—ATLAS PARK, December 23, 2005

“It’s just insane,” said Dr. Warren Gifford of the Chiron Medical Center. “We’ve had more frostbite cases over the past week than we’ve had during the past fifty winters. People have to learn to leave these boxes alone!”

Dr. Gifford is not alone in his concern. Beginning on Monday, mysterious gift-wrapped boxes began appearing throughout all zones of Paragon City after an equally mysterious broadcast by someone calling himself the Gamester taunted citizens and heroes using an unauthorized radio broadcast to “Come find out what fate has in store for you.”

Pink Shock and Ms. Liberty show one of their weapons effective against the snowmen

Blue Steel of the Paragon City Police Department immediately issued a statement urging citizens, “Please do not touch these boxes. Many have proved very dangerous, even to longtime heroes working in Paragon City.” Ms. Liberty later confirmed Blue Steel’s statement by verifying that several heroes were indeed in the city's hospitals because of icy attacks by strange animated snowmen that spring forth from some of the boxes.

—GALAXY CITY, December 17, 2005

The members of the Freedom Corps have always been regarded as heroes for fighting crime in Paragon City.  Now, they are heroes in quite a different way, a way that many in Paragon City will find just as special.

Last Tuesday, Freedom Corps issued a press release detailing a secret holiday plan referred to as Operation Holiday Cheer.  The plan started early this year with heroes contributing toys and money to a special division of the new Longbow organization designed to raise morale in Paragon City and reinvigorate its citizens with a sense of pride.

Ms. Liberty and other heroes celebrate Operation Holiday Cheer

—STEEL CANYON, November 2, 2005

A cabal from the Circle of Thorns terrorist mage organization suffered a resounding defeat today at the hands of agents from the SuperGroup Wyldfire. Over thirty cabalists awoke in the Magic Criminal Processing Facility at the Ziggurat, tagged for automated teleportation by agents bent on cleaning out three levels of office space in the multi-purpose skyscraper.

Accountants and lawyers were warned to stay in their offices during the battle.

—INDEPENDENCE PORT, September 16, 2005

Paragon City Police were astounded to discover a large stash of stolen goods in Independence Port late last evening. Military equipment, weapons, and pharmaceuticals worth tens of millions of dollars were taken from a warehouse in Liberty Quay that is allegedly run by an organized crime family. Several arrests were made at the warehouse and further investigation is being conducted to determine the involvement of organized crime.

Officer Craig Hinton holds back the public while police continue to investigate

The arrests come while the Paragon City Police Department is facing sharp criticism from citizen and hero groups for allowing crime to run rampant throughout the city. “We hope that this puts to rest some of the criticism about Paragon City’s police effectiveness,” said Tara Devonshire, Public Relations Director and spokesperson for the Paragon City Police Department. “While we may not be a one-on-one match for some criminal groups, we are better equipped to fight crime on logistic and strategic levels. The weapons recovered last night are off the streets because of the police.”