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Researcher and author Maris Kincaid was murdered by unknown assailants last night in the City of Morris, Enkidu Province. Kincaid, who was 53 years old, had just completed his 5th book “Past, Future, and The Great Bridge: A civilization built on ruins.” Police currently have no suspects.

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According to breaking news reports, the City of Athy, in Gallimh province has issued a Municipitality wide order for all household pets to be immediately screened for any possible pathogens at the Municipitality Regional Assistance Centers. City officials are thoroughly emphasizing that this is a precautionary measure only and that there is no cause for the Municipitality to be alarmed.

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Stardock Island—Contact was lost earlier today with the nuclear submarine “Barinthus” yesterday according to officials from House Mebhe who spoke under condition of anonymity. The submarine, which was one of the largest undersea vessels in possession of House Mebhe was last reported to be performing undersea investigations on the mysterious fog bank that has caused intercontinental ocean/air travel to be banned since the month of First Sowing. Before the travel ban was put into effect, the Mist claimed 4 shipping vessels, and 1 Arianrhod series passenger jet with 253 people aboard.

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Firefights erupt among mercenary companies conducting illegal salvage in the suburban areas of the City of Berand. While no injuries were officially reported to R.A.C. officials, rumors have surfaced about the disappearance of several bands of independent military specialists.

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Naglorond: In an embarrassing incident at the Autumnal Naglorond Wine Festival, a recent Threllichock immigrant apparently confused apple wine for cider today. While intoxicated, the Threllichock went on a rampage throughout the festival grounds. While no sentient was injured, two cars and one minibus suffered fatalities.

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A 50 square mile region west of Gallimh City is currently under quarantine after word reached R.A.C. officials of a possible outbreak of the Kronos strain. Travel in and out of the region is prohibited until the scope of the contamination is known. Only two fatalities are known so far, however, leading officials to believe that they may have been fortunate enough to catch it before further contamination was possible.

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The first of the autumn rains hit River Crossing this evening bringing two inches of accumulation to the RC Metropolitan area. Motorists were urged to procede with caution in low lying areas as backed up drainage systems caused many roads to become flooded. Another inch of accumulation is expected by dawn.

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Delusarnan Municipitality: The Delevans Run Fueling Station was awarded Landmark Preservation status after a community wide campaign. Asked to comment about the addition, Taioseach Hakon Blackaxe called it “The easiest decision I have had to make all year. I was a frequent customer of Delevans back when it was still open, and I miss the owners and the regulars I made friends with over the years. There are a lot of good memories for me there.”

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The musical group ‘Montage’ begins it’s third concert tour throughout the Southern Territories. According to the groups manager, 25 cities have been added to the schedule in support of the album ‘Ballerina’ which has been certified Iridium with over 20,000,000 copies sold.

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“Sometimes no choice is the choice…I’ll go on. ”

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In a situation with eerie parallels to the Pirogin incident earlier this year, 128 citizens of the city of Athy appear to have spontaneously developed severe verbal aphasia and schizophrenia. Physicians and R.A.C. officials have no explanation for the outbreak, except to say that it appears to not be biological in origin.

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The first ever verifiable case of spontaneous human combustion took place in front of a crowd of over 300 people in the Essene quarter of the City of Iyesta. Police investigators have been unable to put forth any explanation for the incident, which took the life of 29 year old Nicholas Shueman.

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Graffiti written in unidentifiable blood has been appearing throughout the Northern Territories. While genetics testing has so far been unable to determine the origin of the blood, the graffiti has taken nearly identical form throughout the Territories. Typically the graffiti has resembled murals of winged humanoids with the same inscription common throughout all the works: ‘Still We Hunger, Still We Desire. We Are All Dead, We Are All In Sheol.’ So far Municipitality Police have been unable to find an explanation, or a suspect.

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An ancient mass grave was discovered in Naglorond South Province. According to local officials, the skeletal remains of over 500 people were discovered by mountain climbers in the Tindal-Zerus Mountain range. No word on the cause of death, or the origin of the remains has reached the public as of yet…though explorers are conducting a wide search for any other possible burial sites in the region.

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Wolf Bay Municipitality and House officials are contemplating price controls in the face of the continuing ban on intercontinental shipping. Unaffiliated shipping guilds are currently evaluating a series of draft proposals on the matter, and have yet to comment.

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Winter Storm Watch for the Northern Territories. 10 inches of snow has been reported in the Lemstraang Valley Territories. Further accumulation of 10-20 inches is expected.

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The cost of crude oil dropped 5 denari per barrel on news that a large oil deposit was discovered off the southern coast of Enkidu Territory. Petroleum Plastic futures are expected to decline as well in the coming months.

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The first cases of what has been referred to in popular media as “Eye Plague” have been reported in the Southern Territories. R.A.C. officials have been able to discover no cause for the condition, which makes fundamental changes in the color of the humanoid iris.

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Border skirmishes continue through the River Crossing territories as troops loyal to Chancellor Targus try to reassert control over the province.

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Archeological reports that have been leaked to the news media by anonymous sources indicate that the recent burial ground discovered in the Tindal-Zerus Mountain range appears to be approximately 7000 years old. Province officials have no comment.

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Scientists report that they have been unable to discover any rapid solution to the orbital debris crisis.

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In a press release that was issued today, Alter Hospital in the City of Iyesta is planning a five million denari expansion. Municipitality officials expect the construction to take two years to complete and add an additional 500 beds to the facility.

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In technology news: Zander Communications is currently putting together a plan to restore cellular service throughout the Northern Territories through the use of microwave laser linked towers and a new series of fiber optic lines. According to company officials, installation of the new equipment has been estimated to take approximately six months, and will be first tested in the Owl River region of Delusarnan Province.

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Partial transmissions from the Starfall Aeronautics and Astrophysics installation indicate that the orbital debris field currently extends to approximately 1000 miles above the surface of the planet .

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A car bombing in the City of Wolfe Bay took the life of two municipitality guardsmen earlier today. An anonymous call to local media outlets today claimed that the Northern Seperatist Movement was responsible for the attack.

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The City of Naglorond announced today that they plan to continue with the harbor expansion project after House Mebhe’s request to continue it was received. The expansion, which is to include several hurricane proof interior harbors, is expected to take two years to complete.

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Unidentified Flying Objects were reported over the cities of Delusarnan and Erech early this morning. Described by witnesses to be delta shaped, they performed several sweeps over each city at approximately 1000 feet above the ground. None of the objects were visible on radar by civil defense equipment based in either city.

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In breaking news, Erech Municipitality Councilman Raymond Campbell has just been indicted on two counts of bribery, and one count of racketeering for allegedly rigging construction bids for the South District Urban Renewal Project. While Campbell has yet to issue a statement responding to the indictment, friends of the councilman who are willing to go on record steadfastly maintain that he is innocent of all charges.

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Rain and falling temperatures are expected across the Northern Territories this week with the first of the autumnal rains in the Barrier Mountains. Travelers advisories have been issued across the North and people are advised to proceed with caution through the southern passes.

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5 people were killed in what appears to be a localized electrical storm in the city of Delusarnan yesterday. The names of the victims are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. Meteorologists have no explanation for the incident, which appears to be the first of its kind recorded.

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An Enkidu man, who claims to be able to speak with the dead, is currently being investigated on charges of fraud by the Enkidu Municipitality. Thomas Cove, who has founded a quasi-religious group called the ‘Order of the Shroud’ claims that the charges of fraud are ‘preposterous’.

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Officials of the Naglorond city government maintain that they are winning the war against illegal biotech shipments in Naglorond Province. Officials from neighboring regions speaking off the record, however, call these claims ‘a crock’.

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News that has reached media outlets concerning impending nuptials for Stephanie Monroe, current Taioseach of House Monroe have neither been confirmed or denied at this time by House publicity officers.

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Conflicts continue throughout the peripherary of House Bellisarius territory as mercenary groups squabble over salvage rights. In a new development, contact has been lost with two Athy based science teams conducting radiological research in the area.

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According to unnamed sources, intelligence activity appears to be on the upswing among the southern Houses.

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The identities of over 500,000 people are at risk after Merchantile Exchange computers in the city of Zerus were the victim of multiple intrusion attacks. People are being recommended to verify all account activity in order to prevent unauthorized charges and fees.

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500 ground cars were stolen sometime last week while in transit to the City of Delusarnan. Police have no suspects.

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Still no word has reached these offices on the current condition of Taioseach Thorongil Caladharas. At last report, Caladharas was off continent on a diplomatic trip to the Starfall Installation. Contact with Starfall as been impossible since the sub orbital attack rendered intercontinental communication impossible.

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Found on a scrap of paper in the empty guest quarters in the Starfall installation (formerly occupied by Thorongil Caladharas): ‘La mer, Qu’on voit danser le long des golfes clairs, A des reflets d’argent. La mer, Des reflets changeants, Sous la pluie.’

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Wildfires rage unchecked in the southern edge of Bellisarius Territory. Travelers en route through the coastal vineyards have reported that an estimated 100,000 acres have been lost to the conflagration.

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Bellisarius Territory wildfires are still raging uncontrolled throughout the Southern Vineyards after the disappearance of two fire fighting brigades from House Marker.

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Ongoing attempts to repair the Transcontinental Communications Line have met with little success. Inoperable since the appearance of the meteorological phenomena known as ‘The Mist’, this same phenomenon has hampered restoration efforts.

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Train congestion continues to be a problem since the closing of the Amonson-Lancaster transit terminals. Plans to construct a new series of transit routes outside the radiological contamination zone have so far remained on the drawing table.

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According to several opinion polls taken in the last few weeks. Public support for the Northern Separatist Movements remain at a critical low. Pollsters blame the decline on a change in Northern Territory political leadership, and the assassination attempt on Taioseach Jessica Tindal.

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Customs inspectors will be circulating throughout all intercontinental waterways in the River Crossing Territory. Citizens are expected to comply fully with inspectors who are in pursuance of their duties.

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Two patrol boats along the River Crossing Intercoastal waterway were attacked by bandits earlier this morning. Municipitality Officials believe that the perpetrators were sympathizers of the Crossing Insurrection that is ongoing.

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The Assistant Mayor of the Dearborn Municipitality was the victim of an assassination attempt earlier this afternoon. 15 people were injured and two people were killed in what was an apparent car bombing of the Municipitality Government Offices. Officials will comment on the situation at a press conference later today.

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Inmates at the River Crossing Supermax Detention Center are currently conducting a hunger strike to protest unsafe living conditions, and prisoner torture at the hands of security forces on site. Regional Officials have issued a statement today denying the accusations.

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Commodities markets have been in a state of flux since the first words of the River Crossing Territories rebellion reached media outlets. Now, academics at the University of Enkidu have recently released the results of mineralogical surveys taken throughout the Territories . These surveys, conducted by independent university scientists several months ago, indicate that large deposits of naturally occurring C60 are present throughout the Territories. C60 commodity prices jumped due to a wave of speculation at the news.

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Some will stand, and some will fall…

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Contact was briefly reestablished with the Arkadian Lunar Arcology this morning after a solar storm caused a failure of the main transmitter apparatus. No injuries were reported, and it is estimated that mass driver raw material shipments should hopefully resume soon.

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Mysterious pyrotechnic effects have been reported by as many as five hundred people throughout the Enkidu Province region this last week. The displays which range from ripples of fire across the night sky, to showers of sparks appearing on busy street corners have continued to be unexplained.

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The Northern Highlift Project is currently debating whether to postpone the project indefinitely in the face of the current orbital debris crisis.

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There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

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Five members of the House Separatist Movement were killed trying to break quarantine in the city of Gaillimh yesterday. No explanation was provided for the Seperatist assault that also wounded two Municipitality Guardsmen in the process. The deceaseds identities are being held confidential, pending notification of next of kin.

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River Crossing Territory provisional leaders have declared the 29th Day of the M0nth of Falling Leaves to henceforth be a day of remembrance and mourning, for all those killed in the fight for Territory independence.

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2 Shipments of RDX explosive was hijacked by persons unknown while in route to the Unaffiliated Territories. Authorities currently have no suspects

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The first snowfall of the season reached the City of Erech last night, with an estimated accumulation of 3 inches. Citizens are warned to take appropriate precautions as windchills are expected to dip in to the negative degrees overnight. Meanwhile, the late arrival of the cold season has caused some traveller delays throughout the Northern Territories and on some intercontinental waterways.

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Minor skirmishes are reported to be occurring along the border of the Unaffiliated Territories. While information is scarce, preliminary reports indicate that the combatants include Municipitality military and various, recently formed, citizens militia groups.

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Just because I don’t believe in life after death, doesn’t mean that ghosts aren’t real.

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15 people were reported wounded in minor skirmishes throughout the Unaffiliated Territories today.  According to news reports inside the Territories, the skirmishes were the result of citizens attempting to break quarantine.

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According to public health officials in the City of Pirogin, no cause has yet been found for the sudden onset of Schizophrenia among over 200 members of the population.  The only conclusion that has been reached so far is that the cause does not appear to be viral in nature.  Meanwhile, travel into, and out of the district is still being screened on a case by case basis until a vector is confirmed.

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House News Agencies have reported that flybys of the newly arrived landmass north of the Barrier Mountains have reported nothing unusual.  According to sources close to the House Councils, an expeditionary force is being put together to survey the area, which currently measures approximately 53 miles N/S by 529 miles E/W

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Meteorologists in the City of Naglorond have reported a series of electrical storms in the Tindal-Zerus Mountains. The storms, which appear to have swept through the mountains in matter of hours, have caused communications disruptions throughout the peripheral settlements and have caused a number of motor vehicles to be disabled.

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Tech stocks rebounded today from a three year low with the news that Chandler Communications announced an early prototype of a new type of communications satellite that is resistant to orbital debris.