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CT Firefighters Must Be Promoted

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Judge rules for winners of reverse-discrimination case.

A federal judge ordered the 14 firefighters who won a lankmark reverse-discrimination case in the Supreme Court to be promoted. The New Haven, Connecticut, firefighters said their civil rights had been violated when city officials threw out the results of a 2003 promotion exam because not enough minorities performed well. Six firefighters will be made captain, eight lieutenant.

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