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Teacher 'ran class fight club'

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

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

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

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

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

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

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

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

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

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

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

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.

Red shirts vow 'class war' to bring down Thai leaders

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Thousands of demonstrators remained encamped in the historic heart of the Thai capital today, vowing to stir up a "class war" until the government is ousted.

Rate of student assaults is high Thieving clerk found hanged Kraft work to cut down salt

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

One in seven female students has been the victim of a serious sexual or physical assault, a report has found.

Boots to open five new stores Bike teacher drunk at lesson Jailbird's life of luxury in cell

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

High street chemist Boots has announced plans to create more than 150 jobs with the opening of five new stores.

Singer Chilton dies suddenly Private school poison probe Russian lovers suffocate in car Two jailed for Dubai sex texts

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

American singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, known for his influential work with the Box Tops and Big Star bands, has died. He was 59.

Apple will issue replacement iPad when battery runs out

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:14:25 +0000

iPad owners will pay $99 to receive a new device when they need a replacement battery.

Cowen in US business drive

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will today lead a major Irish trade mission in California to push Ireland's new smart economy.

Photographer Moore (79) dies

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Charles Moore, a photographer who chronicled the US civil rights movement, died at 79.

Dark side of the Pope

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

IT'S normal for a Pope to take the moral high ground: what is the point of him if he doesn't? We expect him to lay down the law. Which is why the tide of sleaze engulfing the Church over recent weeks, most of it related to accusations of priestly paedophilia, has Vatican-watchers worried.

Bulger's killer may face 10 years for parole breach

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

JAMES Bulger's killer, Jon Venables may escape prosecution for his alleged parole breach. Sources said "no decision had been made" over prosecution for breaking his parole conditions.

Now, the ringtone cure for a hangover

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

AN army of young Japanese are being drawn to the allure of "therapeutic ringtones" -- a new genre of melodies that promises to ease a range of day-to-day gripes, from chronic insomnia to a rotten hangover.

Spider silk research could lead to new super-materials

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:17:59 +0000

Making bricks from straw may soon be possible and even desirable after scientists found spider silk could make ordinary materials stronger than steal.

Writing 'Dear Sir/Madam' is sexist, psychologists say

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:15:18 +0000

Writing "Dear Sir/Madam" at the top of a letter is sexist hangover from past centuries when men were considered superior to women, psychologists have claimed.

Pope now linked to sex abuse scandals

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Germany's sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI after his former archdiocese disclosed that while he was archbishop a suspected paedophile priest was transferred to a job where he later abused children.

Mystery of missing boy Sahil deepens as dad who reported kidnap defies cops to fly home

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

At first it seemed like a simple case of abduction: a five-year-old boy snatched by masked gunmen in Pakistan on the last day of a two-week holiday with his father.

$650m for 10,000 injured in Ground Zero rescue

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

A legal battle has been settled giving a $650m payout to rescue workers injured in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on New York.

Divorce for ex goalie Seaman

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Former Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman's wife has been granted a quickie divorce on the grounds of adultery.

New claims of abuse in the Vienna Boys' Choir

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Two former members of the famed Vienna Boys' Choir have claimed they were sexually abused by their supervisors, as allegations of misconduct against children in Austria spread beyond the Roman Catholic Church.

Chefs' blood pressure rises as New York bids to ban salt from menu

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Four years ago, New York City's health commissioners banned artery-blocking transfats in restaurants. Now, if a legislator has his way, the chefs at every eatery in the Big Apple and across the state will have to make do without salt.

Men's hard work in the home is ignored by women, study finds

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:57 +0000

Men do far more housework than they are given credit for, according to research that claims women do not notice because their male partners "don't make a fuss".

Hadron Collider to be closed amid fears of a very big bang