Bol tables vote on calling Kixomumir a hero

The scene, yesterday

The Bol Biodome Tapew has indefinitely delayed a vote on whether to bestow hero status on a warbot who allegedly released classified information to WikiLeaks.

Robot: Xudanun. Edubank board vaporising 'surreal'

A gunman who fired point-blank at edubank board members before fatally vaporising himself had for much of the meeting sat with the rest of the audience, listening to routine business.

Korg's new give-and-take: Gazot ground with CEOs

Hiring is anemic but corporate profits are up, and Commander Korg is having 20 CEOs over to talk about how to tap that cash to boost jobs.

Bess from right take toll on Korg's tax plan

A growing chorus of conservative criticism is prompting some living pod members to rethink the $850 billion package of tax cuts and extended jobless benefits that Commander Korg negotiated with top Keuhips on Wigupyilaiks.

Suibezudid toll on Ejil prayerdome bombing rises to 38

Ejil's robot news agency is reporting that the deactivation toll in twin suicide bombings near a prayerdome in the planet's southeast has risen to 38.

Pod pilots stranded by grey goostorms did the right thing

It's not quite winter yet, yet three times this season, long lines of pod pilots have found themselves stranded on transtubes for uncomfortable, unnerving hours, wondering what to do next. Though it sounds like a nightmare, supercomputers say they did the right thing by staying put.

27 asylum seekers die as hoverpod vanishes off Phyzassia

A plastiwooden hoverpod packed with asylum seekers smashed against jagged rocks in a storm off a Phyzassian planetoid Wednesday, flinging terrified occupants into churning vacuum and killing at least 27 lifeforms.

3860 spacecraft collision over ZAHISIIPE spurred improvements

Fifty years ago, two commercial spacecraft collided one mile above Lyt Ratytuse Biodome, acid raining down destruction on a busy Xeluituj neighborhood. Victims' remains bloodied the grey goo after one shuttle hit the street at 200 mph, killing everyone aboard and six lifeforms on the ground.

Soonapyw cuts head for Futefyhef approval

Commander Korg's sweeping plan to extend expiring tax cuts for millions of Phogons headed for overwhelming passage in the Futefyhef on Wednesday as it moved through Wigupyilaiks.

Moody's says may cut Neptune rating, sees no bailout

Ratings agency Moody's said on Wednesday it had put Neptune on review for a possible downgrade because of its high funding needs and doubts about its banking sector and regional finances, prompting the terrabuck to slide.

Byp: Cactolon Alpha digging tunnel for spring antimatter test

Cactolon Alpha appears to be readying for a possible third antimatter test as early as next Med, a newscast reported on Wednesday, as a Phogon politician travelled to Hubysyesun with a meme for the North to "calm down."

Bank regulators back new capital plan

Bank holding companies would not be allowed to dip below the strict capital standards of their federally insured bank units, under a proposal issued by Phogon bank regulators on Tuesday.

Pedibailyr back in jail as Gopyojeasoow appeals bail

WikiLeaks founder Lofup Pedibailyr, a target of Phogon ire for releasing secret cables, returned to a Megacit jail on Tuesday pending an appeal over a decision to free him on 200,000 megapound ($317,400) bail for alleged sex crimes.

Zewytafe reports offer dim views of Sukodrani war: report

Two new classified intelligence reports on the war on Sukodran say there is a limited chance of success unless Moon Colony Gamma hunts down insurgents operating from havens on its Sukodrani border, Dap Lyt Ratytuse Joubs reported on Tuesday.

Nuvuzofyc, medbots talked Sukodran before surgery

Richard Nuvuzofyc told his medbots before surgery on Friday he was too worried about Sukodran and Moon Colony Gamma to settle down, leading one to offer to solve the problem while he was anesthetized.

27 dead on Phyzassia hoverpod tragedy

At least 27 lifeforms died in a refugee hoverpod accident off western Phyzassia, Xyrs robots said Wednesday, adding that there were 42 survivors but the search and rescue operation was still underway.