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  • Bass-baritone Eduardo Chama is Sancho Panza and bass Ferruccio Furlanetto is Don Quixote in San Diego Opera's "Don Quixote."
    Rants And Raves: Opera
    History Suggests Opera Will Not Go Away Quietly
  • What It Was Like To Be A Wall Street Recruit After The Bailouts
    A reporter shadowed eight young people during their first two years on Wall Street, when the bailouts were still fresh and anti-Wall Street sentiments were running high.
  • Online Psychotherapy Gains Fans And Raises Privacy Concerns
    Video chatting with a therapist is convenient, people who have tried it say. Research suggests online therapy can be effective, but issues with the quality of the service and privacy remain unsolved.
  • A chart shows the growth in the Standard & Poor's 500 index of large-capitalization U.S. stocks. The index passed the 1,700 mark for the first time Thursday.
    S&P 500 Index Passes 1,700 Mark For First Time
    The Standard & Poor's 500 index, the benchmark of America's largest corporations, surpassed 1,700 points for the first time in early trading Thursday. The rise is being tied to a drop in weekly jobless claims, as well as assurances from central banks in the U.S. and Europe that they would continue to bolster their economies.
  • Google plans to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash. At the end of 2010, Google was sitting on nearly $35 billion, and it's not alone.
    Companies Sit On Cash; Reluctant To Invest, Hire
    The U.S. economy may be slowing to a crawl but a lot of individual companies are richer than ever — Google has enough cash on hand to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Companies can use their cash to invest and add workers, but many are reluctant to spend as long as demand for their products remains weak.
  • Adele's new album, <em>25,</em> is out now.
    'You Can't Prepare Yourself': A Conversation With Adele
    The singer's career has been a story in numbers, and not just the ones in her album titles. She discusses motherhood, stage fright, the Spice Girls and more in an extended chat with Ari Shapiro.
  • A large sign outside the Lincoln Highway Association headquarters in Franklin Grove, Ill., gives travelers a rough mileage to various spots along the route, including New York and San Francisco.
    America's First Transcontinental Highway Turns 100
    A hundred years ago, a new era of transportation in America was ushered in, when the Lincoln Highway was dedicated. For the first time, Americans could drive on one designated route from coast to coast.
  • Jean Jennings (left) and Frances Bilas set up the ENIAC in 1946. Bilas is arranging the program settings on the Master Programmer.
    The Forgotten Female Programmers Who Created Modern Tech
    The Innovators, Walter Isaacson's new book, tells the stories of the people who created modern computers. Women, who are now a minority in computer science, played an outsize role in that history.
  • Jean Jennings (left), and Frances Bilas set up the ENIAC in 1946. Bilas is arranging the program settings on the Master Programmer.
    The Forgotten Female Programmers Who Created Modern Tech
    The Innovators, Walter Isaacson's new book, tells the stories of the people who created modern computers. Women, who are now a minority in computer science, played an outsize role in that history.
  • Danielle Probst, 50, works part-time in food service at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. Previously, she worked in film and marketing and also had an internship at a social media marketing company.
    An Intern At 40-Something, And 'Paid In Hugs'
    Your boss may be younger than you, your fellow interns may be decades younger and you work for free. For Renee Killian and Danielle Probst, reconsidering their careers meant interning in their 40s.
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