NEWS:
⊗ Arizona Senator Kurt Blurton is criticized in mutant activist spheres as well as pro-choice ones when he is quoted as saying that abortion, which he generally opposes, is okay if the unborn child has tested x-gene positive.
⊗ Eccentric pop singer Duchess Loco deflects claims that she is a Skrull by pointing out that if she were a ( Read more... )

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⊗ The nationwide detainment of mutants (and mandatory airport testing for the X-gene) remains in effect this week. However, there is a new means of travelling internationally. On Monday, during the height of morning rush hour, the Jumbotron in Times Square is momentarily taken over by a man known only as Zero. He’s wearing a large fishbowl ( Read more... )

NEWS:
⊗ On Friday, major news outlets confirm that President Henderson has expressly authorized the CIA to assassinate suspected mutant terrorist Helga McCross (codename Crossfire), an American citizen. As a result, there are significant protests on the part of civil rights groups, saying that this act violates the constitutional right to a fair ( Read more... )

NEWS:⊗ A small mystery occurred in New York, around Putnam Lake as a new housing development's construction came to a grinding halt. The entire crew meant to work on the project went missing Monday morning. The wife of one of the missing workers reported an odd dropped call with her husband after he talked about a dumb prank some of the guys were ( Read more... )

Okay, guys! So I know we've tossed this idea around a lot for a while in chat and so on, but I thought that given LJ's recent TOTAL NOTIF FAIL and the fact that the game is kind of going through some changes management-wise and seems to be slightly less HUGE AND UNWIELDY in the numbers of players department... um ( Read more... )

NEWS:
⊗ The U.S. Congress and White House declare a state of emergency on Monday in response to Magneto's takeover of Genosha and issues a bill, proposed by Senator James Baelheit, detaining anyone of mutant status, citizen or international, from leaving the country. It is effective immediately. In a press release on Tuesday, the reason for this ( Read more... )

Wrote an AU character background that you now realise you're not 100% happy with? Got a fresh nugget of your character's canon in the most recent episode that you want to incorporate into their AU backstory? A CRmate just dropped and you want to officially remove them from your character's in-game history rather than have to deal with the fallout? ( Read more... )

NEWS:
⊗ At 3:17am on January 23rd, Genosha explodes. There are no records - no surviving ones, anyway - that could explain what caused it, but the most likely explanation is that when the mutant slaves' inhibitor collars were deactivated by Lain, a mutant with years of repressed explosion powers was unable to keep from detonating - violently enough ( Read more... )

NEWS:
⊗ The supervillain Dr. Moth has been apprehended; she is due to stand trial for numerous moth-related crimes.

⊗ On Monday, the slowly simmering war between the Facebook groups JJ Jameson for President and JJ Jameson is an Ass come to a head and results in a DDoS attack on Facebook that lasts for several hours. Productivity around the US ( Read more... )

NEWS:⊗ Stark Industries announces on Tuesday that the long-awaited, year-round event Stark Expo '10 will be opening to the general public two months from now, after a decade-long hiatus. Tickets are available for preorder online or by phone. During the press conference, CEO Tony Stark announces that the entry fee of $25 will be waived for those ( Read more... )