The United States government’s scenario for an end to the political chaos in Egypt appears to be this: President Hosni Mubarak travels to Germany for a “prolonged health check” that would offer the 82-year-old a dignified departure. Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that secret talks to that effect were being held between the US government and Egyptian military officials.

AOL is more than doubling down on its bet on news, as it has purchased news site The Huffington Post. The announcement came just after midnight on Monday morning. AOL will pay $315 million for the HuffPo, $300 million of it in cash, with the rest in shares of stock.

Last September AOL purchased TechCrunch and its satellite sites. Prior to that, AOL owned a number of other blogs and sites, including Engadget and the Weblogs blog network.

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