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Clifton’s Broker Ed Rosenthal Found Alive; Dole Heir Sued For Sexual Harrassment

• Broker Ed Rosenthal, who went missing in Joshua Tree on a hike to celebrate the recent sale of Clifton’s Cafeteria, has been found alive following a six-day ordeal without food or water. [AOL News]

• Justin Murdock, an heir to the Dole Pineapple fortune and an ex-boyfriend of Avril Lavigne, is being sued for sexual harassment by the former director of corporate development at one of Dole’s subsidiary companies. [Sify News]

• A phone number on a box of Chad Ochocinco-branded cereal was supposed to send callers to a charity hot line, but instead, sent them to a sex line. [NYT]

• Over 60 percent of restaurant workers don’t stay home when they’re sick, finds a new study. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]

• McDonald’s is now denying any plans to eliminate health insurance. [USA Today]

• A large bumper crop of matsutake mushrooms, “a seasonal delicacy prized by the Japanese,” is gracing local farmers markets. [L.A. Times]

• The combination of theatrical entertainment and nightlife is proliferating in Hollywood with new Premiere Supper Club and the forthcoming L.A. branch of Supper Club. [L.A. Times]

• In the midst of the recession, doughnut business is booming. [Time]

• Cookbook author and chef Nathalie Dupree is running for Senate in South Carolina. [The Caucus/NYT]

Clifton’s Broker Ed Rosenthal Found Alive; Dole Heir Sued For Sexual Harrassment