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Chelsea's surprise treat for mom's birthday
WASHINGTON: Chelsea Clinton crept into the White House early Saturday morning — a surprise treat for her mom's 50th birthday, reports AP.
It was her first trip home since leaving for college last month.
Secret Service agents said Chelsea — a Stanford University freshman — arrived from the airport at around 2 am. with more than enough time for private celebrations of Hillary Rodham Clintons birthday on Sunday.
"It was a huge surprise for the first lady," spokeswoman Marsha Berry said, while President. Bill Clinton normally spends a few hours in the Oval Office on weekends, it was shuttered Saturday as the reunited family spent a quiet day in the White House residence.
Two days of elaborate public festivities surrounding Hillary's birthday begin today in her Chicago hometown.
Nat'l marijuana competition!
MADRID: Wary of the police outside and hardly visible through clouds of smoke inside. 50 pot growers puffed on marijuana cigarettes Saturday in search of the best high in Spain's first national marijuana competition, reports AP.
Concentrating on the smell and. of course, the sensation, each of the growers tested 10 samples of marijuana from the 50 plants and rated their quality. The winner, to be announced Sunday, will receive a cup and a manual 6n marijuana growing techniques.
"I grow it and I smoke it." said one of the participants, a 33-year-old waiter from the central city of Avila who would only identify himself as David.
"I don't bother anyone, and I don't buy or sell marijuana or hashish from anyone."
The event was part of a campaign in Spain for marijuana cultivation to be declared legal for private consumption. Although Spaniards legally can possess small amounts of marijuana or hashish, a concentrated form of the drug, for personal use at home, they can be fined for selling or cultivating it.
The growers, ranging in age from 25 to 45. puffed away and traded opinions about each other's crop. They showed no signs of paranoia even though three police officers stood outside and growers were warned they might be searched on leaving the tiny cultural club where the competition was held.
Besides one woman, who had to be taken outside for air after fainting, there were no reported incidents.Pachyderm pension
JALPAIGURI: The West Bengal government has introduced service books and pension facilities for kunkts — specially trained elephants serving under the state forest department, reports PTI.
According to a forest official at Garumara, the service books for 22 government elephants at Jaldapara and three at Garumara have been completed.
The service book Includes all types of information on the elephant, like age. behaviour, disease, its area of training, special credits if any. the sources said.
The source pointed out that so far only Tatra Prashad' — a famous kunki elephant — was .
provided with pension facilities for its excellent performance.
Yatra Prashad took part in a number of wild elephant opera- . tions and also saved the lives of several forest officials. The forest department has set up a glass fibre statue of the elephant to mark its excellent service.