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Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid

The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating...

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Frank says GOP housing attacks racially motivated

Mass. Rep. Frank says Republican attack on affordable housing programs is racially motivated

Bus driver in fatal California crash is arrested

Bus overturns in NorCal, killing 8, driver arrested on suspicion of being under the influence

Nobels awarded for AIDS, cancer virus research

German, 2 French share Nobels for discoveries of viruses causing AIDS, cervical cancer

Congress opens hearings on financial meltdown

Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs as it pleaded for federal rescue

Today In History

On Oct. 6, 1927,

the era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of "The Jazz Singer," a movie starring Al Jolson that featured both silent and sound-synchronized scenes.

In 1683,

thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America's oldest settlements.

In 1884,

the Naval War College was established in Newport, R,I.