Barcelona

Style Scavenger, our new column, is about finding good stuff in unexpected places. Our first challenge: Helping a recent college grad evolve his look from funky-grunge to interview- and office-ready. But before we get to the clothes, we'll have to figure out what to do with the tie-dyed hair...

Style watchers have their eye on Fashion Week, under way in the Big Apple -- and so does J.C. Penney. The jcp design groupe is bringing legitimate fashion cred to the retailer, with trendy looks that rival higher-end chains. Follow their new camel cape from conception to consumer with us and you'll get the message they're sending: This is not your mother's J.C. Penney.

The city of Barcelona, Spain is fining Irish rockers U2 $22,000 for rehearsing too loudly and for too long. Seriously? Come on over to my back yard, U2, you can rehearse all you want for free! The band, one of the most successful in the world, offended the fine residents of Barcelona last summer...

I'm glad I didn't think of this when layoffs were in the air at my former company a year ago: A man in Spain was arrested for hiring a contract killer to murder his boss so that he wouldn't be laid off.And he got the job done, too. That's right -- he had his boss whacked so he wouldn't lose his...