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...next spring, so there is a sense of urgency in the place. CNBC, a division of GE's NBC Universal, has tried everything to reinvent itself, including going Hollywood. That failed experiment led to the cancellation of prime-time shows with hosts Dennis Miller, John McEnroe and Tina Brown. The network lost its way, says Bill Cella, CEO of Magna Global, an ad-buying firm. "They need to get back to their roots: solid business programming." Mad Money offers a template, because Cramer is well grounded in business yet just crazy enough to test old boundaries...
...leadership. At Humboldt Park, for instance, seventh-graders have worked with the third-graders to write letters to U.S. soldiers in Iraq. "The older grades become mentors and tutors to the younger kids, giving them a sense of responsibility that may not happen in middle school," says Milwaukee parent Tina Johnson, who has two kids in a K-8 school. "All these raging hormones are kind of directed in a positive way." Some administrators believe there are fewer behavior problems in K-8s, where your old first-grade teacher--and her current pupils--are watching. Says Humboldt Park student Savannah...
...embellished with jeweled chains. Giorgio Armani displayed a similar penchant for the somber and the serious with heavily beaded and embellished all-black evening gowns. This is only Armani's second couture season in Paris, but he has infiltrated the ranks with ease, bringing with him devoted fans including Tina Turner and Tom Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson. Yet even as designers such as Armani and Tisci make their mark on the Paris couture scene, some old masters have been reasserting their influence. Over dinner in his château outside Paris, Valentino confirmed that he and his business partner, Giancarlo...
...Olympic Committee normally has its hands full dealing with doping track stars and unprepared host cities. But this month the committee is tackling a new threat to sportsmanship: comedians. The agency said it would sue the ImprovOlympic--a 24-year-old Chicago club that launched comics Mike Myers, Tina Fey and Andy Dick--if it doesn't change its name. "It is confusing," says Dick. "I wandered in there with my discus once." Rather than duke it out over the trademark of the word olympic, the club and its L.A. outpost will now be called I.O. The seven dirty words...
...Staff writer Tina Wang can be reached at tinawang@fas.harvard.edu...