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* [Politics](/section/politics/)

# Briefing (30 Dec 2013)

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Dec 30, 2013 5:00 AM UTC

THE WEEK

CONGRESS PASSED A BUDGET

‘I was alone in a very dangerous situation.’

THAMSANQA JANTJIE, the fake sign-language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, explaining that he was in the midst of a schizophrenic fit

143,000

Number of wreaths laid on veterans’ graves at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual Wreaths Across America movement

828,773

Number of copies sold of the album Beyonc\* during its first three days on iTunes, an all-time record

‘Tell this old guy not to lie.’

JOS\* “PEPE” MUJICA, Uruguayan President, to reporters, after a U.N. official claimed Mujica’s administration refused to meet with the International Narcotics Control Board before legalizing the production and sale of marijuana

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

Microsoft

Xbox One topped Amazon’s list of most wished-for consoles, besting PlayStation 4

Google

Along with HP, had to recall melting Chromebook chargers

‘SURELY, SUCH A PROGRAM INFRINGES ON “THAT DEGREE OF PRIVACY” THAT THE FOUNDERS ENSHRINED IN THE FOURTH AMENDMENT.’

U.S. District Court Judge RICHARD LEON, in a ruling suggesting that the National Security Agency’s data-monitoring program is unconstitutional

$52

Price of an Occupy Wall Street poster being sold at Walmart

‘Embrace the suck.’

NANCY PELOSI, urging House Democrats to compromise and pass a budget proposed by Republicans

‘We cannot begin to understand why Karl did what he did.’

BARBARA AND MARK PIERSON, after their son, 18, shot a student at his Colorado high school before killing himself

Sources: Politico; New York Times; Los Angeles Times; Fox News; Huffington Post

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