TV veteran tumbles at inauguration party
NEW YORK – Veteran ABC newswoman Barbara Walters fell at an inauguration party at an ambassador’s home in Washington and was taken to hospital. Walters, 83, stumbled on a step at the residence of Britain’s ambassador to the United States, Peter Westmacott, ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider said. The fall left Walters with a cut on her forehead. She went to hospital to get the wound treated and to have a full examination. It was unclear when Walters might be released. AP
Judge on the run for taking Biden’s oath
WASHINGTON – Sonia Sotomayor had one eye on the door when she administered the oath of office to Vice-President Joe Biden. Apart from officially swearing in Biden for his second term in office, the Supreme Court justice had other business to attend to: namely signing copies of her new autobiography at a bookshop in New York City, scheduled to take place a few hours later. Biden’s office arranged the swearing-in for 8 am in order to allow Sotomayor, the first Hispanic on the nation’s highest court, enough time to catch a train for a three-hour ride to New York. Reuters