Female fire chief accused of harassment
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Bonnie Bleskachek knows what discrimination feels like.
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, trying to extinguish a furor over charges of racism and sexism in the city's fire department, on Monday named a black officer as interim fire chief.
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The city's fire chief announced his retirement Friday amid a racially charged furor involving a black firefighter who was served spaghetti mixed with dog food.
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The city's fire chief initially blocked federal investigators from talking to firefighters about the blaze that killed nine of his men last month, a spokesman for a workplace safety agency said Thursday.
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The former head of the New York Rangers&#39; cheerleading squad filed a federal suit yesterday against Madison Square Garden officials, charging sexual harassment.
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Media & professional: Kate Middleton has made two complaints to police since the weekend about harassment by photographers.
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A 25-year veteran of the Chicago Fire Department was charged Thursday with setting four fires in the city over the past week, and suburban police said they suspect him in 10 more dating back to 1998.
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. (antiTainment) Fox News has asked a judge to allow them to fire the woman that sued talk show host Bill O&#39;Reilly for sexual harassment and to declare that the firing not be classified as retribution.
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HANAHAN, S.C. - A former city firefighter fined $200 after he and a girlfriend had sex in an unfinished house now has been charged with arson for setting fire to the structure.  Paul Joseph Sloan, 26, of North Charleston, is charged with second-degree arson, Hanahan Police Sgt.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A firefighter was charged with plotting to entrap his chief in a phony rape scheme so his friend could replace him, officials said.  Edward Colleton, 38, was charged with conspiring to commit official misconduct and criminal solicitation.
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Largo, Fla., city manager Steven Stanton faces firing after it was revealed that he plans to become a woman.
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Alycia Lane has been dismissed by KYW-TV, the CBS-owned station in Philadelphia, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Lane, 35, was arrested in Manhattan on Dec. 16 and arraigned on a felony charge of assaulting a police officer. The police said she punched an officer in the face, and a police complaint said she used a sexual slur. Ms. Lane has denied the charges. She had been off the air since the incident and had been scheduled to return on Monday. But in a statement that day, the station said she âhas been released from her contract effective immediately.â Ms. Lane was previously the subject of reports that she had e-mailed images of herself in a bikini to a married ESPN sports anchor. Michael Colleran, the president and general manager of KYW-TV, said, âAfter assessing the overall impact of a series of incidents resulting from judgments she has made, we have concluded that it would be impossible for Alycia to continue to report the news as she herself has become the focus of so many news stories.â In a statement, Paul Rosen, Ms. Laneâs lawyer, declared the termination to be contrary to the terms of her contract.
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One of the nation's largest firefighters' union has accused Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, of committing "egregious acts" against firefighters who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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A woman who said she was "harassed" into resigning from her job as she has a disabled son has won the latest round in her discrimination case.
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A judge has ordered a trial on a federal lawsuit claiming that a physical agility test the city of Erie used for police applicants unfairly discriminated against female candidates.
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A woman whose three young daughters were seriously burned was arrested, and neighbors said the mother told a fire investigator she had doused the children with gasoline and set them on fire.
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A federal agency found probable cause to believe a hostile work environment existed at Madison Square Garden, where a former Knicks executive claims she was sexually harassed by New York coach Isiah Thomas.