“Children don’t start learning to read when they go to kindergarten or preschool. ...

“Children don’t start learning to read when they go to kindergarten or preschool. ... Their brains develop earlier. Talking and letting them hear sounds is important.”

Vikki Peck, children’s librarian, who teaches a Baby Brilliant course for 2- and 3-year-olds at the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County. The course uses age-appropriate books, rhymes, songs and movements to enhance youngsters’ enjoyment for and success with reading and literacy.

“Was it because of a protest? Or was it because of guys out for a walk one night decided they would go kill some Americans? What difference, at this point, does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator.”

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, delivering rejoinders to Republican critics of the Obama administration’s handling of the deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya.

“It’s a massive failure in prevention.”

Dr. Michael Thun, a study leader of new research that shows U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago.