LIMBAUGH WILL RETURN TO RADIO ON MONDAY

Rush Limbaugh will return to his radio talk show Monday after finishing his
five-week stay in drug rehab, his brother said Wednesday.

Limbaugh's brother, David Limbaugh, told Internet publisher and Limbaugh
stand-in Matt Drudge that the conservative commentator successfully
completed his treatment program for an addiction to prescription painkillers.

"He's obviously chomping at the bit to get back to doing what he does
best," David Limbaugh said. He didn't really say what that was. If it's
eating OxyContin, there's gonna be trouble.

Limbaugh, usually highly critical of drug abusers, left the air Oct. 10
after acknowledging he'd abused drugs. He said he was checking himself into
a treatment center to "once and for all break the hold this highly
addictive medication has on me."

He'll resume hosting his three-hour show on weekdays for his audience of 20
million, his brother said. Limbaugh's drug admission came several days
after the National Enquirer quoted his maid saying she was his drug
connection and that Limbaugh abused OxyContin and other drugs.

A law enforcement official in Palm Beach County, Fla., where Limbaugh owns
a $24 million oceanfront mansion, said Wednesday that the state's
investigation into Limbaugh's drug use continues. Limbaugh's attorney, Roy
Black, declined comment Wednesday.

Wait, a rich guy in Florida with a mansion and a drug addiction? Sounds
like somebody Al Pacino could play in a movie or something.

Limbaugh's drug problems surfaced less than two weeks after he quit an ESPN
football commentating job. He'd created a public mess by suggesting
Philadelphia Eagles' Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted
to see a black quarterback succeed.