It’s the water
More chlorine! We need more chlorine! Health officials have found the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles after 200 people who attended an event there last month became ill.
In response to the crisis, President Barack Obama signed an executive order freeing up the nation’s strategic reserves of hot tub disinfectant, while Playboy founder Hugh Hefner donned a biohazard protective suit styled to look like his customary red smoking jacket.
Overexposure: Federal officials have concluded that AOL Inc.’s plan to buy online news hub Huffington Post does not raise significant antitrust concerns.
However, they did express concern over HuffPo founder Arianna Huffington’s near-monopoly on prime-time TV appearances on MSNBC.
Lone star: On this day in 1861, the state of Texas, which had seceded from the Union, was admitted to the Confederacy.
There is a tragic postscript to this story: Texas was readmitted to the Union in 1870.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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