Black firefighters try to halt promotions
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NEW HAVEN — Attorneys for a group of black city firefighters Monday filed a motion asking a federal court to halt the promotion of 10 other firefighters (including four minorities) who scored well enough on 2003 exams to be promoted. The 10 firefighters’ advancements were approved Friday by the Board of Fire Commissioners, just three days after the board ratified the promotions of 14 other firefighters (all but one of them white) mandated by the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Ricci v. DeStefano. The 10 in question scored high enough on the test to be promoted, but weren’t plaintiffs with...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:37:28 AM
SpongeBob Pitching Fruits and Vegetables
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Skip the Krabby Patty, SpongeBob SquarePants is going veggie. Pictures of the happy-go-lucky sponge will appear on packages of carrots, spinach and citrus starting next month, under licensing deals with produce companies. Dora the Explorer and other Nickelodeon characters also will debut on fruit and vegetable packages, according to the network. SpongeBob already helps pitch a cart full of foods ranging from cereal to ice cream, but Nickelodeon executives say the foray into the wholesome fruit and vegetable market complements network programming attempts to coax kids to eat healthier. "If we can use our popular characters and help kids eat...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:37:28 AM
Contest Winner Declines 'Free' Airline Tickets
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One winner of a recent American Airlines contest says he would have been better off losing. The contest, launched as part of the airline's We Know Why You Fly marketing campaign, awarded free tickets to travelers submitting the best videos, essays or photographs about their flying experiences. The grand prize winners were offered 12 round-trip restricted coach tickets for two from the U.S. to anywhere in the world American flies. In exchange, American has the right to use the winning materials for promotional purposes. The contest's fine print explains that winners must pay federal and state income taxes, where applicable,...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:37:28 AM
Army Putting 19,000 E-4s on Fast Track to Promotion
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With a shortage of active-duty sergeants, the Army is allowing 19,000 qualified corporals and specialists to automatically be placed on the promotion list for sergeant, instead of having to wait for a commander to recommend them for advancement to that rank. The Army currently needs about 1,500 more sergeants from 31 specialties. Until now, soldiers who hoped to move to the E-5 level required a commander's recommendation to go before a promotions board of senior NCOs. From now on, soldiers will automatically be placed on the E-5 promotion list as long as they meet the minimum requirements. That means 19,000...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:37:28 AM
NYT: Republicans Outnumbered in Academia, Studies Find __ Conservatives push for a 'bill of rights'
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BERKELEY, Calif. - At the birthplace of the free speech movement, campus radicals have a new target: the faculty that came of age in the 60's. They say their professors have been preaching multiculturalism and diversity while creating a political monoculture on campus. Conservatism is becoming more visible at the University of California here, where students put out a feisty magazine called The California Patriot and have made the Berkeley Republicans one of the largest groups on campus. But here, as at schools nationwide, the professors seem to be moving in the other direction, as evidenced by their campaign contributions...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:37:28 AM
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