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Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid (AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_on_go_co/meltdown_lehman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081006/capt.724a8ce69270480e8db3ac03436ec670.aptopix_meltdown_lehman_dcsw114.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=gkF0Bad._5zY_d.ke_AkSw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Richard S. Fuld Jr., wearing tie, is heckled by protesters as he leaves Capitol Hill in Washington after testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, on the collapse of Lehman Brothers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - 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 what went so wrong on Wall Street to prompt a $700 billion government bailout.</p><br clear="all"/>