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Maths teacher who took cocaine at school Christmas party and said he ‘always had cash from dealing’ banned
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Weather conditions again brought devastating floods to a vulnerable swath of Texas
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Possible source of contamination identified in ‘explosive diarrhea’ outbreak
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