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Justice Sonia Sotomayor opens up in speech at library

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor answers a question at the Chicago Public Library on Wednesday. Sotomayor is on a tour promoting her new memoir, "My Beloved World."

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor hugs Tabbie Major, 7, during a question-and-answer session Wednesday at the Chicago Public Library.

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor gave a heartfelt talk Wednesday during a stop on her book tour, telling an overflow Chicago crowd she was honest and open when she wrote her new memoir, "My Beloved World." "Just talking about the data of my life wasn't going to touch people," she told an audience of 750 at the Chicago Public Library. "I wanted the world to see my world through my eyes."