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Kathy Baron reports some of the wealthiest moguls of the dot-com revolution are turning their money and entrepreneurial skills to reforming American education. Their wide range of projects includes conferences for school principals, teacher training programs, and charter schools.

Matthew Algeo of Maine Public Radio reports on the financial problems at Broadcast-America-dot-com, the world's largest Internet broadcaster. The company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because advertising revenues aren't keeping up with expenses.

Linda speaks with Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, of the rock band Steely Dan, about their first new album since 1979: "Two Against Nature." They discuss why they took such a long break, and talk about their website, www.steelydan.com.

Listeners have one week left to contribute to our National Caroling Party. Send your home recordings of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" to nprhomework@gmail.com.

The Smiths and N.W.A. were left off of the list of inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as Hall voters opted for acts such as Bill Withers and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.

The actor, writer and director took to Facebook to announce that he is indeed alive, after Variety mistakenly published his obituary.

The online craze has gone global. Watch videos from students in Indonesia, radio deejays in Morocco and temple visitors in Nepal.

The exhaust plume left by the booster, which was carrying a Mexican satellite into orbit, left some strange and interesting patterns in the morning sky.

After 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh slapped Lions coach Jim Schwartz on the back following Sunday's game, things got kind of wild on the field. Watch the brouhaha.

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