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BREAKING NEWS: Britney Spears Released from UCLA Hospital
Wednesday February 6, 2008

Britney Spears is seen driving out of UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California on February 6, 2008.
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Britney Spears was released after a week of treatment at the UCLA Medical Center, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.

After her release, Spears was spotted driving around. She appeared happy and was seen smoking cigarettes, eyewitnesses reported.

At approximately 3pm PST, Spears arrived smiling at the Beverly Hills Hotel. She was wearing a short purple dress and a plaid fedora.

A private security detail escorted the singer from the hospital around noon today, according to the Los Angeles Times, which first reported her release.

UCLA Medical Center Media liaison Mark Wheeler told Us that the hospital will "absolutely not" confirm or deny that Spears was released. Wheeler said the hospital has no plans to release a statement at this time due to patient confidentiality laws.

A law enforcement source told TMZ.com that UCLA released her "because she was no longer required to stay there after 11:30 AM" and that she was no longer deemed a threat to herself or others.

Spears was involuntarily committed to treatment for bipolar disorder on January 31 and was expected to remain hospitalized for another 10 days.

Since her hospitalization, her father, Jamie, was named as her coconservator, enabling him to make decisions about her medical treatment and her estate.

Click here to see Britney and her parents through the years and here to see Britney's wild day before her hospitalization.

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