Briefing

THE WEEK

GM RECALLED 2.4 MILLION MORE CARS

GOOD WEEK

Detroit Tigers

Swept a three-game series at Fenway Park for the first time since 1983

BAD WEEK

Tiger Woods

Still unable to play at full capacity after his March 31 surgery

‘We are a better people than what these laws represent.’

JOHN E. JONES III, U.S. District Court judge in Pennsylvania, striking down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage

Jefferson Rougeau and Steven Creps embrace after getting engaged

8 in 10

Americans who planned to travel over 50 miles (80 km) over Memorial Day weekend, according to a new estimate from AAA

$10,000+

Estimated selling price, at auction, of two original rainbow Apple signs from the company’s 1997 headquarters

‘I … should have been responsible for the safety and lives of the people.’

PARK GEUN-HYE, President of South Korea, formally apologizing for the April 16 ferry disaster that killed roughly 300 people, after a national outcry over the government’s rescue strategy

‘There is determination to … launch a war, a total war on Boko Haram.’

IDRISS DÉBY, President of Chad, after meeting with leaders of other West African countries to discuss how to locate the roughly 280 Nigerian girls kidnapped by terrorist group Boko Haram

‘I’M A LITTLE SCARED BUT ALSO EXCITED.’

JILL ABRAMSON, speaking at Wake Forest University after being fired as executive editor of the New York Times

$33,000

Average amount that a 2014 U.S. college graduate owes in student loans, up 10% over 2013

‘I am flattered, but my schedule will not permit me to be in Connecticut on Friday evening.’

JOE BIDEN, U.S. Vice President, declining a prom invitation from a high school student; he did, however, offer her a corsage as consolation

Sources: Reuters (2); New York Times; Hartford Courant; Los Angeles Times