Judge Sotomayor fractures ankle
Sotomayor, a judge on the US Court of Appeals who has been nominated by President Obama to succeed retiring Justice David Souter, fractured her ankle at New York's LaGuardia Airport before taking the shuttle to Washington, where she had a busy schedule of meetings with senators.
Sonia Sotomayor stumbled, literally, in her bid to become a Supreme Court justice and fractured her ankle but officials said she would continue her full schedule.