news feed; Tuesday, August 28th 2012

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Tuesday, August 28th 2012

Weather A mix of sun and cloud, and a drizzly morning.High 21°C and a low of 16°C (70deg;F 57°F)

Current Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

Morning sirens go off at 6:28am, and evening sirens are at 7:58pm.


- UNKNOWN ARSONIST STORMS SECTOR 9. 1 HOSPITALIZED.

At approximately 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon, the peaceful quiet of the intersection at Elmer and Maycomb Street came to a shattering end when Rudy Gilbert, age 39, crossed paths with a Newcomer on his way home. Witnesses claim that all seemed well until Gilbert quite suddenly burst into flame.

"It was like something you see from the movies," says Miriam Tate, who, at the time, had been on her way to work. "The Newcomer's hands were on fire, and he looked really out of it, like he didn't know what was going on. And the screams... dear god, I don't think I'll forget that anytime soon."

Surrounding security cameras captured footage of the arsonist fleeing the scene. He is a tall man in his early twenties with strawberry-blond hair pulled back in a ponytail. Eyewitnesses caught sight of a single earring in the left ear and light facial hair. Pedestrians in Sector 9 are cautioned to remain vigilant for personal safety out-of-doors until further the suspect is apprehended.


- SERONEX PHARMACIES FACE COUPON SCAMMER HOAX

Cashiers were baffled at two Sector 5 Seronex Pharmacies yesterday, when local customers began arriving with promotional coupons that would not scan. After a quick call to corporate, both stores confirmed that the Back-2-School Blowout monday mail circular with cut-out coupons was an unauthorized forgery distributed en masse to over two-thousand Sector 5 residences.

SERO is currently investigating to find the source of these coupons, which were printed on the same paper and with similar design as valid SERONEX coupons. “Whoever whipped these up had an excellent eye for the graphic design of our Sunday Paper circulars. No wonder people, including our employees, couldn’t tell the difference.”

The circular’s coupons included offers on school supplies, but also Buy-1-Get-2-Free on items like 20oz Bottles of Soda, Toilet Paper, SERO-brand aspirin tablets and milk, as well as a free trial sample of a new Sildenafil citrate boosted energy drink, with the purchase of any package of condoms.

“A Viagra Energy Drink.” SEROnex Manager Tammie Wynhardt mused to an evening news reporter as she thumbed through a stack of the collected false coupons. “Now there’s something we haven’t thought to put on the market yet. Maybe this pranker is on to something.”
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14 [video]: Czeslaw Meyer Comes Out Of His Tiny Closet

[czes]

[The familiar, fresh-faced boy with neatly combed hair is sitting in front of a desk lamp that gives off warm light. He's wearing a button-down shirt and a vest that gives off more of a vibe of times gone by than hipster parents. He smiles gently at the camera.]

So the other day one of my idiot friends subjected me to a particularly stupid lecture about how I've been behaving here in the city this last year and a half. It was annoying [grin] but it did get me thinking.

I haven't been very honest - [a bit of an eyeroll] like anyone ever is - but it's starting to really get in the way of things. My stupid friend seems to think I'll make even more stupid friends if I'm honest, so, here goes.

The truth is, I was born in the 18th Century. I've been a child like this ever since I drank the elixir of life in 1711 . The last time I visited home, it was the year 2002. I'm over 300 years old.

[His voice pitches upward: cute, sweet, never touched by aging.] Sorry I lied. I thought if people knew, they'd try to hurt me. It's happened in the past. [He won't admit that it's pretty easy to manipulate people with that cute face of his, too.]

One more thing. My name's not Benjamin, it's Czeslaw. Czeslaw Meyer.

I've had a lot of fun meeting all of you.

second arrow. ➵ ( VIDEO ) ➵ wear a necklace of rope side by side with me ➵ { mid-morning aug. 29th }

[empowers]

[ Katniss has a warmer look on her face than she usually does when she speaks to people over the network. While the smile on her lips isn't large by anyone's standards, it's sweet and genuine. Her hair isn't in her usual braid, though her fingers are currently combing through it and working to do so. It gives her hands something to keep them busy while she talks. ]

I realized I should probably start looking for someone who can sew soon. Since my stylist isn't here with Peeta and Rue and I.

[ There's a sad look on her face for just the tiniest glimmer of a moment. She misses Cinna. She's almost certain he's dead. But she still misses him, and his beautiful dresses. ]

I need someone who can design a wedding dress for me. It doesn't have to be anything flashy or over-the-top. Just something simple. I can pay in money, or trade for game.

[ No one has prompted her to do this. But she knows they have a wedding to plan and an engagement to upkeep, so she figures now is as good a time as any. ]

Thank you.