[naviga:h3]Bush’s recovery 3 to 4 months [/naviga:h3]

PORTLAND, Maine — The fractured neck bone suffered by former President George H.W. Bush when he fell at his summer home will be allowed to heal on its own, a recovery that could take three to four months, officials said.

Bush, at 91 the oldest living former president, did not suffer any neurological impairment when he took a spill at his home in Kennebunkport on Wednesday. He remained hospitalized in fair condition on Thursday.

Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said the 41st president never lost consciousness and was being fitted with a brace to immobilize his neck. He fractured his C2 vertebra, the second one below the skull, but it didn’t impinge on his spine and didn’t lead to any neurological deficits, McGrath said.

[naviga:h3]DEA chief: Drug lord will be found again[/naviga:h3]

WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s No. 3 agent hasn’t really slept since he got word Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman had sneaked out of maximum-security prison in Mexico though a mile-long tunnel that opened beneath his cell’s shower nearly a week ago.

DEA’s operations chief Jack Riley said Thursday that the last week has been a flurry of work speaking with his Mexican counterparts and helping direct U.S. efforts to capture one of the world’s most prolific and violent drug lords for the third time in 15 years.

“This guy caused me one of the best days and worst days of my life in a span of a year,” Riley said. “We are doing everything we can to track him down, much like we did a year or so ago when we hooked him.”