Hello, nurse

This may sting a bit: Among recent celebrity apologies was one from hosts of “The View” for ridiculing a Miss America contestant who dressed in her nurse’s scrubs.

Don’t you want to be there when “The View” hosts get their next flu shot?

Life in the fast lane: Want to use the joint carpool and toll lanes on I-405 when the change takes effect Sept. 27? It’s simple: Wait in line to buy a sticker or transponder, set up a Good to Go account online, load it with money, and if you’re in a carpool and don’t want to pay the toll, remember to flick the switch on your car’s transponder. To pay the toll, just consult the digital signs to find out what you’ll pay, remembering to keep enough in your online account to cover your tolls.

Or give up and take the bus.

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1897, the New York Sun ran its famous editorial, “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”

Virginia immediately replied, writing, “Thanks, but you do realize it’s only September? Why the rush? I know I’m only eight years old, but even I can read a calendar. ”

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