"It would be reprehensible if anybody in Syria is contemplating use of such weapons of mass destruction like chemical weapons. I sincerely hope the international community will keep an eye on this so that there will be no such things happening." - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after Syria threatened to unleash its chemical and biological weapons if the country faces a foreign attack.

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"Football will never again be placed ahead of educating, nurturing and protecting young people." - NCAA President Mark Emmert as Penn State agreed to an unprecedented $60 million fine, a four-year ban from postseason play and a cut in the number of football scholarships it can award - the price it will pay for having looked the other way while Jerry Sandusky brought boys onto campus and molested them.

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"I saw the coward in court today and Alex could have wiped the floor with him without breaking a sweat." - Tom Teves, whose son, Alex, was killed in the shooting at a multiplex in Aurora, Colo. that left 12 moviegoers dead.