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This is P.A.N.E. Channel 4 News.

With Don Fann and Rose Lia

A man in a black suit and purple shirt stood next to woman in a green pant suit. She had two blue and pink roses in her front pocket. Both gave bright smiles to audiences around Furoh.

Manny Aphy with weather

A man in a bright blue suit is shown pulling his blue hair as he stares at an ominous looking storm on his computer.

And Luke Ario with sports.

A somewhat large man with a blue sports coat and black shirt stares back at the audience, seemingly yelling "YA-HA!". He points four fingers, two forefingers from each hand, straight into the air.

P.A.N.E News starts now!

"Good day, and thank you for joining us," began Don, shuffling some papers on his desk. "Here are the top headlines."

Crime Ring Sited at Mt. Carello:
Police in Arasam are reporting a possible appearance by a group called Team...Decrepit? Anywho, we're told the "team" was at Mt. Carello to raid the tunnels of rare pokemon. In addition, the ring apparently had stolen several pokemon from a group of trainers in the area and "shadowed" another. Police arrived in time to break up a battle between the trainers and Team Decrepit, but the suspects escaped before being apprehended. The trainers' identities have not been released, but they and their pokemon only suffered minor injuries.

The camera switched to Rose, who cleared her throat as she handled the next headline.

Attack on Barley Contest:
There was another assault at a Barley contest. A gang dressed in black stormed a warehouse where a contest was taking place. We're told shadow pokemon were involved in the assault. Interpol stormed the scene and apprehended several members of the gang, but a few escaped. No official word as to their identity, but Interpol hasn't ruled out involvement of Team Decrepit- Deception- Defective? Whatever they're called, no one knows. Several people were injured but treated at the scene. Unfortunately, three pokemon were stolen in the chaos: a zangoose, seviper, and a shiny luxio. If you have seen any of these pokemon, you're asked to call 911.

Don gave a chuckle at Rose's fumble of the team's name. It's obvious the name is Team Decrepit. They're zombies! That's why there's so little information on them; it's a government cover-up! While Don daydreamed of blowing zombies away with his slowpoke, he felt a sharp blow to his ankle. "Ow!" he yelped, turning to Rose. She looked livid, jerking her head towards the camera. "Oh!" Don quickly turned back to the camera and continued.

Behemoth Tree Wows Scientists:
Once considered a fable, now a reality. Scientists have announced the discovery of what is being termed as a "wooden skyscraper" in Fidona. This tree is a whopping 300 feet tall! The branches hide a hidden valley in the middle of the Fidonan rainforests. Pictures show not only the massive height, but also a hollow space filled with large glowing mushrooms. Scientists are in the area to further study this mysterious foliage.

"But what isn't a mystery is this beautiful weather!" Don exclaimed. Rose appeared to do a faceplam, disapproving of Don's crossover. She recovered by brushing her hair aside as she turned to Manny. The weatherman gave a small chuckle, likely out of courtesy to Don.

Weather:
That's right, Don. We're experiencing a trend of beautiful sunny weather all over Furoh. There was a period of heavy showers west of Arasam, but that has cleared up. A cold front is headed for the Barley shoreline. That should be coming in just in time for the Fall Festival on the boardwalk. This trend should continue for the foreseeable future.

"In other words, we don't need you anymore," remarked Don. Don meant it as a joke, but the uncomfortable laugh from Manny suggested he wasn't so sure. Rose decided to change the subject. "Now here's Luke with sports," she said with a seemingly forced smile.

Sports:
WOOWEE! Things are heating up on the path of champions! We’ve got a rising star in the form of Johto native Jaima Kuonji. Kuonji made an attempt to challenge Arasam Gym Leader Otis. It was Jaima's marshtomp, luxio, and quilava versus Otis’ golbat, noctowl, and numel; quite a match-up. Otis played the defensive, his noctowl using light screen and golbat using haze. Kuonji countered with a swift from the quilava, a brilliant move that bypassed the haze. Otis still had some tricks up his sleeves, switching in Numel for Noctowl. Since his numel used magnitude against electric and fire types, you'd think the battle would be over. BUT IT WASN'T! That luxio managed to knock out the golbat, putting Otis at a disadvantage.

You guys know how I love teamwork, and both sides had outstanding examples. Otis used noctowl's sunny day to power up numel's solarbeam, an unexpected combo that knocked out the quilava and put the marshtomp at risk. The water type distracted both pokemon and Otis with water gun attacks, while the luxio came out of nowhere and took out the noctowl. It was a two-to-one match; Otis was on the ropes!

But there was one last surprise left. Otis' numel evolved into camerupt, an unexpected move that finally took down the luxio. The match was tied one-to-one. It would go down to the wire! The camerupt would attack with solarbeam once more, but it was a combination of toxic, endeavor, and water gun that would bring the gym leader down. This brings the Kuonji kid halfway through the gym challenge. I hope the champion is watching, cause this kid is coming! YAHA!

Luke got out of his chair, pounding the air with his fist as yelled "YAHA!" His fellow newscasters looked on in shock; simply talking about a gym match got the sportscaster’s blood pumping.

"That's all for today," Rose announced, glad to end this newscast. "We hope to see you next time."
"Same PANE time, same PANE channel!" Don added. As the screen faded, one may have been able to catch Rose hitting Don on the head with a rolled-up paper.
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This is breaking news! This is a respected news team!

This. Is. PANE NEWS!!!

The camera zooms in on the trio of reporters at the desk.

“Thank you for joining us,” Rose said to the audience, a smile across her face. “Before either of my co-anchors say something rash, let’s get started with our top stories.”

Groudon Shrine Uncovered in Underground?

Leaked reports are suggesting that an ancient Fuhrite shrine dedicated to the legendary pokemon Groudon has been uncovered within the Underground. Pictures we’re getting from Petropolis Museum show a giant statue of the eruption pokemon’s head serving as a doorway, as well as several ancient artifacts. We’re hearing that a group of raiders posing as museum workers were at the area and clashed with a group of trainers. The battle caused an underground well to rupture, submerging much of the ancient temple underwater. The criminals managed to get away, despite earlier reports that the police apprehended the ringleader. In a strange turn of events, a body was found in the Aridana Desert that matched the description of the ringleader, proving once more that crime never pays.

No word yet on the damage to the temple or if anything was taken, but pokemon rangers are patrolling the area to protect it from other raiders.

Among the group of trainers were Pandora Gibbs, an explorer recently credited for finding the Wooden Skyscraper, and Petropolis local Justin Smart. We were unable to reach them for comment.

“Interesting things we’re finding out about this land’s past,” Rose commented, rather interested in such stories.

“That could make a great water park!” Don added, causing Rose to do a facepalm. “Come on! You could swim through ancient ruins, get some souvenirs, and go tubing through the tunnels! Sure, you’d have to replace the Groudon head with something like…I don’t know, Horsea or something. It’d be more popular than the park in Aridana!”

“Don. Just do the next story please.”

“Right…”

Illegal Factory Discovered in Gigarte

A sulfur mine has been discovered within the Gigarte dome. A group of local trainers explored the cave to find some sort of factory inside. The people running said factory attempted to destroy the evidence with explosives. Fortunately, the trainers made it out safely. However, the event has freaked residents out, dubbing the incident “The Gigarte Grotto Disaster”. Seriously, you would not believe the conspiracy theories going around.

Mechanical manufacturing is prohibited within the Gigarte dome, so that’s why they’re making a big deal out of this. The identities of the trainers or the details of this factory have not been released outside of Gigarte, as the investigation is still ongoing. Also, they probably don’t want to tell the bad guys who exactly uncovered their operation.

“Course, Gigartans will also freak out if you toss a soda can on the ground, so we’ll see whether this is worse than that.”

“Thank you Don,” Rose said sarcastically. “Would you like to insult another city? Perhaps Barley?”

“Well, now that you mention it-”

“COMMERCIAL!”

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Don't ignore the facts, ladies and gentlemen, and don't turn a blind eye to these horrifying events occurring right before your eyes. Pokemon, abandoned because their parents are pokemon belonging to trainers who move about, forgotten, left to go feral in a cruel world that cannot support their overwhelming numbers.

This cannot go on. What will we say to our children if nothing is done, years down the road when they ask us, "Why, Daddy - Why, Mommy - are there so many wild pokemon running around?"

And what will we tell them, ladies and gentlemen? The truth? That there are so many wild pokemon because we refused to take care of the problem where it started? That we, the trainers of these pokemon, shirked our responsibility to the world and simply let nature take its course? No, ladies and gentlemen, no.

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“Welcome back, Furoh,” Rose continued, cutting off Don. “Now…*sigh*…her’s the Sports Report with Luke Ario.”

Sports Report- Arasam Edition

YAHA! We got a double dose of competition, all centered in the fine city of Arasam! I’ll save the best for last, so let’s start with the contest circuit.

As you all know, I’m no fan of contests, but the battles in this competition weren’t half bad. The appeals rounds yielded two contenders: Pandora Gibbs and Douken Sota. Out of the two, I’d say Ms. Gibbs was the best, mostly because she’s smokin’ hot.

…Er, she’s 18, right? Great!

Anywho, on to the battles! Douken was up first with his growlithe and duskull. Troy countered with his marowak and skarmory. It was a fierce fight, but due to the convoluted point system, Troy came out the victor. The opposite happened during Pan’s match. Her venusaur and growlithe were performing all these stunts, my favorite being the ones where growlithe is tossed into the air. That last minute Reversal was amazing! Of course, with the challenger having more points, the hall leader decided to change the rules so that KO’s won the match. Bah, just when you think you have these contests figured out, they change the rules so no ribbons are rewarded.

Let’s move on to the gym challenge, where we have a familiar face taking on Arasam’s gym leader Otis. It’s Douken Sota, proving once more that if you suck at contests, you’ll do wonders in the gym challenge. Douken used his growlithe, seel, and duskull, while Otis defended the badge with his fearow, growlithe, and a bitchin’ awesome shiny charmeleon. Seriously, this lizard had Dragon Rage and Thunder Punch in its arsenal! Despite losing his fearow early on, things were looking great for Otis: heavy damage to the seel forced Sota to use the Rest skill, a risky move which left the challenger with one pokemon against the gym leader’s pair. Douken turned the match around by taking advantage of the ghost’s tricks. Just like in the contest, we saw Trick Room being used, something I have yet to see in competitive play. Confuse Ray turned out to be the winning move however, as Otis’s confused growlithe and inexperienced charmeleon fought with each other, leaving just the charmeleon to defend. The tables turned, Sota came out victorious. Ladies and gentlemen, we have another contender on our hands! YAAAHAA!

“Gibbs? Is that the same one as from the earlier story?” Rose asked.

“I wouldn’t know. I slept through most of the broadcast,” Luke replied. “YAHA!”

“*sigh* This is Rose Lia signing off. Good day Furoh.”
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Submissions

Do you have a story that every Furoh resident should hear? Send it over to the PANE mods and if it's newsworthy, it may be featured in the next broadcast. Just use the form below, or better yet, write the story yourself.

Headline: (A sentence that sums up the story)
Links: (RP links (preferably to the postwhere event starts), Wiki links)
Summary: (What happened?)
Quotes: (This is optional. Eyewitness accounts might spice up the report, whether from RP characters or NPCs.)
Other: (Anything else relevant that isn't mentioned above)

Do you want to advertise a business you've made up? How about an upcoming local event? Send it over to the mods with this form (or write it yourself):

Name of business/event:
Link: (RP links (preferably to the postwhere event starts), Wiki links)
Description: (What, Where, When?)
Other: (Anything else relevant. This would be a good place to mention special discounts, coupons, etc.)