Briefly (Sept. 13)

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Wednesday is “Miracle Jeans Day,” an annual fundraiser for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a charity that raises funds for 170 children’s hospitals.

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Briefly (Sept. 13)

Siblings choose bold colors, skinny jeans for back to school

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Like many brothers and sisters, Hannah and Justin Cross like to do things differently.

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Summer clothing prices rise along with mercury

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Gabriela Buchanan, a tourist from Mexico City , sat empty-handed on a bench on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road Mall Tuesday afternoon. She had been shopping unsuccessfully for jeans and t-shirts.

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Facebook ’s ‘Like’ button becomes force in e-commerce

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Whether you just bought an airline ticket or a pair of jeans online, chances are an Internet search preceded the transaction. Now Facebook hopes to make its vast web of online social connections another central ingredient in the complicated dance between retailer and consumer.

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Northaven Park community reclaims playground

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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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Suspected human remains wash ashore in Oso Bay

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Police: bones found in shirt and jeans

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Blue jeans & BBQ (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

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The Collierville Junior Auxiliary group recently held its first fundraising gala.The event, called “Blue Jeans and BBQ,” was held at the Collierville Banquet Hall. The event was sold out early in the event’s planning stages.”The Junior Auxiliary is close to my heart,” said chapter president Chare Yancey. “We can make a difference by extending a hand to families who are not as fortunate as some …

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Region XV program opening doors to teaching (The San Angelo Standard-Times)

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SAN ANGELO, Texas —Nineteen children sat “crisscross applesauce” on a rug in a Goliad Elementary School classroom, their attention firmly on their energetic teacher, Whitnee Conner, as she taught the 5- and 6-year-olds to spell.“Say it — bed — stretch it — bbeeddd — snap it, BED,” she said with a clap of her hands.Conner, in a quilted vest over a long-sleeve striped shirt, jeans and soft black …

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Anderson-area litter busters clean up at state awards event (Anderson Independent-Mail)

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ANDERSON —Terry Chapman was surprised Monday afternoon with an award from the South Carolina Litter Control Association.“I wore blue jeans and an old shirt, I thought I was going to eat and they sprung it on me,” he said.The awards were given out earlier and Chapman could not make it to the statewide ceremony, so local litter busters arranged a meeting at an Anderson restaurant to surprise him …

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Do you know this man? Suspect used stolen credit card at Stuart Walmart , police say (Indian River Press Journal)

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STUART — Investigators are looking for a suspect in a credit card crime spotted on surveillance video at Walmart last month.The suspect on Jan. 19 used a credit card stolen from a Massachusetts man and purchased $1,400 in gift cards, Stuart police said. He was spotted on camera at the store at 4001 S. Federal Highway at 1:35 p.m. that day wearing a black sweatshirt, a brown hat and blue jeans …

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