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YOU can add striped bass to the mix since today is the opener for the much sought after gamefish. Flounder and stripers will be the targets for anglers this weekend. Fishing for the winter flatties has been decent, with a few more fish being taken in Raritan and Jamaica Bays as the waters continue to warm. The fact is, anglers are releasing more stripers than they are catching winter flounder, a situation that won't be reversed until the fisheries are closed for a few years to allow the species to recover. It would hurt business the early part of the...

George P. Bush, a nephew of the president and son of the Florida governor, married Fort Worth attorney Amanda Williamson Saturday evening at a seaside Episcopal church. Among the guests at the 40-minute ceremony were President Bush, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the groom's grandfather, former president George H.W. Bush. "Get that fish?" President Bush called to photographers. "Thirty-eight inches!" Jenna Bush -- twin Barbara is at right -- caught the monster. (Stephan Savoia -- AP) _____Correction_____ In some editions of the Post, the name of George P. Bush's bride, Amanda Williams, was incorrect in an Aug. 8 Style article...

July 15, 2004 -- Presidential daughter Jenna Bush has agreed to take a job as a teaching assistant at the Harlem Day Charter school, sources said yesterday. "I'm going to teach fourth grade," Jenna told students at an Alabama elementary school, which she visited with First Lady Laura Bush.

<p>In a rare public appearance, First Daughters Jenna and Barbara Bush skittered around puddles and dodged raindrops during a holiday visit to wounded troops at Fort Hood, Texas, with their parents. During the half-day outing, the 22-year-old twins attended Easter services Sunday at a base chapel and then spent 35 minutes at Darnall Army Community Hospital with soldiers injured in the recent insurgent uprisings in Iraq.</p>

<p>FRISKY First Daughter Barbara Bush put on a belly-dancing show at Chelsea hot spot Viscaya early yesterday while imitating the undulating tummy of a sword-twirling Japanese dancer named Yoko. Bush jumped up and joined Yoko at the socialite-studded after-party for Jennifer Nicholson's fashion show, prompting partygoers to throw flowers and hundreds of dollars in cash at the feet of Bush and Yoko. Commenting on the trays of margaritas and Veuve Clicquot champagne delivered to Bush's table before her gutsy performance, one wag quipped, "I hope the Secret Service is driving her home." Socialites Amanda Hearst, Elisabeth Kieselstein-Cord and Tinsley Mortimer hosted the "Magic Carpet Ride"-themed bash and post-show supper at adjoining restaurant Sette. The glammy guests included Ivanka Trump (hand-in-hand with Q-Tip heir and "Born Rich" director Jamie Johnson), Muffie-Potter Aston, Somers Farkas, Kimberly Stewart and Robert De Niro's ex-wife, Grace Hightower. Nicholson, the thirtysomething designer daughter of Jack Nicholson, also showed off her boy toy, 24-year-old Warren Hode, the sole male model in her show.</p>

<p>Susan Ford finally staged a jailbreak. Like Mandy Moore's character in the recent movie "Chasing Liberty," Ford found that life as a teenager in the White House could be stifling.</p> <p>"I kept thinking 'I want to be normal. But I can't be normal,' " says Ford, now Susan Ford Bales and the mother of two daughters. "Everyone was watching. It was like living out loud."</p>