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Vice President Biden sworn in to office for second term Jan 20th 2013, 13:34 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden took the oath of office for his second term on Sunday at a small ceremony at his official residence, using a bible with a Celtic cross on the cover that has been in his family since 1893. Biden chose Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to swear him in, making her the first Hispanic judge to ever administer an oath of office for one of the nation's two highest offices. Biden's family, about 120 guests and a few reporters witnessed the private ceremony. The U.S. Constitution requires the president and vice president to be sworn in on January 20. ... NTSB rules out excess battery voltage in Boston 787 incident Jan 20th 2013, 13:07 TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board ruled out on Sunday excess voltage as the cause of a battery fire on the Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet operated by Japan Airlines Co (JAL) at Boston airport this month. Last week, governments across the world grounded the Dreamliner while Boeing halted deliveries after a problem with a lithium-ion battery on a second 787 plane, flown by All Nippon Airways Co (ANA), forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in western Japan. ... Media files: 2013-01-20T114146Z_1_CBRE90J0WI100_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-BOEING-NTSB.JPG (image/jpeg)

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