In the singing biz, they talk about money notes — the notes a singer hits that make your spine tingle, the ones that often get a singer hired in the first place. Are the first “money notes” you think of high notes? They’re pretty hard to ignore, but let’s talk for a moment about rich, [...]

Twice a year, the setting sun aligns perfectly with Manhattan’s city grid of streets, and the sun peers down the building canyons at sunset. If you situate yourself to watch the sunset anywhere along Manhattan’s east-west corridors, you can observe this effect…

The Democratic Party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee meets on May 31 in an effort to resolve an impasse over how votes from Michigan and Florida’s renegade primaries should be factored into the nominating battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Two committee members preview the meeting on NewsHour.

Bike sharing is all the rage in Europe. Now, Washington D.C., Chicago and San Francisco are among a handful of cities implementing bike-sharing programs in an effort to tackle traffic problems, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and boost eco-cachet.

Meet Ryan Kinsella, a baritone who started out at New York City Opera. Hear about how he developed his technique from a more emotional core, how new opportunities opened up as his voice developed, and his tendency to be cast as a villain. Then watch him perform.

Israel’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, issued an ultimatum to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Wednesday, demanding that he step down over corruption charges or face early elections. The statement came a day after damaging testimony in the corruption probe. See the full report on NewsHour.

In New York City, the average cost for a gallon of gas is now at around $4.14, well above the national average of $3.88. See NewsHour’s Insider Forum for Tuesday’s Q&A.

Near the fabled city of Pompeii lies Herculaneum, another city buried and frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. In Secrets of the Dead: Herculaneum Uncovered, follow geo-archaeologists as they unearth precious artifacts that reveal what life was like before the eruption…

Prolific Hollywood director, producer, and actor Sydney Pollack died Monday at his home in Los Angeles from cancer. He was 73. Pollack produced material for PBS in recent years, and was a frequent guest on Charlie Rose…see interviews.

On Sunday, NASA’s Phoenix lander became the fifth probe to successfully land on Mars, touching down near the Red Planet’s north pole. Over the next three months, Phoenix will take soil samples, searching for evidence of complex organic molecules in the ice-rich Martian arctic.