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What can we learn from history about the power of schools as sites for political change?

Liev Schreiber stars as the real-estate salesman Ricky Roma in a production of Glengarry Glen Ross showered with Tony nominations. Schreiber, Alan Alda and Gordon Clapp are all nominated for best actor.

165 million taxpayer dollars are going to the same employees at AIG who were responsible for its downfall. A new Gallup poll shows that three-quarters of Americans want the government to block or retrieve that money. Are you, your friends and your colleagues angry?

Not thrilled about the annual viewing of Frank Capra's family favorite? Here are eight alternatives — not "holiday movies" per se, but films with timeless scenes set at the holidays. That, and some classic family dysfunction, too.

In Russia, a State TV contest to name the greatest Russians in history ended Sunday with more than 50 million votes cast. First place went to a medieval prince who fended off German invaders. Second place went to a prime minister who fended off revolutionaries. And, despite gulags, famines and purges that killed millions, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin came in third.

Award-winning soul singer Isaac Hayes died August 10. Hayes' "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards, and his album Hot Buttered Soul helped pave the way for disco.

A Frenchman scaled the 52-story New York Times building on Thursday, and a second man made an attempt hours later. Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for The New Yorker, talks about the structural lure of the building and why people might be tempted to scale it.

Oil prices have come down a little from Friday's eye-popping $11 jump, but not much. In overseas trading, oil prices are still hovering between $137 and $138 a barrel. On Friday, they flew past $139.

The FBI is said to be investigating whether criminal wrongdoing at four financial institutions caused their collapse and led to the bailout of Wall Street. The four firms are Lehman Bros., Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG.

A merger between Delta and Northwest could be announced within weeks. A merger would result in the biggest airline in the world. United and Continental are also in talks. Major airlines, hit hard by fuel costs and the slowing economy, hope consolidation can improve business.