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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check
March 3, 2010
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Quake follow-up:
It's only March, but two major earthquakes have already devastated the Western hemisphere this year, and scientists worry that the Pacific Northwest may be next.
Seismologists say that the Pacific Northwest fault --which runs from California to British Columbia-- closely resembles the Chilean fault (they both include several "seismic hotspots") and that a quake of similar proportions could happen at any time.
Scientists believe there's an 80 percent chance the portion of the fault off southern Oregon and Northern California would break in the next 50 years and produce a mega-quake.
Cities in Oregon and Washington are retrofitting buildings to make them more structurally sound, and some coastal communities are preparing for tsunami flooding. Locals know the region has a long geological history of doing exactly what happened in Chile. As they've said in San Francisco for years: "It's not a matter of if, but when." (Maiman)Recall:
G-M is recalling 1.3-million cars because of a problem with power steering.
General Motors has received more than 11-hundred complaints on the power steering problem. The issue has been linked to 14 crashes and one injury.
The recall involves the 2005 through 2010 model Chevrolet Cobalt, the 2007 through 2010 Pontiac G5, and one model sold only in Canada and another sold only in Mexico. G-M says customers will be notified when repairs will begin to be made. (Page)Anger management dep't:
Did NAOMI CAMPBELL strike again? The temperamental supermodel is being accused of assaulting her limousine driver yesterday afternoon and some of New York City's finest squealed to TMZ.com that they received a 9-1-1 call from the poor guy claiming she was assaulting him from the back seat while they cruised through downtown Manhattan. The unnamed chauffeur was treated for bruises and neck pain, while rumor has it the catwalking beauty fled the scene after the incident.
Her rep maintains Naomi will cooperate with authorities, encourages people not to rush to judgment and says there's more to the story than meets the eye. (Lee)Broadcast, cable and video news:
Good numbers for the initial debut of JAY LENO's return to "The Tonight Show" on Monday. The show more than doubled CONAN O'BRIEN's average for the last three months he was on, and nearly doubled DAVID LETTERMAN's ratings.
Movies that will suck:
You asked for it --Daily Variety magazine says MARTIN LAWRENCE will be back for "Big Momma's House 3." BRANDON T. JACKSON (from "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief") will co-star in the flick.
Another day, another remake. This time, Daily Variety magazine says they'll attempt to redo the classic 60s sitcom, "Gilligan's Island." There were 98 episodes of "Gilligan's Island" in all, starring BOB DENVER starred as Gilligan, with co-stars ALAN HALE, Jr, TINA LOUISE, DAWN WELLS, JIM BACKUS, RUSSELL JOHNSON and NATALIE SCHAFER.
And how about a movie based on the game, "Space Invaders"? Don't think it's not posssible. Universal Studios recently announced that it was adapting the classic game, "Asteroids," into a film, and Fox is currently developing a film based on the 1980 game, "Missile Command." Now, the LA Examiner says Warner Brothers is in the process of negotiating with Taito, the Japan-based company that originally manufactured Space Invaders, to turn it into a movie as well.
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