Paragon City has seen the first heroes officially enter its boundaries since the Rikti invasion, with one hundred senior heroes selected to test out the integrity of reconstruction efforts. With the entry of the Big 100, every hero and citizen is one step closer to being allowed to freely enter Paragon City.

In a press release from the Paragon Construction Office, city officials stated they were letting heroes in at a slow rate in order to minimise problems while maximising testing. "We are aware that Paragon City is overrun with villains, but to let a flood of heroes in at once would only endanger the stability of the city - we will be letting in heroes at conservative rate for a little time at least," said a city spokeswoman.

Secrecy has surrounded the initial selection of the Big 100, potentially to protect them from the public attention that being first into the city will bring. Many heroes and citizens are interested in what condition Paragon City is in and how things now operate in the 'new' Birthplace of Tomorrow. However, city officials do not want every gripe and complaint about heroing in a city that is still in a state of development, so discussion of this area is being curtailed where possible.

No solid information has arisen about when more heroes will be allowed into the city, but it is expected that the Big 100 will be joined by other heroes over coming weeks. The date of Paragon City's official opening has also not been released and is likely to depend on the results of hero testing of the reconstruction.

In an administrative mistake that will see many established heroes tremble in their jet-powered boots, city officials today announced that two Ms Liberty's existed in Paragon City. Even worse, they are not clones - both of them use the same hero nickname, something that is verboten in hero circles.

Both Ms. Liberty's have very different roles within the city and have startlingly different appearances, but in having the same name they run the risk of confusing citizens, heroes and villains alike. It's a good guess that neither Liberty wants to deal with the mess of the other either.

City officials are unsure how such a mistake got through hero naming processes and there will be an investigation, but this is not going to settle the problem. Paragon City doesn't want heroes with the same name running around - it screws up the security systems, causes all sorts of bureaucratic nonsense and means heroes don't get the fame they deserve. So what's going to happen?

It's probably that one Ms. Liberty will have to change their name, so Paragon City may end up with a Liberty Ms or something similar. If the Arena was finished the two of them could have battled it out for name supremacy, but that doesn't seem likely at this point. Some adjustment will need to be made and age will probably win out: the Ms who's held onto Liberty the longest is likely to walk away with it.

All we can hope is that this problem is dealt with in a mature way (as appears to be the case). With more heroes attempting to carve their niche out in Paragon City, it's very likely that names or their close substitutes are going to get repeated and unfortunately Ms. Liberty gets to be the precedent.

A hoard of enraged turkeys swept though the streets of Paragon city yesterday, causing property damage as they went. They had escaped from the reknowned scientist Dr Gloria Kirks' labratory based in the central district of Paragon city.

Residents of the Paragon City Heights apartment block were shocked to see around 50 massive, feathered birds charge down their quiet little block. A local resident, who asked not to be named, gave her view: "I heard a rumble and looked out my window to see these huge, red eyed-turkeys trample my van! Those birds were not normal!" The witness was very distressed and declined further comment.

The birds were genetically mutated through research by Dr Kirk. Standing at four feet and very muscular, these superpowered mutant birds could shoot beams of energy out of their eyes, terrorizing the local people they came into contact with. Dr Gloria Kirk gave us a short statement after the incident: "All i wanted was for people to have a nice big turkey to eat. I developed a formula for rapid muscle growth but unfortunately there were nasty side effects. The subjects went psycho and they developed powers which I didn't expect... my lab now lies in ruins!" Dr Kirk is under going treatment at Paragon City Hospital after suffering 2nd degree burns from the mutant turkey attack.

The turkeys were stopped by a group of unknown heroes after they caused damage to vehicles, blew holes in peoples' houses and smashed through shop windows. The damage caused is expected to cost more than $50,000 to repair. The turkeys died on the scene after Dr Kirk's formula caused the turkeys' muscles to over-expand and unfortunately rupture. The heroes were thanked and a Paragon City cleaning squad was sent to deal with the leftovers.

So when your eating your turkey this year, be thankful that it can't eat you back.

Paragon City's favourite freelance chronicle-writer, Boxhead, has been sent on yet another vacation by fellow heroes and journalists. Since September, Boxhead has been on almost constant vacation, all paid for out of the pockets of others.

"Hey, I think it's great!" said Boxhead from somewhere in the Pacific. "I take two weeks off in September, come back and suddenly everyone wants to pay for my holidays. October I spent in Germany at some beer festival they have, November passed by in a Siberian vodka haze and I'm currently on a tropical island working on a tan and a dacquiri. This is the life!"

None of the heroes and journalists involved in paying for Boxhead's vacations were willing to speak on the record, but it was revealed that when Boxhead's away "things start happening in Paragon City".

A Crey "special project" was apprehended after hero and police responded to an emergency call from a group of young women.

Last night at 3:00 am police and heroes responded to an emergency call from the 600 block of Corman Lane. A group of teenage girls had met at teenager Brinke Anderson's home for a slumber party. The teenager's parents were out of town and the girls were unsupervised at the time. During the night they were alerted by strange noises outside.

Valerie Smith said, "It was a really stormy night and we weren't sure what was going on. The power was off so we were all huddled together in the living room in our pajamas. We had lit a bunch of candles and were telling ghost stories when heard some weird howling outside. We were totally freaked!"

Chip Stanley, a local delivery boy for Paragon Pizza, was attacked by the creature as he attempted to deliver food the girls had ordered. He received a mild concussion and several cuts and bruises. Stanley is expected to be released from the hospital by this evening. His mother said that he is well, but has terminated his employment with Paragon Pizza.

Laura Brown said, "At first we thought it was just some guys from the football team playing a joke or maybe Old Man Jenkins. Then the doorbell rang and when we opened the door the pizza guy fell inside; he was all beat up and stuff. Everybody was screaming and I really lost my top... I mean head!"

Brinke Anderson said, "I was in the shower when I heard a weird gurgle outside the window. When I opened the curtains I was totally freaked out! The monster was so ‘grody'! It's head was really little and its body was all icky and bulging!"

The girls ran through the storm to a neighbor's home clad only in their nightgowns and called police. Several heroes arrived to confront the monster. After a quick scuffle the creature fled back to a Crey Industries laboratory. Once there the creature meekly returned to its cell where it was tranquilized by Crey scientists.

During the course of the night the creature had assaulted Chip Stanley and two teenage boy who were apparently spying on the girls. There names were not released but doctors said they suffered only minor injuries. A neighbor's dog, a French poodle named Bunny, was apparently devoured by the creature.

Ingrid Lee, a spokeswoman for Crey Industries, said, "We at Crey Industries deeply apologize for this incident. This test subject, which researchers have lovingly named ‘Snakehead Fred', has never exhibited hostile behavior before. Crey Industries has taken even greater measures to make sure ‘Snakehead Fred' and all other experiments are keep away from the public. We have also reached a settlement with those injured and the owner of Bunny."

The creature is in the custody of Crey Industries.

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