Chinese Jeans Anger Iranians

A Chinese clothing manufacturer has caused a stir in Iran by selling jeans with a sentence from the Qur'an inscribed on them. The sentence reads "In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful"...

Statue of Jesus in jeans is unveiled in East Sussex in the UK

A statue of Jesus wearing a pair of fashionable baggy jeans has been unveiled at a church in East Sussex, with the idea of presenting Christ as a man of the 21st century. Father David Buckley and his church received...

Hilary Duff to Co-Design Femme for DKNY Jeans Collection

Multi-platinum singer Hilary Duff is teaming up with DKNY to co-design the Femme for DKNY Jeans collection, which will be marketed towards young, edgy women.  The collection will feature a mish-mash of...

6 year old Kidnapped from Las Vegas

Two men posing as police officers kidnapped a 6-year-old boy in a drug dispute after entering his family's home and tying up his mother and her boyfriend, police said Thursday.  An Amber Alert was expanded...

The human face of economic uncertainty

" CNN) -- The crisis in the financial industry is all about huge banking, insurance and investment firms, but the general economic slowdown is hitting regular people right where they live. Deborah Walker and son David are struggling amid the economic slowdown. ...

Hunt for man after sex attack on girl in Wales

Police in Wales are searching for an older man in Wales who is suspected of sexually assaulting a 17 year old girl in Swansea. "A SERIOUS sexual assault against a 17-year-old girl in Swansea was yesterday being investigated by South Wales Police. Police issued a description...

Burglar in boxers steals purse, leaves jeans in washer

" WICHITA, Kansas (AP) -- A Kansas burglar apparently likes to be clean -- but isn't so good about clean getaways. Police in Wichita said it appears a man broke into a house Friday night to wash his clothes but fled in boxers, with his jeans still...

Old vs. Gold: Denim Gets Decadent

Everybody loves getting crazy with their denim. I have a vague recollection of an early 90s grunge-inspired style of jeans that came pre-blasted with double barrel shotgun holes and sold for about $500. Sound...

Under wraps, prostitution rife in Afghanistan

While Afghanistan's strict Islamic law forbids prostitution, there are signs the work is taking formal root, with brothels operating in some cities and pimps managing prostitutes. Bribes take care of unwanted...

Forever in blue jeans

All across British Columbia, Canada, people woke up this morning, washed their face, brushed their teeth, and slipped into their jeans. Today was 'Jeans Day', where anyone could buy a $5 button and then be able...

Grunge is Back! Sub Pop Celebrates 20th Birthday

Time to break out the flannel, the beards, the long hair, the long sleeve waffle-weave shirt underneath the ratty t-shirt, the gunshot jeans, the Singles soundtrack, the work boots, and all that penty up anti-80s...

Blue Jeans Cable Strikes Back - Response to Monster Cable

Monster Cable picked the very wrong guy here:"Not only am I unintimidated bylitigation; I sometimes rather miss it."

Florida Passes Saggy Pants Law

I know skinny pants are all the rage and everything...but how do you enforce that kind of style conformity? Oh right. That's how:"The Florida Senate wants public school students to pull up their pants. Lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that could mean suspensions for students...

Abercrombie Ads Obscene? Video And Story From KLTV

"One of two marketing images that went up last month displays three shirtless young men. The man in the lead appears to be about to pull up his jeans, which have slipped down enough to reveal his upper...

100 best of 80s

"It was a time of Ronald Reagan and Rubik's Cube..."Miami Vice" and Molly Ringwald...Jordache jeans and Joe Montana. But most of all, the 1980s were ten years of totally bitchin' music."

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