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‘The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails.’

Bernie Sanders, Democratic presidential candidate, defending rival Hillary Clinton during their first debate, over the controversy surrounding her use of a private email server while she was Secretary of State

$10,000

Value of a rare South African mastiff reported stolen in Virginia; the dog was later found unhurt, wandering the streets

8%

Approximate percentage of Twitter employees that the social-network company said it would lay off, as it restructures under new CEO Jack Dorsey

‘We won’t seek revenge. Violence will breed more violence.’

Selahattin Demirtas, leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party in Turkey, blaming the government for deadly suicide bombings that killed at least 97 people in the capital, Ankara, but also vowing that his party would win in November elections instead of fighting in the streets

The Martian

The movie took the top spot at the box office for the second week in a row

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

Pan

The $150 million Peter Pan origin story made only $15 million in its U.S. debut

‘The only thing that has ever been clear about this case is jason’s innocence.’

Martin Baron, Washington Post editor, after reporter Jason Rezaian (above), who has been held in Iran for over a year, was convicted of espionage by an Iranian court

‘I didn’t get mad at Sony. I got mad at myself.’

Jennifer Lawrence, actor, partly blaming herself for the fact that she was paid less than her male counterparts on American Hustle, which was revealed in hacked Sony emails last year

50 MILLION

Number of people following Taylor Swift on Instagram; she is now the most popular person on the photo-sharing site, ahead of Kim Kardashian and Beyoncé

‘Twelve-year-old me is very disappointed in current me.’

Cory Jones, editor at Playboy, after the iconic adult magazine said it would stop publishing nude photos of its models, bowing to an online pornography industry that has long since overtaken it

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