■ United States
Bush, Armstrong go cycling
US President George W. Bush and fellow Texan Lance Armstrong, fresh from his unprecedented seventh victory in the Tour de France, took a two-hour ride through the president's private ranch. Escorted by Secret Service bodyguards and a few staffers, Bush and Armstrong covered about 27km, according to the White House. Armstrong, 33, a cancer survivor, retired from cycling after his latest victory in the Tour de France, the sport's most grueling and prestigious race. Bush, 59, was an avid runner until knee problems forced him to turn to cycling for fitness and recreation.
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Pot lovers swarm to festival
Thousands of marijuana fans openly celebrated their love of cannabis at a Saturday festival, despite a recent ruling by the nation's highest court backing federal law making pot illegal. The crowd of revelers that strolled, snacked, socialized and smoked their way through Hempfest in the northwestern US city of Seattle tallied approximately 75,000 people by sundown, according to organizers. Many festival attendees wandered the downtown park toking marijuana cigarettes in the summer heat. Seattle police safeguarded the cannabis aficionados, not bothering to enforce local pot laws that make recreational marijuana smoking the city's lowest crime priority.
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