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1. Can you identify this TV series by what could've happened, as reported by the news?
Honolulu (AP) - Six people owe their lives to the watchful eye of a young apprentice sailor employed by an island tour boat captain Jonas Grumby. Instead of trusting a faulty weather report, the first mate observed indications in the sky that a large storm was approaching. Capt Grumby concurred, and cancelled the 3-hour tour he was conducting for his 5 passengers.
2. Can you identify this TV series by what could've happened, as reported by the news?
Los Angeles (AP) - National Register reporter John 'Jack' McGee has been arrested in connection with a fire that claimed the life of noted geneticist Dr. Elaina Marks. McGee allegedly broke into the private research facility that Dr. Marks and her associate, Dr. David Banner, were working in late last night. While hiding, he caused a container of volatile liquid to spill into other dry chemicals in a store room, starting a massive fire. Dr. Banner survived the fire somehow. When asked about his feelings about McGee's transgressions, Banner replied, 'It won't do any good to get angry.'
3. Can you identify this TV series by what could've happened, as reported by the news?
Sherman Oaks, CA (AP) - A widowed mother of three girls has had her second marriage annulled after its disasterous wedding reception. Her new stepsons' dog chased her daughters' cat through the refreshments, causing much mayhem. Carol Martin, refusing to take her new husband's name since she plans to leave, said, 'I don't know what I was thinking. I can raise my three girls fine. But Mike's (the groom's) boys are uncontrollable brats!'
4. Can you identify this TV series by what could've happened, as reported by the news?
San Francisco (FNS) - The USS Enterprise - barely one year out of refit and reassignment to a 5-year deep space mission - has had tragedy strike, reports Capt. Wesley of the USS Yorktown. The entire crew except for one has died of a mysterious ailment that has left their bodies devoid of sodium chloride. The ship was found in a stable orbit of planet M-113, home of a once vast pre-space empire, but now only home to their ruins. The surviving crew member, Crewman Green, is slightly catatonic and nervously bites the knuckle of his right index finger, reports the Yorktown's CMO. Even though Green appears to be immune to the M-113 disease, as yet not isolated, it has also taken the lives of two of the Yorktown medical staffers. Green has been put into quarantine until the pathogen can be isolated.
5. Can you identify this TV series by what could've happened, as reported by the news?
Los Angeles (Net23) - Star investigative reporter Edison Carter was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident in the garage of his employers' headquarters. Carter, driving the motorcycle without a helmet, hit a security barrier at 45 mph and was thrown headfirst into a warning gate.
6. Can you identify this TV series by what could've happened, as reported by the news?
Anytown, USA (IP) - Tragedy has struck this small town, as what appears to be a prehistoric reptile has eaten several elementary school children, then disappeared without a trace. Several faculty members of the children's school report seeing a large Tyranosaurus Rex appear from nowhere in the school playgound and begin its carnage. By the time they ran out to try to save the children, the dinosaur had disappeared. All that remained was the children's backpacks and a small toy dinosaur owned by one of the children. It does not appear to be related to the monster's appearance, even though the animal had a slight violet hue, reminiscent of the toy's purple color.
7. Can you identify this TV series by what could've happened, as reported by the news?
Burbank, CA (AP) - A television game show taping was interrupted when anti-fur protesters began throwing water balloons full of paint at the emcee and the first prize to be given away - a fur coat. 'It's really a shame', said the emcee. 'We were bringing back this show after a 7 year hiatus. We had some really great new games for contestants to play, along with some wonderful prizes.' CBS officials have put a hold on production, debating whether this game show still has appeal.
8. Can you identify this TV series by what could've happened, as reported by the news?
New York, NY (UPI) - A portrait photographer has been arrested in the simple assault of his roommate, a noted sports columnist. The photographer was quoted as saying that he couldn't take his friend's slobbish behavior. He then broke into an anxiety-induced asthma attack. Asked if he could reconcile with the photographer, the columnist exclaimed, 'Are you kidding!? He's psychotic! He makes everyone at my poker games use coasters, and constantly sprays air freshener when I smoke my cigars. And after I took him in after his wife threw him out. I guess I felt sorry for him, since my wife did the same.'
9. Can you identify this TV series by what could've happened, as reported by the news?
Cape Canaveral (ENA) - The Jupiter II, the latest spacecraft built in attempt to colonize neighboring star systems, has returned to Earth a mere 12 hours after it departed. Appearantly, a saboteur (and accidental stowaway) tried to reprogram the maintenance robot into destroying the ship and crew 8 hours after it left Earth. Fortunately, the crew caught him in plenty of time and aborted their pre-programmed flight to Alpha Centuari to return the saboteur to Earth authorities.
10. Can you identify this TV series by what could've happened, as reported by the news?
Boulder, CO (AP) - A young Boulder woman had a run-in with a man who she thought was a priest. She found him walking along a rural road, dressed in what she thought was a priest's cassock. After giving him a ride to her home on Pine St., she discovered he was simply wearing a business suit with the shirt and jacket on backwards. Immediately fleeing, she ran to a local store where she called both the police and her father, a local music store owner. The stranger whom she thought was a priest was apprehended and taken to a psychiatric hospital in Denver. He doesn't appear to be violent. Although he can speak and understand English, he talks half the time in a unintelligible language. He will be held at the hospital until his fitness to face charges on impersonating a clergyman, although if he had any untoward purposes is unknown.
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