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More than two dozen Broadway theaters have been dark since the stagehands went on strike a week ago. But Broadway fans still find entertainment opportunities in other amusements in the New York theater district.

Liane Hansen and NPR's Andy Trudeau conclude their series of iscussions on Oscar-nominated dramatic film scores. Today, Andy presents a umber of 1995's overlooked scores - those that didn't get an Oscar nomination. xcerpts are presented from "First Knight" (Epic EK 67270), "The Scarlet Letter" Epic EK 67431), "Goldeneye" (Virgin 7243 8 41048 25), "How to Make an American uilt" (MCA MCAD-11373), "Waterworld" (MCA MCAD-11282) and "Alexander Nevsky" BMG 09026-61926-2). They also re-cap the five nominees: John Williams for Nixon" (Illusion/Hollywood HI-62043-2), Patrick Doyle for "Sense and ensibility" (Sony SK-62258), Luis Bacalov for "Il Postino" (Miramix/Hollywood H-62029-2), and James Horner for both "Apollo 13" (MCA MCAD3P-3432) and Braveheart" (London 448-295-2).

Spain's soccer team beat Germany 1-0 to win the Euro 2008 championship. It's the team's first major title in more than 40 years.

In 1968, Van Morrison released what would become a seminal recording in the history of popular music: Astral Weeks. It is Van Morrison's most praised album — although it was almost shelved by his record label. This year, he's performing every song from the album in select cities, and host Guy Raz caught up with him during his stop in Washington, D.C.

Even Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick himself describes the story of his life — from growing up on welfare in Chicago to thriving in business and politics — as "improbable." But he had a lot of help, he says, from a loving family and supportive teachers.

Relatives of a former U.S. sailor and coin collector have returned part of his massive and rare collection to the Shanghai Mint Museum. The coins reflect 2,000 years of Chinese history, and the bequest represents the start of a series of returns the family plans.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Second Amendment of the Constitution guarantees an individual right to bear arms. That's a huge shift in constitutional law; it's been almost 70 years since the high court ruled on the amendment. The decision came in a challenge to Washington, D.C.'s gun ban.

Sen. Hillary Clinton has called it quits, 502 days after launching what at the time seemed an unstoppable bid for the presidency. On Saturday, she spoke in Washington, D.C., promising to work her heart out to help Sen. Barack Obama win in November. But not all of her supporters were eager to follow suit.

Wall Street Journal economics editor David Wessel's new book, In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic, examines the expanding powers of the Federal Reserve in the face of the current economic crisis.

A few weeks ago the media reported that the last widow of a Civil War veteran had died. The news surprised the family of Maudie Celia Hopkins, who stepped forward to say that she, too, married a civil war veteran, and she's still alive. The Arkansas woman is 89 years old. The United Daughters of the Confederacy confirmed her story. As a teenager, Hopkins married an 86-year-old veteran who'd hired her to clean his house.