VIRGINIA BEACH — Local high school students are helping the homeless this holiday season. Students in Virginia and North Carolina are participating in the second annual “Give Jeans and Jackets a Chance” program. They helped collect more than 12,000 pairs of jeans and jackets for the drive. All the donated clothes are being shipped to more than 20 homeless shelters across virginia and North …
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Beach students collect thousands of jeans for homeless
VIRGINIA BEACH — Three men are wanted for stealing dozens of pairs of jeans from a Va. Beach department store. Police released surveillance video images from inside Macy’s at Lynnhaven Mall on October 26. One shows a man carrying a large number of jeans. A store loss prevention officer says three men grabbed the jeans, got into a waiting vehicle and drove away. Officers followed the vehicle on …
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51 pairs of jeans shoplifted from store in Va. Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH — Three men are wanted for stealing dozens of pairs of jeans from a Va. Beach department store. Police released surveillance video images from inside Macy’s at Lynnhaven Mall on October 26. One shows a man carrying a large number of jeans. A store loss prevention officer says three men grabbed the jeans, got into a waiting vehicle and drove away. Officers followed the vehicle on …
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One of the most enduring things in fashion is denim. It’s been used to make jeans since the late 1800s and has never gone out of vogue since. Commonly used to make casual apparel, denim (cotton twill textile) comes in many forms, proving versatile and able to adapt to different occasions.
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Startup Blue Jeans Network is offering a cloud-based solution to solve the issue of video collaboration interoperability between portfolios of such vendors as Cisco, Polycom and LifeSize.
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(WHAS11) – A New York CPA firm is helping the search for missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer by wearing jeans to work. Citrin Cooperman says they held a special “jeans with a twist” day at all five of their offices to raise money for the Lauren Spierer Fund. The company lets employees wear jeans to work one day, if they give at least $5 to donate to a specific charity. The New York …
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Company raises $3,000 for Lauren Spierer Fund by letting employees wear jeans
WYLIE — Two friends set out for a fishing trip on Lake Lavon Tuesday when high winds separated them from their boat as they tried to launch. Wylie Fire Chief Randy Corbin said the weather conditions at Little Ridge Park conspired against them. “Their boat got away from them,” he said. “One man went back to shore the other went after the boat. He went down.” The 58-year-old victim was weighted …
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Man drowns in Lake Lavon, weighed down by jeans
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are asking for help in identifying two men who broke in to a high-end Dilworth boutique. The men smashed the front window of Sloan on East Boulevard around 2:30 a.m. on April 29. Surveillance pictures show that they knocked down a mannekin, ran inside the store, grabbed armfuls of designer jeans and took off. One crook also took several handbags …
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Crooks steal designer jeans from Dilworth boutique
NEWPORT NEWS – Police say a Hampton woman and her 14-year-old cousin tried to leave a Newport News store without paying for clothing. Caprica Staton, 30, and the teen were arrested Sunday afternoon at Kohl’s with five pairs of blue jeans in large handbags, said police spokesman Harold Eley. Staton is charged with shoplifting, possession of burglary tools and contributing to the delinquency of a …
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Hampton woman accused of shoplifting jeans with 14-year-old cousin
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) A television ad launched by conservatives portrays U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as a puppet controlled by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The ad, paid for by the Conservatives for Congress Committee, shows the Arizona Democrat as a marionette on stage dressed in jeans, cowboy boots and a large silver belt buckle with Pelosi above pulling the strings. An announcer says Giffords …
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