OPENING UP THE FDNY
     Mayor Bloomberg wasn't coy about the reasoning behind the city's decision to essentially eliminate the college requirement for Firefighter jobs, saying he hoped it would help attract more minority candidates.
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BUSH PLAYING WITH FIRE
     Perhaps it should not be surprising that a national administration whose hallmarks seem to be reckless ideas and poor judgment is looking to farm out 2,000 firefighting positions in the U.S. Forest Service to contract employees.
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