The Briefing 09-11-13

1. President addresses the nation on Syria.

Presidential Address: Full Transcript, Washington Post

2. New York’s Mayoral election trending to the liberal side.

Liberal de Blasio leads New York democratic mayoral primary, Reuters (Edith Honan and Hilary Russ)

De Blasio’s Lead Built Across Wide Swath of City, Wall Street Journal (Michael Howard Saul)

3. Sexting becoming alarmingly more popular

Men expect better things from sexting than women do, Washington Post (Rachel Rettner)

Sex films halted after a string of positive H.I.V. Tests, New York Times (Ian Lovett)

4. LEGO creates a female scientist figurine.