The Short List: More Ebola in the U.S.; HBO's big move; Hitler on meth
CDC isn't happy with new Ebola patient, and no one is happy with the CDC
She wasn't on house arrest. But she shouldn't have gotten on a commercial airplane. Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Amber Vinson, 29, is the second Texas hospital worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan – who died of the virus – to test positive for Ebola in the U.S. Vinson had been monitoring herself for symptoms. The night before she developed them, she flew on a Frontier Airlines flight from Cleveland to Dallas. Bad move. The CDC says according to their guidelines, anyone self-monitoring for exposure to Ebola isn't supposed to use any kind of public transport. "We will from this moment forward ensure that no other individual who is being monitored for exposure undergoes travel in any way other than controlled movement," CDC director Thomas Frieden said. You got that right. Meanwhile, Vinson is being sent to Atlanta's Emory University Hospital for treatment; Obama canceled a trip to meet with his Cabinet on Ebola; stocks tanked on Ebola fears; and Chris Brown shared his incisive thoughts on the epidemic.
Next year you can stop using your neighbor's friend's babysitter's HBO Go password
Do you hear that? It's the sound of cord-cutters everywhere rejoicing. HBO is launching a standalone service for streaming its programs starting in 2015, which means you can watch HBO without a cable subscription. We're super excited, too. Right now, the network offers HBO Go, an app where you can watch current and older HBO programs (Game of Thrones! The Sopranos!) but you have to authenticate your account through a cable subscription. Next year, even if you don't have cable, you can subscribe to the new service and finally stop using your neighbor's friend's babysitter's HBO Go password. HBO hasn't said how much they'll charge for the new service.
Jay Leno is returning to prime time to talk about cars
And just like that, Jay Leno is back on the air. Regularly. Doing what he loves. CNBC announced that the former Tonight Show host, who ended his run in February, will host a new prime-time series for the network. Tentatively titled Jay Leno's Garage, based on his web series, the program will premiere next year. Leno will share his "passion for all things automotive," from classics to supercars, restoration projects to road tests. Can't wait?
Hitler might have been a crystal meth junkie
Heil Heisnberg! (We weren't getting through this without a Breaking Bad quip.) Adolf Hitler apparently relied on a stunning array of drugs while ruling Nazi Germany, including crystal meth. According to a 47-page U.S. military dossier, a physician filled the Fuhrer with barbiturate tranquilizers, morphine, bulls' semen, a pill that contained crystal meth, and other drugs, depending on Hitler's momentary needs, the Daily Mail reports. By this account, Hitler downed crystal meth before a 1943 meeting with Benito Mussolini in which the Fuhrer ranted for two hours, and took nine shots of methamphetamine while living out his last days in his bunker.
Video of Hong Kong police beating protester goes viral
Things are heating up in Hong Kong. Massive pro-democracy demonstrations have been taking place in China's semi-autonomous territory since September. Today, video of police apparently beating a protester has fueled public anger. During clashes near the city government's headquarters, a group of officers appeared to lead Ken Tsang to a dark corner, where they kicked and beat him for four minutes, according to video aired by television channel TVB. Demonstrators are worried police are edging toward a brutal crackdown.
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Contributing: Rick Jervis, Doug Stanglin, Liz Szabo, Gregory Korte, Calum MacLeod, Brett Molina, Mike Snider, Ann Oldenburg, Paste BN; Newser