This week’s “Briefing” by the numbers:
12% of this country’s schoolchildren are chronically absent, missing 1 out of 10 school days.
736 passing yards were thrown by Sam Durley of Eureka College on September 1. He broke the NCAA single-game passing record.
100 Million fewer movie tickets were sold this year vs. 1992 when the movies were hot! Remember Aladdin and A Few Good Men?
20 U.S. drone strikes have already taken place in Yemen – Already more than 2x the total number of strikes for all of 2011.