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Date Posted: 06:42:07 03/19/06 Sun
( Because its not just all music stuff
that is important. Shocking but true.. )
Outside Buzz News-
Bird (Wild life) news:
Eagle Lays 1st Egg in 50 Yrs on Santa Cruz!
LOS ANGELES - For the first time in more than 50 years, an eagle
has laid an egg in a nest on Santa Cruz Island, wildlife biologists
announced Thursday.
They say the bird and its mate's first breeding attempt marked
a significant milestone in their four-year effort to reintroduce
the eagles to the island off the California coast. They're cautiously
optimistic about the prospects of a chick hatching in the next few
weeks.
"We are keeping our fingers crossed," said David Garcelon, president
of the Institute for Wildlife Studies.
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Judge Halts Notorious B.I.G. Album Sales
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A judge halted sales of Notorious B.I.G.'s
breakthrough 1994 album "Ready to Die" after a jury decided the
title
song used part of an Ohio Players tune without permission.
The jury Friday awarded $4.2 million in punitive and direct damages
to the two music companies that own rights to Ohio Players
recordings.
The sales ban imposed by U.S. District Judge Todd Campbell
affects the album and the title song in any form, including
Internet downloads and radio play.
The jury decided that Bad Boy Entertainment and executive producer
Sean "Diddy" Combs illegally used a part of the Ohio Players'
1992 song "Singing In The Morning."
Bridgeport Music and Westbound Records, which owned the song rights,
have filed hundreds of lawsuits over "sampling," the practice
of lifting parts of old music for new recordings. Most were
settled out of court.
The companies get most of their income from song royalties by their
artists, which include funk legend George Clinton, the Funkadelics
and the Ohio Players.
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Parkinson's drug link to gambling probed-newspaper
Medical researchers are investigating suspicions that drugs
prescribed to treat Parkinson's disease could turn patients into
compulsive gamblers, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration have found a strong
association between pathological gambling and the drugs, which boost
the level of dopamine in the brain, according to the newspaper.
Dopamine, a chemical naturally produced in the human body, plays
a key role in the way the brain controls movements. A shortage
of dopamine causes Parkinson's disease. But the chemical is also
associated with addictive behaviors such as drug use and
pleasurable experiences such as sex and food.
Researchers, according to the Washington Post, are looking into
the possibility that drugs for treating Parkinson's are
turning "some patients into obsessive pleasure seekers."
But the article also said no firm links have been made
between dopamine enhancers and compulsive gambling.
Some patients have filed lawsuits against drug manufacturers,
citing lost jobs and gambling problems.
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Jackson's California Playland Goes Dark
Here lies Neverland. Trains once packed with laughing children
no longer roll around the grounds. The arcade that pulsed with
rap music, the curse words edited out, has fallen silent.
No one waits at the gate with ice cream for youngsters
to arrive.
After years of rumors about its demise, the fantasy playland
Michael Jackson created as a celebration of childhood and a
retreat from his troubles is going dark.
The pop star, now living half a world away, dismissed many
of the remaining employees Thursday after agreeing to pay
hundreds of thousands of dollars in back wages to avoid a
lawsuit by state labor officials. His spokeswoman characterized
the moves as those of someone who will be away for an extended
period, not someone abandoning a home for good.
Music Inside buzz
& other worthwhile stories
http://insidebuzz.tripod.com
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