memeorandum: Texas healthcare worker tests positive; would mark 1st Ebola transmission in U.S. (CNN)

Texas Department of State Health Services Mobile:

Texas Patient Tests Positive for Ebola — A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the Ebola patient hospitalized there has tested positive for Ebola in a preliminary test at the state public health laboratory in Austin.

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Expert: US Ebola transmission ‘distressing’ — News early Sunday that an Ebola patient in Dallas transmitted the deadly virus to a healthcare worker is “distressing,” an infectious diseases expert said. — “This is a distressing circumstance,” Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of the Department …

CNN:

Texas healthcare worker tests positive; would mark 1st Ebola transmission in U.S. — (CNN) — A healthcare worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has tested positive for Ebola after a preliminary test, the state's health agency said. — Confirmatory testing will be conducted …

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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:

McCain calls for ‘Ebola czar’ — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday called for President Obama to nominate an “Ebola czar” to coordinate the administration's response to the deadly virus. — “I'd like to know who's in charge,” McCain said on CNN's “State of the Union.”

Manny Fernandez / New York Times:

Texas Health Worker Tests Positive for Ebola — DALLAS — A health care worker here who helped treat the Liberian man who died last week of the Ebola virus has tested positive for the disease in a preliminary test, state health officials said Sunday. — “We knew a second case could be a reality …

Discussion: Mediaite and Outside the Beltway

Susan Levine / Politico:

Health-care worker in Texas has Ebola — Texas health officials reported a second case of Ebola early Sunday, saying that a hospital worker who “provided care” for Thomas Eric Duncan had fallen ill. — The individual, who was not identified further in a release from the state health department …

Aurora Snow / The Daily Beast:

Christian Right-Wingers Love Porn: New Studies Suggest the Bible Belt Has A Kinky Side — They preach abstinence and shame the adult industry, but findings conclude that the more Christian and conservative you are, the more you're into porn. — Do conservatives watch more porn than their liberal counterparts?

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Rachel Huggins / The Hill:

Dick Morris: Clinton orchestrated Panetta's ‘hit’ on Obama — Political strategist Dick Morris accused Hillary Clinton of conspiring with former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in his stinging critique of President Obama's foreign policy. — “I think Hillary put him up to it,” …

David Harding / NY Daily News:

VIDEO: Edward Snowden living in Moscow with U.S. girlfriend: report — The former National Security Agency whistleblower shares a Moscow apartment with Lindsay Mills, says a newly released documentary. — At least one person is still sticking by U.S. government whistleblower Edward Snowden: his longtime girlfriend.

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New York Times:

End the U.S. Embargo on Cuba — Scanning a map of the world must give President Obama a sinking feeling as he contemplates the dismal state of troubled bilateral relationships his administration has sought to turn around. He would be smart to take a hard look at Cuba …

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Bill Tomson / Politico:

Ebola threatens chocolate — Ebola is threatening much of the world's chocolate supply. — Ivory Coast , the world's largest producer of cacao, the raw ingredient in M&Ms, Butterfingers and Snickers Bars, has shut down its borders with Liberia and Guinea, putting a major crimp …

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RT:

Paltrow hosting Obama fundraiser: 'You're so handsome that I can't speak properly' — Movie star Gwyneth Paltrow hosted a fundraiser for President Barack Obama at her Los Angeles home Thursday that raised some eyebrows, created some controversy and led to some major traffic snarls.

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Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:

No Smoke, No Mirrors: The Dutch Pension Plan — Imagine a place where pensions were not an ever-deepening quagmire, where the numbers told the whole story and where workers could count on a decent retirement. — Imagine a place where regulators existed to make sure everyone followed the rules.

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