World News
Japan announced the production of a steam car due to hit show room floors by the middle of next year. These cars are rumored to triple the current miles per gallon rating of even the top competitors while maintaining current horsepower and torque requirements agreed upon by the World Automotive Oversight Commission. Yakamoharu representatives are keeping most information very secret at this time. Though inside sources say the base model will have a price tag of a mere $50,000 US.
Irish Petroleum announced the finding of seven large oil fields near Antartica. The rights to these oil fields are held by the Microsoft Corportation, the mining being performed by Irish Petroleum and McDonald's Distillates. The actual amount of usable oil has yet to be released though Samantha Wayne of McDonald's Distillates was happy to say "this is the largest find in over half a century."
Walters Inc was fined $3.5 billion today following the investigation in their company's business practices. It was proved that Walters Inc used inferior supports in their diamond mines in South Africa which cost the lives of 50 miners 3 years ago. Walters Inc was ordered to pay along with the fines $2.5 billion to the families of the fallen miners.
National News
The President of the United States made a visit to St. Louis, MO to meet with the governors of the states affected by the recent earthquake which has claimed the lives of 2.7 million people. Federal Aid was promised and the Army's Corps of Engineers has been called in from all over the country to help with the reconstruction efforts. Experts say the reconstruction could take up to twenty years due to the vast destruction along the New Madrid fault line.
Presidential nominee Sam Cochran was found dead in his Raleigh, NC estate this afternoon. A neighbor reported hearing multiple gun shots and the sounds of a car crash. Cochran was shot three times at close range by a large caliber revolver. No one has been taken into custody though a red tornado was spray painted on the door of the estate. FBI, CIA and NSA investigators are looking into the prospect of the Red Storm's involvement in this or if this is some piece of evidence left behind to throw pursuers off of their trail. Services are planned for this Sunday for family and friends in his hometown of Greensborough, NC.
Florida Governor Alice Maynard was impeached this morning following investigations of her alleged misappropriation of over $200 mill ear marked for senior citizen programs. Maynard still denies the charges even in the face of federal charges now being placed against her. Lt. Governor Bruce Alberson was sworn into office at 3pm EST today.
Local News
Three men were found dead across the street from the popular night club The Meeting Place. The bodies of these men were taken to county coroners were they were quickly loaded on a plane to an unknown location. Vinnie Giovanni, a patron of The Meeting Place and present at the scene, told reporters "they are the oddest things I've seen......like people but different, ya know? Really long fingers and their heads were shaped.....odd". Mr. Giovanni was taken into custody for questioning by NYPD shortly after making that statement and charged with 3 counts of capital murder. No comment has been made by The Meeting Place at this time.
I took some liberty with that last one since I wasn't sure what the actual stand on aliens is going to be. I somehow see the government trying to keep it "under wraps" so that people don't panic. I know alot of folks would go nuts if they knew aliens were among them, going out buying legal and illegal firearms and munitions, stockpiling food, fuels, trying to hunt down and eradicate "the alien threat to our survival" and things of that nature.
Oh someone do some sports clips. I don't know the terms for soccer and some of the other sports played world wide. I could do some stuff for sports that I know like baseball and football if you guys want to see that kind of stuff. I started to do one where Ireland won the gold in soccer but got halfway through and realized I couldn't bluff my way through it and make it sound decent.
Have fun folks and more to come later. I've been busy moderating some forums and DMing a NWN module along with normal real life issues that have been eating up the majority of my time. Hmm I miss it when I was a kid and my parents did the working and I got to do the playing
called Rugby. Especially funny is when one grid-iron player in pads and helmet plays rugby with his classmates and is knocked down so hard he has trouble getting up again with those pads in the way. 
