LA Times article start with NY gov callgirl scandal and then to "MN smoking theater"

Spitzer and sinning
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The governor's alleged lapses only show that trying to ban vices doesn't stop people from partaking in them.
March 11, 2008
Only time, or leaks from a federal investigation, will tell what erotic refinements New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was seeking when he allegedly paid "Kristen," an employee of the Emperors Club VIP escort service, more than $2,000 on Valentine's eve. But governors have been getting caught with prostitutes for about as long as there have been governors, and Spitzer's alleged lapses are notable mainly as evidence of a nationwide recrudescenceof personal vices that resist all efforts at eradication.

In Minnesota, a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants has given rise to a creative act of bad-for-you defiance. Citing a clause that allows theater actors to smoke as part of their performances, bars across the state have taken to holding "Before the Ban" theater nights, in which patrons are encouraged to come in costume, project their conversations at stage volume and pretend to be playing themselves. Health officials have panned the performances, threatening to impose hefty fines and revoke the liquor licenses of participating bars.

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