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...Chicago, Dallas and Philadelphia, and will soon have them on about 20 stations. Viacom hopes O&A can duplicate their ratings success in New York, where they are often No. 1 in their prime demographic-- men 25 to 49. Gregg (Opie) Hughes (he looks like Opie from The Andy Griffith Show), 36, and Anthony Cumia, 39, are the descendants of Howard Stern, replacing his sour trangressiveness with male realpolitik: while Stern interviews strippers, O&A just want them to take off their clothes...
...books, we may find that access to the complete Keats or the complete Alex P. Keaton doesn't mean everyone will check it out. In the days of the three-channel universe, TV professor Thompson could count on students' having seen the same set of familiar shows like Andy Griffith. Now, he says, "I find myself having to put episodes of That Girl on reserve at the library." Anna Karenina, meet Marlo Thomas...
...today accounts for nearly 40% of the region's manufacturing jobs. Local leaders have worked to sustain that industry by, for example, building a trade-show facility the size of four football fields. But they have also labored to attract firms across a broad range of industries. Says Thomas Griffith, mayor of Amory, just south of Tupelo: "We don't want to be too dependent on any one industry. If one plant shuts down, it doesn't hamstring the total economy...
...Jackson and Anna Nicole Smith, Chevy Chase and quarterback Brett Favre have been addicted to prescription drugs. Friends' Matthew Perry, who has admitted that he was hooked on Vicodin, last month returned to rehab for unspecified reasons. "An addiction to prescribed pain pills can happen to anyone," says Melanie Griffith in her online "Recovery Journal," "and you have to be careful...
...dumb down their lessons and "teach to the test," some schools are offering more challenging course work as a way of engaging students. In the past three years, scores of elementary schools in high-stakes testing states such as Texas, Virginia and Massachusetts have added Latin programs. Says Allen Griffith, a member of the Fairfax City school board: "If we're trying to improve English skills, teaching Latin is an awfully effective, proved method...