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President Obama pauses during his State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress on Jan. 20, 2015. Vice President Biden, left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listen.(Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP)
Obama delivers his<span style="color: Red;">*</span>final State of the Union Address<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
President Obama delivers his seventh and final State of the Union Address on Tuesday. White House aides say the speech will go beyond the typical "laundry list" of policy proposals that are the hallmark of the annual address, instead delivering what they suggest will be a more profound statement. Obama will use the address to reflect on not just the year ahead, but his entire presidency<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— and the generation that grew up in it. The speech airs at 9 p.m. ET.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Want to watch? You have plenty of options.
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As President Obama prepares to deliver his final State of the Union Address on January 12, we look back at his previous six messages to Congress.
Drinking water delivered door-to-door in Michigan
State officials in Michigan will start a door-to-door sweep of Flint on Tuesday to hand out bottled water and water filters<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to address the city's ongoing water crisis.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Flint's drinking water was contaminated with lead when a state-appointed emergency manager<span style="color: Red;">*</span>switched the city's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>water supply source from Lake Huron to the more polluted and corrosive Flint River, and an unknown number of children got lead poisoning.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The White House said Sunday that it was monitoring the situation as part of a discussion on growing mistrust in government.
The federal agency FEMA has sent two officials to Michigan to monitor the Flint drinking water crisis.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press)
AT&T to unveil unlimited data offer
Unlimited data plans have become an endangered species<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in recent years, but on Tuesday AT&T will begin pulling them from the brink of extinction.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Under the new plan, you can pay<span style="color: Red;">*</span>$100 a month for unlimited data, talk and text on a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>single smartphone if you have or sign up for AT&T U-Verse TV service or DirecTV,<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>which AT&T acquired<span style="color: Red;">*</span>last<span style="color: Red;">*</span>year. <span style="color: Red;">*</span>The only competitor<span style="color: Red;">*</span>capable of offering a comparable deal is Verizon,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>with its FiOS service. T-Mobile already<span style="color: Red;">*</span>offers an<span style="color: Red;">*</span>exemption to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>data caps for certain video streaming services, but at a lower resolution?.
This file combo made from file photos shows the AT&T logo on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill., left, and a DirecTV satellite dish atop a home in Los Angeles.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: AP)
NFL owners weigh possible relocation of teams to Los Angeles
Will the St. Louis Rams be moving to Los Angeles? How about the San Diego Chargers or the Oakland Raiders? NFL owners meeting Tuesday could vote to relocate one or two of the three franchises to Los Angeles, returning the league to the region<span style="color: Red;">*</span>after a 21-year absence. The three teams are unhappy with their current stadiums, which NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has dubbed "inadequate and unsatisfactory." Teams need the votes of 24 of the NFL's 32 owners in order to relocate.
A hopeful Rams fan pleads for a stadium in Los Angeles during the Rams' game against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Sports)
Space Coast gets the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>2016<span style="color: Red;">*</span>rocket launch forecast
The Air Force’s 45th Space Wing will preview how many rocket launches the Space Coast can hope to see in 2016 at the National Space Club Florida Committee's meeting Tuesday. Although early annual projections are rarely met, there's a good chance 2016 will beat last year's total of 17 orbital launch attempts. California-based SpaceX had a total of seven attempts in 2015<span style="color: Red;">*</span>but hopes to exceed that number this year. Meanwhile, rival aerospace company United Launch Alliance could launch as many as 12 times from the Cape.
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Weather:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Snow will fly Tuesday downwind of the Great Lakes and in the interior Northeast while rain pelts the West Coast.
Stocks:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. stock futures pointed higher Tuesday, while Chinese stocks ended higher after a volatile day of trading.
TV Tonight: Wondering what to watch tonight? (Besides the State of the Union?)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>TV critic Robert Bianco looks atMADtv 20th Anniversary Reunion, Grandfathered and the winter return of iZombie.
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Contributing: The Associated Press
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