Millennium City Star Issue 29

MAD QUEEN, DETHRONED! - Garibaldi Mob members arrested while attempting to poison Vibora Bay water supply by Scott MacReady VIBORA BAY. Vibora Bay was spared a disaster tonight, for if it weren't for the brave men of the Vibora Bay Police Department, we would all be mad, dead or dying, or worse!

It all began when groups of heavily-armed Garibaldi Family enforcers broke into one of Vibora Bay's water treatment plants. Armed for bear - the Garibaldi Family's entire Vibora Bay contingent being part of the assault - they intended to release a neurotoxin - capable of inducing a death-like state and leaving any exposed person extremely open to suggestion - into the city's water supply.

Luckily, though, SWAT team members - as well as brave members of the plant's staff - drove off the gangsters. Some of the plant's staff members persistently claim they were helped by two masked vigilantes, but the SWAT officers have refused to corroborate these claims.

This all but breaks the Garibaldi Family's back; Red Banner Cultists are already taking over the group's turf after their protracted gangwar. The unofficial leader of the Family - Maria Bella Garibaldi, AKA "The Mad Queen" - is missing, though unconfirmed reports state she has escaped to Movilia, in an attempt to avoid reprisals from former allies and enemies.



A FUTURE OF VIOLENCE? - "Violent crime statistics on the rise", experts say by Ted Brubaker MILLENNIUM CITY. A war in South America. Assassinations. Street violence. Drugs. Muggings. Plans to drive an entire city to destroy itself.

"We live in violent times", Dr. Simpson Flanders - author of "I'm sane and so are you" - states. "And according to our research into the statistics, well, things can only get worse, before they get better."

Self-help groups and charities - such as the New Church of Unity - disagree, spokespersons offering shelter and help to anyone needing it. "Let us help you. Our doors are always open", a spokesperson for the New Church of Unity stated.