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Dorothy Brown tries to move past 'Jeans Day' flap

Chief Financial Officer, Wasiu Fashina, left, and Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Dorothy Brown discusses the amount recieved from the periodic "Jeans Day" held in the Clerks office over the past few years. (Antonio Perez/Tribune)

Brown tries to move past 'Jeans Day'

Democratic Cook County Board president candidate Dororthy Brown said the $2 or $3 that employees paid to wear jeans on some Fridays has gone to charities including the American Heart Association, a Hurricane Katrina victims fund and a Pakistan earthquake victims fund.

Meat safety: How well done?

Recent outbreaks of food-borne illnesses linked to contaminated meat have led to measures for making meat safer, including some that ring of science fiction and others that sound positively janitorial.

Cleaner river = global warming?

Chicago is the only major U.S. city that doesn't disinfect its sewage, and the agency that treats its wastewater has a new reason for opposing the idea.

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