Jean Queen

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada-based Silver Jeans Co. plans to open 25 to 30 stores in the next five years, according to www.wwd.com.

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Every person’s body has a different shape. And the same size dress made by two separate companies may fit a woman in totally different ways. That’s why alterations are so common, says Anna Chin, co-owner of Anna’s Alterations in Charlotte, N. C.

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From jeans to formalwear, expert shares her tips on altering clothes

Shirt and jeans caked with dirt, Northaven Elementary principal Louis Padgett took a moment to survey the crowd at Northaven Park Saturday afternoon.

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Northaven Park community reclaims playground

A REDAN man had his jeans and jacket ripped and car scratched in a frightening dog attack near his home last Saturday.

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Clothes ripped as two dogs attack Ballarat man

When many Jews think of the Gold Rush, one thing that often comes to mind is Levi Strauss and his watershed invention blue jeans.

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Yosemite home to a fascinating Jewish past … and present

Where’s Weird Al when you need him? The curly locked spoofmeister could have hit Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind” out of the park, but instead, we’re being treated to “The New Dork: Entrepreneur State of Mind.” It’s a blatant bid at a viral video from Pantless Knights, the makers of the popular “Mac or PC” rap . A dreadlock bedecked singer in skinny jeans smooshes together a …

More here: Adventures in Virality: Jay-Z Spoof "Entrepreneur State of Mind" Namechecks Notable Blogs, Us (Fast Company Magazine)

When the police descend on People’s Park and shoo away the gay men gathered there, the men usually scatter to avoid trouble. But recently, about 50 or so confronted five officers who began a sweep and finally forced a police retreat after a heated but nonviolent standoff.

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Gay Chinese stand up to police sweep of hangout (AP via Yahoo! News)

Eyes alert, camera inside his backpack, dressed for his job as a custodian in paint-stained jeans and zip-up sweatshirt, John Beattie emerges from the Park Street subway station at 5:35 a.m. on a cool, overcast Monday and glances at the steeple atop the Park Street Church. Nothing there.

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Beacon Hill’s hawk eye (Boston Globe)

It’s that time again, when you have to dig through layers of sweatshirts and jeans to the bottom of your dresser to fish out a swim suit. Summer’s finally arrived, sort of, though you couldn’t tell from the weather.

Continue here: Most south Kane pools will be open by the weekend (Daily Herald)

SPRINGDALE — The scene was from yesteryear: Scruffy teens in torn jeans practicing tricks on their skateboards. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)

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SPRINGDALE : Skate parks crop up in wake of crackdown (NWAnews.com)