The Short List: White House accused of cover-up; Amazon's store; market whiplash
White House accused of prostitution cover-up
The Washington Post is breaking news about the White House and a Secret Service scandal. So basically, it's Groundhog Day. The paper has broken a ton of news lately about Secret Service security failures, which eventually led to the director's resignation. Today it's reporting on docs that show White House aides knew a presidential advance team member hosted a prostitute in his South American hotel room during the 2012 Secret Service scandal in Colombia. At the time details about the scandal became public, the White House denied anyone from the administration was involved in the scandal. But the Post is reporting they were told a then-25-year-old Yale law school student, who was a volunteer during the trip and now works at the State Department, had a prostitute in his room. The Post is also reporting the White House pressured the lead investigator on the scandal to delay his report findings until after the 2012 election. Nae good.
Vikings' Adrian Peterson may be arrested after he allegedly admits smoking weed
Adrian Peterson is free on bond right now for his felony child-abuse charge. As part of the conditions of his $15,000 bond, he had to submit to a urine drug test. During it, he allegedly admitted to an employee of the drug-testing agency that he "smoked a little weed." A prosecutor in Texas is now seeking his arrest. Foot in mouth.
Texas man who thought he might have Ebola is in the clear
False alarm. A Texas sheriff's deputy who became ill after he was in Thomas Eric Duncan's apartment – the Dallas Ebola patient who became the first U.S. Ebola fatality yesterday – doesn't have the deadly virus. Super. Meanwhile, countries are getting more cautious. Passengers from West Africa who arrive at Britain's Heathrow and Gatwick airports and Eurostar train terminals will face "enhanced" screening for signs of Ebola. The move comes a day after the U.S. said travelers arriving at five U.S. airports would also face more screenings.
Forget drones. Amazon may be opening an actual store
Could this be Amazon's Miracle on 34th Street? Online retail giant Amazon will take on Macy's and other Herald Square retailers with a physical retail store of its own for the holidays, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The Manhattan location would function as a "mini-warehouse" for same-day delivery in New York, product returns and pickups of online orders.
You feel that? It's whiplash in the stock market
Markets plunged today after skyrocketing yesterday. The Dow Jones industrial average sank 335 points (2%) to 16,659, its biggest drop since a 354-point slide on June 6, 2013. It comes on the heels of yesterday's 275-point rally, which was its biggest of the year. The Standard & Poor's 500 slumped 2% to 1,928, the Nasdaq composite slid 2% to 4,378 and the small-stock Russell 2000 sunk 2.5% to 1,069. Even though the world is filled with angst, some lucky investors found a few stocks — five — that are bucking the rough ride and scoring big gains.
Extra Bites
Day in Pictures: Our favorite photo from today's gallery.
Things you wish you wouldn't have said: Back in 2000, Stephen Collins called his 7th Heaven co-star Jessica Biel's magazine spread "child pornography."
Terminally-ill baby who went on parents' "bucket list" adventure has died — four hours after he was born.
Study finds evidence of some form of life after death. We'll take it.
Have you seen it? Two kangaroos face off in legendary street fight.
Want The Short List in your inbox each day? Sign up here.
This is a compilation of stories from across Paste BN.
Contributing: Matt Krantz, Adam Shell, Gary Strauss, John Bacon, Melanie Eversley, Jefferson Graham, Paste BN