The Cook County Circuit Court clerk’s office did not misuse funds in its Jeans Day fundraisers, but failed to keep sufficient internal controls on the program, a county Inspector General’s office audit found.
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Report Criticizes Circuit Court Clerk’s Jeans Days
Bidders at a virtual “real estate” auction were eager to plunk down millions for coveted domain names from jeans.com to dating.com. At the auction that continues through May 20th at the W Fort Lauderdale Hotel, Dating.com fetched a pricey sum of $1.75 million while the $2 million offered for jeans.com was considered too low by its owner.
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Brett Favre likes to say he is comfortable in Wrangler. Now his Minnesota Vikings teammates can be, too. Many Vikings returned to team headquarters for workouts this week and found Wrangler jeans in their lockers.
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Brett Favre Outfits Vikings With Wrangler Jeans
Blue jeans have been a staple in most people’s weekend wardrobes since they were first worn in 1873. But these days, denim’s status is skyrocketing to a whole new level thanks to a number of world leaders and executives now sporting dungarees to every kind of event. From international meetings to presidential dinners, denim jeans have become the perfect fit.
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‘Power Jeans’ Fast Becoming Fashion Of Choice (CBS4 Miami)
A student group at the University of California at Berkeley has collected more than 1,000 pairs of jeans for homeless teenagers in Haiti, according to the organization.
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Berkeley Students Collect Jeans For Haiti Victims (CBS 5 Bay Area)
Today, blue jean’s status is skyrocketing to a whole new level. They’ve always been a staple of most people’s weekend wardrobes, but now you can wear them wherever and whenever with no risk. Jeans truly are the perfect fit.
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‘Power Jeans’ Fast Becoming Fashion Of Choice (WCBS-TV New York)
The auditorium lights turned low, the service begins with the familiar rhythms of church: children singing, hugs and handshakes of greeting, a plea for donations to fix the boiler. Then the 55-year-old pastor with spiked gray hair and blue jeans launches into his weekly welcome, a poem-like litany that includes the line “queer or straight here, there’s no hate here.”
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Evangelical Denver Church Welcomes Gays (CBS4 Miami)
Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard held a prayer meeting at his home Thursday evening, saying the living room event was the beginning of his resurrection three years after he was forced to resign amid a sex scandal involving a male prostitute. Wearing blue jeans and a gray T-shirt, Haggard spoke to photographers and reporters before the prayer meeting at his home in Colorado Springs. Almost 25 …
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Ex-pastor Ted Haggard Holds Home Prayer Meeting (CBS4 Denver)
The Newark Police Department is investigating the burglary of a high end clothing boutique on the morning of September, 4. Police, responding to reports of a burglary, arrived at the NV Boutique located in the Shoppes at Louviers on Paper Mill Road to find the front window of the store had been broken out.
More here: $18K In Designer Jeans Stolen From Del. Boutique (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
A real estate broker in Orange County has constructed a completely “green” home. From using blue jeans for insulation to installing bamboo countertops made with partially recycled paper, Scott Tracy did it all.
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O.C. Man Builds Eco-Friendly Home After Fire (CBS 2 Los Angeles)