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By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN Editor’s note: CNN’s Freedom Project highlights the horrors of modern-day slavery, amplifying the voices of the victims, highlighting success stories and helping expose the web of criminal enterprises trading in human life. (CNN) — Kimberly Ritter could not believe what she was seeing. Girls wearing [...] Enforcing Fairness, Federal Compliance Agency Draws Flak From Business By Katia Hetter, Newsday Staff Writer Texaco Inc. paid $ 3.1 million to settle claims of pay discrimination. The Boeing Co. settled similar claims for $ 4.5 million. CFS Bank of Westbury settled for $ 180,000. In all three cases, individual employees did not file complaints of discrimination. [...] By Katia Hetter, Newsday Staff Writer NOT SO LONG ago, Wall Street financiers and dot-com creators ruled Manhattan, while ironworkers and other construction workers were often portrayed as lazy, overpaid union members. On Sept. 11, everything changed. As Gotham’s white-collar residents watched helplessly, blue-collar men and women used their skills to tackle the rubble of the World [...] U.S. News & World Report By Katia Hetter ABC let Ellen declare she was a lesbian on national television but would not sell 15 seconds of airtime to Olivia Cruises & Resorts to advertise lesbian-only cruises on the April 30 show. An ABC spokesman said that the ad–with two women embracing–might not be suitable for children [...] By Katia Hetter, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Though San Francisco’s days as an industrial center are gone, at least one product made here still has an international reputation — Anchor Steam Beer. But now top city planners want to allow housing to be built directly alongside Anchor Brewing Co.’s small manufacturing complex on the slope of [...] New preachers say the Bible is the good book of financial advice By Katia Hetter Standing on the bare stage of the University of Charleston’s auditorium, Dave Ramsey thunders to the West Virginia crowd: “The Bible does not say money is the root of all evil. It says”–and the audience filling the 937 seats speaks with him–”the [...] |
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