Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Apr 16, 2018

Trolling for publicity:

Feel that slight chill in the air? No worries, it's just hell freezing over as LEANN RIMES and BRANDI GLANVILLE are getting along! EDDIE CIBRIAN's infamous ex-wife posted a selfie with his current bride on Instagram during the weekend while they were attending her son, JAKE's, birthday bash. If you didn't know, LeAnn and Eddie struck up an affair while filming "Northern Lights" in 2010, Brandi promptly filed for divorce, he married the country queen the following year and it has been a nonstop catfight ever since. (Lee)

On, off and way-off-Broadway:

LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA is making his de-DUCK-tions. Deadline.com says the "Hamilton" creator will be the voice of Gizmoduck in an upcoming episode of the Disney animated series, "Duck Tales." It's part of Disney Channel's first-ever "Duck Week" and you can hear Lin on the May 11th episode. (Marino)

Today's police blotter:

A Florida driver involved in an accident gave police his dashboard camera to prove the other driver was at fault. Big mistake.
Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies say 25-year-old XAVIER MORAN wanted to prove the other driver cut him off. But, when police reviewed his dash-cam footage, they also found video of a prior incident. The video allegedly shows Moran smashing the glass door of a local store with a baseball bat before burglarizing the place. He's been arrested on burglary charges. (Still)

Chocolate, Caffeine, Alcohol:

South Carolina lawmakers are proposing a ban on the sale of energy drinks to minors after a deadly incident linked to high amounts of caffeine. CBS News says last April, DAVID CRIPE, a 16-year-old sophomore, suddenly collapsed at his South Carolina high school. In the two hours prior, he drank a large soda, a latte, and an energy drink. The medical examiner told his parents their son died from a "caffeine-induced cardiac event."
Since 2012, it's estimated that at least 22-hundred Americans under the age of 19 became ill after having an energy drink. Energy drinks can contain up to 300 milligrams of caffeine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends adults consume no more than 400 milligrams per day --that's about five cups of coffee. By one estimate, 68 percent of teens consume energy drinks. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association urge teens to drink limited amounts of high-caffeine beverages --or none at all.
In South Carolina, lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban the sale of energy drinks to anyone under 18. State Representative LEON HOWARD, who wrote the legislation, says if it passes, the law will treat energy drinks "just like we do alcohol." The South Carolina Beverage Association opposes the bill and says "a sales ban on any one product would be arbitrary and discriminatory." (Bartha)