CURRENT EVENTS School Lunches Get Fat, Sodium, Calorie Limits January 26, 2012 Just like many Government departments, school meals are getting leaner. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced new nutrition standards for American school breakfast and lunch, one of which is a maximum number of calories per student. Arab League Stops Syria Monitoring Mission January 29, 2012 The Arab League has abandoned its monitoring mission after failing to make a dent in the ongoing violence between troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and an increasingly armed opposition. THIS WEEK IN HISTORY Monopoly First Goes on Sale Monopoly, the best-selling board game in the world, began as a simple idea of one man during America's Great Depression. Charles B. Darrow of Germantown, Penn., had the idea for the game, which he thought would be especially appealing to so many people in America at that time who were out of work and might find enjoyment in the promise of quick wealth. Darrow designed his game in basically the form that we have it today and took it to Parker Brothers, which by then was making games successfully. They rejected the idea, saying that it had a great many "design flaws." Find out what happened next. HOLIDAYS Groundhog Day Groundhog Day, February 2, is a day to have fun and see whether more or less winter is on the way, courtesy of a furry weather predicter who lives in a hole. Who is Punxsutawney Phil? Find out more about the holiday's famous weather predictor, Punxsutawney Phil.

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