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ByJacquesBillead and Paul Davenport The Associated Press GLENDALE, ARIZ. Twostu- dents were shot and killed Friday at a high school in a Phoenix suburb but the danger at the campus was over, police said, as hun- dreds of worried parents crowded outside nearby stores to await word on their children. Two 15-year-old girls were shot once at Indepen- dence High School, but it was not clear what led up to their deaths, Glendale Officer Tracey Breeden told reporters. Authori- ties were not looking for anyone else, and a gun was found near the bod- ies, she said. The circumstances sug- gested the possibility of a murder-suicide or dou- ble-suicide, but Breeden said no determination had been made. She had no in- formation on the relation- ship between the girls, who died at the scene and were found near an administra- tion building. Police arrived within two minutes of being called, and the school of more than 2,000 students went on lockdown, Breeden said. Hundreds of worried parents soon began ar- riving at nearby discount and convenience stores. Breeden told parents await- ing word on their kids that "your children are safe." Cheryl Rice said she went to a store after a friend called about the shooting and asked after Rice's 15-year-old daughter. But the girl called as Rice arrived at the store. "She said, 'I'm OK,' so I of course started crying," Rice said. She said it was horrible waiting for word about her child. "You don't know if it's your daughter or not. You don't know who's being bul- lied. You don't know who is being picked on. You don't know anything. It could be anybody," Rice said. School district officials said parents will be bused to the school to be reunited with their children. Other students who got permis- sion from their parents left campus on their own. Glendale Union High School District alerted parents to the shooting through emails and auto- matic phone calls and re- leased information on so- cial media, Superintendent Brian Capistran said. Students typically are not allowed to use their cellphones during lock- downs, but as calls from parents flooded the dis- trict, officials asked teach- ers to have students call family, Capistran said. Social workers and counselors will be avail- able to students and staff when school resumes Tues- day, the superintendent said. ARIZONA 2 students killed in shooting at Phoenix-area high school PHOTOSBYMATTYORK—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Students embrace a er leaving campus on Friday in Glendale, Ariz., a er two teens were shot Friday at Independence High School in the Phoenix suburb. CHARLES KRUPA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE The sandwich board at a Panera store with the calorie count for each item is seen in Brookline, Mass. By Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press WASHINGTON Fast-food chains would get some relief from government rules on listing calories for things like bacon-wrapped deep dish pizza or double cheeseburgers under legis- lation the House approved on Friday. The vote was 266-144. The legislation now heads to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain. The Obama administration said it op- poses the measure though it stopped short of threaten- ing a presidential veto Republicans say the cal- orie labeling rules sched- uled to go into effect this year are too burdensome, and they have sought to ease the requirements and lessen potential financial penalties for businesses that have to comply. Many restaurants and other food retail outlets, such as gro- cery stores, will have to post the calorie labels by December. The FDA rules will re- quire restaurants and other establishments that sell prepared foods and have 20 or more locations to post the calorie content of food "clearly and con- spicuously" on their menus, menu boards and displays. That includes prepared foods at grocery and conve- nience stores and in movie theaters, bakeries, coffee shops, pizza delivery stores and amusement parks. The bill by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R- Wash., would leave the Food and Drug Adminis- tration rules requiring the labeling in place but make it easier for some businesses to comply. "This bill at its very core is about flexibility," Mc- Morris Rodgers said dur- ing House debate. Republican Rep. Fred Upton, whose state of Michigan is home to Dom- ino's Pizza, said it made no sense to require that calo- ries be posted on a menu board at the fast-food chain's locations when some 90 percent of orders are placed online. Democrats argued that people want more informa- tion, not less, when decid- ing what to eat. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D- Ill., who said she fought in the 1970s to get expiration dates on food, said the cal- orie labeling rules would help consumers make bet- ter decisions. The legislation would narrow labeling require- ments for supermarkets, which have complained that the rules are confusing and broad, by allowing stores to use a menu or menu board in a prepared-foods area in- stead of putting labels on individual items. It would also allow res- taurants like pizza chains that receive most of their orders remotely to post calories online instead of at the retail location. House backs bill to ease la be lin g re qu ir em en ts FOOD AND CALORIES A Phoenix police officer, le , tries to give instructions to parents waiting to reunite with their children on Friday in Glendale, Ariz., a er two teens were shot. | NEWS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2016 10 A