Briefing

THE WEEK

A PRINCE WAS BORN

2,000

Number of encrypted radios lost by U.S. Marshals since 2011

‘TRAYVON MARTIN COULD’VE BEEN ME 35 YEARS AGO.’

PRESIDENT OBAMA, after George Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida

NASCAR

Stock-car circuit signs $4.4 billion TV deal with NBC

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

Baseball

Milwaukee Brewers star Ryan Braun is suspended 65 games for doping

‘Once we take action, we should be prepared for what comes next. Deeper involvement is hard to avoid.’

GENERAL MARTIN DEMPSEY, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a letter to Congress laying out possible options for U.S. military intervention in Syria

‘Maybe Hitler didn’t kill enough of them.’

GILLES BOURDOULEIX, deputy mayor of the French town of Cholet, in a confrontation with a group of Gypsies who were allegedly staying illegally on a town-owned field; he is under investigation and may be charged with a hate crime

‘He’s got way more than me. Thank God.’

PRINCE WILLIAM, responding to a reporter’s question about whether the royal baby has hair

4 UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE

Number of nuclear plants that have closed this year–a record–because cheaper oil and gas are making them uncompetitive

$12.8 MILLION

Weekend gross for R.I.P.D., likely the biggest dud in a summer of film flops

‘I MADE THE DECISION THAT IT WAS WORTH STAYING IN THIS MARRIAGE.’

HUMA ABEDIN, after the revelation of more explicit messages sent by her husband, New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner

Sources: CNN; New York Times; AP; Telegraph; Radio Free Asia