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Some advice to the folks at Marylou’s coffee chain, now under investigation by the EEOC, on how to fight back: Start laughing. Back during the Clinton years the EEOC went after Hooters for its alleged hiring bias (we all remember how hard Bill Clinton was on women... uh, let me re-phrase that). Hooters refused to hire men to wear the infamous “orange short-shorts and white tank-top” ensemble. The EEOC spent four years pressuring them to hire male waiters, which would have ruined the Hooters concept. Hooters tried reasoning and logic. As one would expect when dealing with bureaucrats, they failed...

Some advice to the folks at Marylou’s coffee chain, now under investigation by the EEOC, on how to fight back: Start laughing. Back during the Clinton years the EEOC went after Hooters for its alleged hiring bias (we all remember how hard Bill Clinton was on women . . . uh, let me re-phrase that). Hooters refused to hire men to wear the infamous “orange short-shorts and white tank-top” ensemble. The EEOC spent four years pressuring them to hire male waiters, which would have ruined the Hooters concept. Hooters tried reasoning and logic. As one would expect when dealing with bureaucrats, they...

A move by Hooters to open near the new Nets arena has gone bust so far — but brownstone Brooklyn is melting down at the very thought of the risque restaurant invading their neighborhood. Hooters reps have been trolling through the stroller-friendly neighborhoods of Prospect Heights and Park Slope for a possible storefront — but local moms say they are ready for battle.

Even as the Democratic National Committee profits from the "Republican war on women" meme, liberals opposing Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis., have decided to attack the governor by targeting a woman in his campaign on the basis of her history of "unnatural sexiness." Ciara Matthews, Walker's communications director, is under fire for being both pro-life and a former Hooters restaurant waitress. "Profitting (sic) from selling a plasticized form of unnatural sexiness designed to arouse men while simultaneously believing that women should be forced to face the 'consequences' of actually giving into to their sexual desires is a pretty backward way of...

The Wisconsin recall race is nearing a climax, as Democrats will hold a primary on May 8 to select a challenger for Governor Walker, and the general election will take place on June 5. The recall election is expected to be close, with pretty nearly everyone in Wisconsin already having made up his or her mind on the race. On the other hand, one of the Democrats’ problems is that don’t get to just run an anti-Walker campaign. They have to nominate a specific candidate to run against the governor. That puts them in more or less the same position...

KINGSTON (WATE) - Roane County officials are looking to clarify the rules after state Rep. Julia Hurley (R-Lenoir City) was kicked out of the Roane County Courthouse for taking her dog in with her. Hurley claims the 11-pound Chinese crested is a service animal, which is permitted in public places according to the Americans with Disabilities Act. She had the dog on a leash when it was spotted by County Executive Ron Woody last week. Hurley says she simply didn't know dogs weren't allowed in the courthouse. She says she's upset because of the way she was treated and the...

Local Family Disturbed by Topless Occupy ProtestBy Jessica Debbas December 31, 2011 EUGENE, Ore. -- A Eugene woman is speaking out after she and her family accidentally stumbled upon a topless protest outside City Councilor George Poling's house. The woman says she was taking her six and eight year old boys out to look at Christmas lights when she saw a group of topless women, with bags over their heads and red paint on their bodies. She said the demonstration was being video taped by a man. The footage you see in the video above of the incident is from...

Last week a Hooters server stepped inside a Florida school to talk with students about her job for a career day. Now a parent at the school is outraged, and people are asking whether it was appropriate for a woman who works at a restaurant known for its sexy waitresses to speak to a group of students. Hooters is a national restaurant chain that’s known for its hot waitresses who sport tight tank-tops and orange short-shorts. It’s a place where men like to go for wings and jugs (of beer). But Hooters server Brittany Morgan, 23, wasn’t sporting her uniform...

For one group of central Pennsylvania eighth-graders, a recent field trip to Baltimore included lunch at Hooters ...

<p>Becoming a Hooters Girl isn't something everyone in the family will understand.</p> <p>Chante Rivera did it a year and a half ago.</p> <p>"My mom was so excited," said Rivera. "She's like, 'You're going to have so much fun there. You are so pretty. I am so proud of you.' My dad, he said, 'I'm going to pray for you.'"</p>

Becoming a Hooters Girl isn't something everyone in the family will understand. Chante Rivera did it a year and a half ago. "My mom was so excited," said Rivera. "She's like, "You're going to have so much fun there. You are so pretty. I am so proud of you." My dad, he said, "I'm going to pray for you.'" [snip] Rivera's grandmother and friends from church didn't get it, either. "I was going to church every Sunday," Rivera said, "but now, football season, can't go." Rivera has been working since age 13. She once worked at a Taco Bell/KFC. Her...

Orange Park native Kat Cole has been promoted to president of Cinnabon Inc., which has 770 locations worldwide. Cole, a 1996 graduate of Orange Park High School, joined Atlanta-based Cinnabon three months ago as chief operating officer. Previously she served as vice president of training and development for Hooters of America Inc., after starting with that company as a Hooters’ Girl, according to the firm’s website. She received her MBA from Georgia State University.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The National Organization for Women filed complaints against local Hooters restaurants Thursday, but not for exploiting its scantily clad waitresses by subjecting them to leering and groping customers. The subject this time was Hooters' catering to children. The restaurants in San Francisco, San Bruno, Sacramento and Orange County are classified as "adult entertainment" establishments but also serve minors, NOW's California chapter said in papers filed with police and prosecutors. What's more, the organization said, Hooters provides child menus, high chairs and booster seats, and sells T-shirts in children's sizes that identify the wearer as a "Future Hooters...

This is probably the worst Friday night of my life - and that's saying something. I'm sat on a high stool at a small table, plasma screens are oozing sports programmes around my head and there is a grubby plastic menu in front of me that is littered with pictures of fast food. Not a green vegetable in sight, unless you count a deep fried chilli, coated in batter. There is the thump, thump, thump of awful music in the background, competing with the braying of table upon table of men: young men, old men, students, office workers, football supporters......

A patron at Hooters who ran up a $100 bar tab decided to rob the establishment instead of paying for his bill, threatening the manager by saying he had a bomb in his backpack, police said. The manager promptly called police, and the customer made a hasty retreat from the bar, leaving both the backpack and the bar bill behind, according to a Madison Police Department report. No bomb was found in the backpack.

A MODEL with the world's largest breasts is fighting for her life after suffering complications following her latest surgery. Brazilian Sheyla Hershey, who lives in Houston, Texas, contracted a severe staph infection following her most recent breast augmentation procedure in June, myFOXhouston.com reported today. The infection reached both of Ms Hershey's breasts.

ATLANTA, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Hooters Girls from all over the country will be voluntarily donating their torn pantyhose in an effort to help absorb the oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico. The laundered pantyhose are used to make booms which are stuffed with hair, fur and fleece to absorb the oil. Hooters expects to collect over 100,000 pairs of pantyhose through this effort dubbed, Project Pantyhose, which could ultimately absorb 1 million gallons of oil in the Gulf, if the booms are reused 8 times, the average life of a boom.

A former Hooters worker in Roseville stands a chance of winning her weight discrimination lawsuit based on a law written by a retired Grand Rapids legislator -- a law not found in most states. Cassandra Smith, 20, alleges a Hooters restaurant -- known for its scantily-clad waitresses -- placed her on 30-day "weight probation" earlier this month. She resigned, filing suit Monday in Macomb County Circuit Court. The suit cites the Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination by employers based on a number of factors. Height and weight discrimination were added in a 1976 amendment written by then-state...

ROSEVILLE, Mich. (AP) -- Hooters is being served with a lawsuit by a former Detroit-area employee who says she was told to agree to lose weight or lose her job. Cassandra Smith says Hooters violated Michigan law when it placed her on 30-day weight probation earlier this month.

130 lb Hooters Waitress Told To Lose Weight Or Lose Job! Updated: Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 11:12 AM EDT Published : Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 9:18 AM EDT DETROIT - Hooters had just given waitress Cassie Smith a glowing 2 year review. But her bosses and two women on a conference call from the company's headquarters in Atlanta changed their tune when it came to her uniform evaluation “They were like, your shorts and your shirt size could use some improvement,” said Smith. Cassie, who is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 132 pounds claims she sat there while...