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 * 04.04.13. The ownership of the Newhaven Mercury has been transferred from K.S. Shamilov to American-Lovian businessman Edward Tevanian.
 * 20.11.12. A swing to the CCPL failed to prevent an SLP victory in Kings. Kings, arguably the least politically engaged state, returned the incumbent William Krosby to his position as Governor of the state. This was unsurprising. Historically progressive, Kings was always likely to favour center-left Krosby. What came as a surprise to pundits, however, was just how close his victory was. A resident of Newhaven out walking his dog, who TNCT spoke to the day after the result came through, admitted, 'I was expecting him to win a landslide. I can't say I'm a big Krosby fan myself, I'd much rather have Medvedev back again, but I'd vote for him any day over CCPL.'


 * 'I'd vote for him any day over CCPL' seemed to be the attitude Krosby relied on to win Kings. Admitting himself a lack of concrete achievements during the previous term, he concentrated on his policies for the future, promising to boost the economy with the construction of a new neighborhood for Newhaven. But it seemed many Kingsers were unimpressed. With Lovia as a whole moving rightward, and CCPL leftward, at least economically, Jhon Lewis emerged suddenly as a plausible alternative candidate, and his prior membership of Labour gave him socialist credentials which ironically were better than Krosby's.


 * In the event, Lewis forced a result so close that the decision was taken to recount the votes. But Krosby remained the victor, winning by a tiny margin. It may be CCPL will never again get such a good chance of winning Lovia's most progressive state.