Briefing

The week we watched for white smoke

'It was a setback for the people who are dying.'

Michael Bloomberg, New York City mayor, after a judge nullified his controversial ban on large sugary drinks, calling it "arbitrary and capricious"

'We work hard to get privacy right at Google, but in this case we didn't.'

Niki Fenwick, a Google spokesperson, after the company admitted in a settlement that its Street View mapping project violated people's privacy

$28,400

Cost of the average American wedding in 2012, according to a survey of 17,500 couples by the Knot

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