VOICE OF THE REPUBLIC	STAR OF THE PLAINS         September 25, 2501       METROPOLITAN EDITION
SATELLITE SNAFU KILLS 26
Berlin (EP) - A glitch in the central German traffic satellite sent 11 grav-cars plunging to the ground in the heart of Berlin. 21 people were killed when their grav-cars crashed, another 5 were killed on the ground.  The crash also caused several fires, the most severe of which took over 4 hours to bring under control and resulted in over 8 million credits in damage.  Berlin Police estimate an additional 70 to 80 people were injured in the incident. The reason for the signal interruption	70 to 80 people were injured in the incident. The reason for the signal interruption could not be immediately ascertained. MAC SUED AGAIN London (EP) – The Orion Office of Science and Technology (OOST) has filed a complaint against the Mennonite Agricultural Cooperative (MAC) for patent infringement.  The OOST claim states that the MAC has used several novel genetic modification techniques in the development of	their hard red winter wheat strain, marketed as, Red Cloud™.  A MAC spokesman says that the Cooperative agrees with the substance of the claim, but that it was the MAC who developed these disputed techniques in cooperation with the OOST.  The spokesman says that the MAC has the legal right to use these techniques by agreement with the OOST. SOCCER TRADE Kansas City – Richard Windham – The Spurs Football club today