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Teacher 'ran class fight club'
The author of Fight Club, the book that was turned into a film starring Brad Pitt, has lent his support to a teacher in Los Angles who is accused of organising and refereeing secret boxing matches between his pupils.
Police back driver over 152kph Prius
POLICE have backed a driver who claimed his Toyota Prius raced at 152kph after the car's accelerator stuck.
Cowen brushes off gloom to paint the town green at Obama's St Paddy shindig
BREAKFAST with the Bidens, lunch with the Obamas, and a St Patrick's Day hoolie in the White House should take Taoiseach Brian Cowen's mind off the troubles of home.
Pepsi takes its sugary drinks out of schools
Pepsi is removing its sugary drinks from schools all over the world following the success of programmes aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity.
Driver killed in ditch collision
A 27-year-old man was killed early today in a road accident in Co Laois. The accident happened at Ballybrittas, Portarlington, shortly after midnight when his car hit a ditch. He was the sole occupant and no other vehicles were involved.
New stroke drug proves a real life-saver
Thousands of strokes could be prevented each year by switching at-risk patients to a new type of blood-thinning drug, the results of a major trial suggest.
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