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Court to decide if firefighter suit moves forward
1:40 PM on 02/22/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court seems willing to let a group of African American applicants sue the city of Chicago for discrimination for using test scores to decide who would become a firefighter trainee...
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Remedies ordered in NYC black firefighter case
10:47 AM on 01/22/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The city must revamp fire department hiring practices that discriminated against black applicants and possibly pay damages to thousands of victims...
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Promotion day arrives for white Conn. firefighters
10:03 AM on 12/11/2009
10 firefighters, including four minorities, who took the 2003 tests but were not plaintiffs in the court case were promoted along with an inspector.
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Boy rescued from inside chimney
1:29 PM on 11/20/2009
VIDEO - Move over balloon boy. A teen in Jackson, Mississippi has provided new drama. But this was no hoax...
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Black firefighters attempt to block promotions for white colleagues
11:54 AM on 11/19/2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) A group of black Connecticut firefighters hopes to block promotions for white firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Pregnant woman rescued from crashed car
10:10 AM on 10/29/2009
When they made it into the water they found a woman seatbelted inside. She had no pulse and was not breathing. Technically, she had drowned and was dead. And then they noticed, she was pregnant...
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Black firefighters demand change in test exams
10:31 AM on 09/02/2009
VIDEO -- Across the country, firefighter entrance exams have been under heavy scrutiny because of its disparate impact on African-American candidates.
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Houston fire captain apologizes for noose in locker
6:20 PM on 07/28/2009
A senior Houston firefighter apologized Monday for keeping a rope that looked like hangman's noose in his locker, saying it was a memento from early in his career and not meant as a racist symbol...
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Sotomayor continues to defend "wise Latina" comment
1:51 PM on 07/16/2009
In Washington this morning, questioning of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has spilled over into a third day - with her controversial "wise Latina" comment still troubling Republicans, but it's unlikely to derail her confirmation...
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Sotomayor hearings continue with testimony from firefighters
8:51 AM on 07/16/2009
Today, two firefighters from New Haven, Connecticut step from the audience to the witness table. They will testify against Sonia Sotomayor in her confirmation hearings.
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Racist radio message in Houston Fire Department
8:07 AM on 07/09/2009
Houston's Inspector General launched an investigation into the source of the racist message on the city's radio channel. Houston Fire Department spokeswoman Alicia White said firefighters heard the message on the department's Trac 2 channel about...
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White firefighters win Supreme Court discrimination case
1:58 PM on 06/29/2009
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.
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