JEB BUSH'S DAUGHER COMPLETES DRUG REHAB

Florida Gov. Jeb bush's daughter, Noelle Bush, has completed a
drug-rehabilitation program, and a judge allowed her to go home.

Noelle Bush hugged Circuit Judge Reginald Whitehead during a hearing
as the governor and his wife, Columba, smiled. The President's niece
was ordered into treatment after she was arrested in January 2002 for
trying to use a fraudulent prescription to buy the anti-anxiety drug
Xanax.

"It's been quite a challenge, and I'm grateful" she said during the
Friday hearing at the Orange County Courthouse.

The governor refused comment, but his press office released a
statement on his behalf. "Columba and I are pleased that our daughter
Noelle has completed this step, and grateful for the treatment she's
received," the statement read. "She has worked hard to get here. We
are proud of her efforts and lover her very much."

Whitehead twice sent Noelle to jail for breaking the rules in rehab.
She was jailed for three days in July 2002 after being caught with
prescription pills, and served 10 days in October after being accused
of having a small rock of crack cocaine in her shoe.