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JAMES BROWN’s family marked the late Godfather Of Soul’s 74th birthday yesterday (03May07) with an attack on the music industry.
Family and friends of the legendary singer gathered at a private ceremony at the Apollo Theater, New York, before joining a rally led by Reverend Al Sharpton through Manhattan in protest over the "music business’ racist and sexist language".
Brown’s daughter Deanna Brown Thomas addressed the congregation at the ceremony, demanding, "How did we get from ‘Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud,’ to where we are today?" Her brother Daryl, who is lead guitarist with long-running backing band the Soul Generals, echoed her sentiment, adding, "We got to start taking care of our own people, we have to be accountable to our own people." Brown died of heart failure in December (06) while in hospital with pneumonia.

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A US man caused over $1,000 of damage to a police car with his forehead.
Joe Cummings, from Savage, Minnesota, repeatedly head-banged the vehicle’s hood after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI).
Captain David Muelken said: "He broke free, he bolted and lunged himself head first onto the hood of the squad car and then began to ram his face repeatedly with a great amount of force into the hood." The 36-year-old’s wife told police Cummings had lost his job earlier that day.
She also revealed he had done the same thing to a police vehicle in the nearby town of Chaska when he was stopped for DUI.

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A group of US canoeists who witnessed a suicide have been fined by police for not wearing lifejackets.
Dennis Bohrn and his friends were canoeing along Idaho’s Snake River when they saw a woman jump off the Perrine Bridge.
The group managed to grab her body and paddle it to shore, but many were in tears as they reached the bank, where a police officer promptly issued two fines of $85 for not having lifejackets on board either canoe.
Bohrn, 58, said: "The body was right there. A girl deputy was trying to console everybody. Then a sergeant walked up. He said, ‘I see you don’t have any life jackets so I am going to give you a citation.’ "It seemed a little cold."

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Malaysian doctors believe neckties are a health hazard and are campaigning for them to be dropped from their compulsory dress code.
The Malaysian Medical Association stated their case to the health ministry, citing studies which show ties to be unhygienic and capable of spreading infection.
Association president, Dr Teoh Siang Chin, said: "They are not often washed and carry germs that can cause pneumonia and blood infections.
"And when doctors are doing their clinical rounds, they dangle all over the place." A ministry official has said they needed more proof that ties were a danger before they stop making them compulsory attire for doctors.

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Thousands of pounds worth of prize carp from a British fishing lake were killed after sex-crazed toads dragged them into an underwater orgy.
The prime catch, weighing up to eight pounds, were suffocated after lusty toads mistook the fish basking in the shallows for female toads.
Each carp - worth £20,000 in total - was pounced on by up to a dozen frenzied amphibians.
Manager of Wykeham Lakes Mike Heelis, said: "It was a horrendous sight.
"From a distance it looked like the fish had some sort of fungus on their heads. Then I realised they had these toads clamped to their heads.
"The creatures were covering their gills and mouths. They just sank to the bottom and died." More fish were then killed from the pollution of the rotting carcasses lying on the lake’s bottom.

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A cocktail containing a 1.06-carat diamond is being sold in Japan for £7,520.
The Diamond-tini, which is chilled Belvedere vodka served over the gemstone with a hint of lime, is on Tokyo’s Ritz-Carlton hotel’s cocktail menu for 1.8million yen.
Hotel manager Bernard Viola said: "It’s a timeless drink and diamonds are a girl’s best friend, so you combine both this time of year in Japan when proposals are rampant.
"There is a market for everything you create. Today it is all about luxury." The price includes having your drink being prepared at your table accompanied by a serenade of ‘Diamonds are Forever’ as the stone sinks to the bottom of the martini glass. It also covers the cost of having the stone ring mounted afterwards by a local jeweller.

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A British builder is so fed up of being attacked by seagulls he has employed an assistant to fend off the birds.
Colin Jones, 38 - who received two stitches to his head when one seagull sky-bombed him during a routine rooftop job in Brighton - advertised for the position in a local shop and was shocked to receive 20 calls about the job.
Successful applicant, Steve Jackow, now gets paid £6-an-hour to wear a fluorescent jacket and frighten the birds away with a broom.
Colin said: "I started off by wearing a hard hat but it kept getting knocked off - then I had my sandwich box stolen.
"Those gulls are evil."

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The majority of Roman gladiators were vegetarians.
The fearsome warriors maintained their muscular build with a diet of barley beans and a special drink made from ash and vinegar, according to a recent study.
Austrian scientists Dr Fabian Kanz and Professor Karl Grosschmidt made the discovery when they found a mass grave of 70 gladiators in Turkey.
The scientists measured the levels of strontium in the bodies, which told them how much vegetable matter was consumed in a lifetime.
It is thought the gladiators ate a vast amount of greens because they have properties to help heal wounds quickly.

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A US inventor has created a jet-propelled toilet.
Paul Stender, 43, spent £5,000 converting the old portable lavatory - which is attached to a 1,000bhp Boeing turbine engine bolted on to a go-kart chassis.
Stender, from Indiana, has now become a regular at local race meetings where he shows off his unique invention, which can reach speeds of up to 70mph.
He said: "I used to keep a toilet roll inside to make it look really authentic.
"But I soon found that wads of paper got sucked into the engine which was dangerous. If it sucks in paper it could explode - and me with it."

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A Swiss farmer is renting out his cows.
Albert Breitenmoser, from Eggerstanden, is offering animal lovers the chance to temporarily own his cows, Maxime, Wanda and Lynn, for £80 a month.
The farmer came up with the unique plan to combat his cash worries.
Breitenmoser said: "The pressure on us farmers is big these days. Every farmer is looking for something special to make some extra cash." As part of the package customers can visit and milk the cows at any time, and are also offered discount on farm and cheese sold at the farm.

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A German petrol station manager was left stunned when a naked drunk driver asked him to fill her up.
Jan Matthausen, 56, from Chemnitz, called the police when the women pulled into his station and requested he pump her tank.
He said: "I was surprised when I saw a car drive onto the forecourt beeping its horn and flashing its lights to get my attention.
"I went out and saw this woman, completely naked, sitting behind the wheel.
"She wound down the window, leaned out and asked me to fill up her tank. I called the police straight away." Police found the 38-year-old driver to be seven times over the drink-drive limit.

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A UK woman says she would be "lost" without her fully operational 50-year-old fridge.
Sally Garrod, from Norfolk, claims her Prestcold fridge, which her mother Geraldine Rowarth purchased for 65 guineas in 1957, has never broken down.
Sally - who was born a few weeks after the fridge was purchased - was given the fridge by her mother 20 years ago.
She said: "The door of the freezer compartment has broken off, the interior light has given up and of course it has to be defrosted regularly.
"But as an ‘extra’ fridge kept in our utility room, I would be lost without it." Sally’s mother Geraldine says she can still remember how excited she was about having a fridge.
She said: "I remember thinking I don’t have to dash to the shops every day."

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An Indian bride married her fiancé’s brother, after the groom turned up drunk to his wedding.
The original groom was chased away by guests at the village ceremony in Bihar state’s Arwal district when he started "misbehaving".
The teenage bride’s family then asked the husband-to-be’s sober and younger sibling to step in.
A police spokesman said: "The groom apologised but has been crying that word will spread and he will never get a bride again."

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A Chinese shop owner has trained her dog to welcome customers with a "smile" .
The dog waits on the front step of the leather goods store in Suzhou city dressed up in jeans and a T-shirt to greet prospective buyers.
The owner told China’s People’s Daily newspaper: "He is very polite. When a customer comes in, he will smile, and bark in welcome." The proprietor has also trained her pet pooch to show his gratitude to patrons.
She added: "And when a customer is leaving, he will bow, expressing thanks."

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A Chinese woman is suing the residents in a block of flats after she was knocked unconscious by a falling cat.
Tang Meirong, 53, of Chongqing city, was rushed to hospital when she was injured by a feline falling from the building. The cat was killed on impact.
She said: "I was walking on the footpath under the building, and suddenly a heavy object hit my head. I remember nothing afterwards." Tang called the police, who in turn contacted the building manager who said it would be almost impossible to identify the cat owner.
Tang has threatened to sue all 200 residents whose flats face the street unless somebody comes forward and accepts responsibility.

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An escaped Bulgarian thief asked to be let back into his old prison, because he was missing his friends.
Vassil Ivanov, 37 - who disappeared during a home visit over Easter break in 2005 -couldn’t adapt to life as a "free man" outside the Stara Zagora institution’s walls.
He said: "I couldn’t stand it any more. I had been inside for nine years and I just couldn’t get used to life on the outside again. I missed my pals here and I was miserable being a free man." Ivanov will serve the remaining two years of his 11 year sentence and is likely to serve extra time for escaping.

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A Chinese man and woman are living in a glass house for a month.
Ye Fu, a performance artist from Beijing and volunteer Hairong Tiantian will live like a couple in the transparent space without going out.
Fu said: "I’m trying to express my views on the relations of couples in modern society, which seem transparent, but are blocked or separated by an unseen wall." The see-through house is based at Beijing’s 798 Factory gallery, allowing visitors to watch their every move.
The installation - measuring 12 square metres - is divided into two rooms by a glass wall and the "couple" must not communicate.
Food will be given to them by the gallery and showers are available via a hose in the wall.
Each room has a toilet surrounded by a pink curtain.

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An Austrian teenager has been run over by the same tractor twice.
Hubert Hochstetter, 17, from the village of Kainisch, was sitting on the tractor when he fell off and went under the back wheels of the moving vehicle, suffering broken arms and ribs.
As Josef Mittringer reversed the three-ton vehicle to find his friend, he didn’t spot Hubert lying on the floor and flattened him again - this time breaking his legs.
Josef panicked when he realised what he had done and drove off.
Passers-by saw Hubert and called for an ambulance.
Doctors say he will be in hospital for weeks, but he is expected to make a full recovery.

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