YORK America's snack food makers are marketing smaller portion packs, using healthier fats and reducing sugar in some of the nation's favorite potato chips and cookies.

While they're trying to make money off of greater demand for healthier grab-and-go food, they're also hoping the new products will help them avoid increased federal regulation and the threat of lawsuits that allege complicity for the nation's rising rate of obesity.

Kellogg Co., maker of Pop-Tarts and Cheez-It crackers, said last week it will restrict use of licensed characters such as Shrek in its advertising, and either reduce the amount of calories, fat, sugar and sodium in products or stop marketing them to children under age 12 by the end of next year.

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