Nancy Reagan recovering from fall, broken ribs

Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda is being lined up to play former US first lady Nancy Reagan in forthcoming movie, The Butler, it is reported.

A violent rainstorm causes flooding and power cuts in and around Nancy in north-eastern France, with one person found dead in their home.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to bring down Northwest flight 253 over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009 with a bomb sewn into his underwear, was sentenced to multiple life sentences today in a Detroit courtroom. "The defendant has never expressed doubt or remorse about his mission," said Judge Nancy Edmunds in imposing the sentence. "To the contrary, he sees that mission as divinely inspired and a continuing mission."

Thomas Beatie, the female-to-male transgender who caused controversy in 2007 when he became pregnant, has separated from his wife of nine years, according to People magazine. Beatie, who has had three children with wife Nancy, announced the separation during a taping of CBS’ “The Doctors.”...