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Linguist GEOFF NUNBERG comments on Microsoft''s new on-line magazine and wonders whether traditional journalistic forms will work on the Web.World music critic MILO MILES reviews new collections and a reissue of Curtis Mayfield''s work: "People Get Ready!" (Rhino) and "Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions: The Anthology 1961-1977 (MCA), and the reissue "Curtis Mayfield''s Chicago Soul," (Columbia Legacy).

Lloyd Schwartz reviews some classic Hollywood musicals now out on DVD: The 1946 film The Harvey Girls, starring Judy Garland and Ray Bolger; the 1954 A Star is Born, starring Judy Garland and James Mason; the 1930 film The Blue Angel, starring Marlene Dietrich; Singing in the Rain; the 1947 film New Orleans (on Kino video), starring Louie Armstrong and Billie Holiday; the 1947 Edgar Ulmer's Carnegie Hall featuring Jascha Heifetz; The Big Broadcast of 1938, starring W.C. Fields and Bob Hope; 42nd Street, the Busby Berkeley film.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled today in favor of hand counting so-called "undervotes," ballots that did not register a vote for president when run through counting machines. The divided 4-3 ruling was a victory for Al Gore. Many analysts have said he needed this ruling to keep alive his effort to overturn the certified Florida election results. The ruling was announced today by court spokesman Craig Waters. Former Secretary of State James Baker has vowed to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of George W. Bush. We hear some of Mr. Baker's remarks, and Noah speaks with NPR's Melissa Block who was at the courthouse today.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security adviser for President Jimmy Carter, assesses the foreign policies of the three most recent U.S. presidents in Second Chance. He says Washington has squandered its first chance at global leadership.

Over his lifetime, poet Stanley Kunitz has received a Pulitzer, among other recognitions, and served as the nation's poet laureate... twice. As Kunitz turns 100, he reads from his poem, "The Long Boat."

The former secretary of state said on Meet the Press that the Democratic nominee would be "a transformational figure" and criticized the negative tone of Republican John McCain's campaign.

Many people get range anxiety thinking about taking a long car trip in an EV. But a lot of money has gone into improving roadside chargers. We tried them out for ourselves during a 1,000-mile drive.

As his bus tour continued, Mitt Romney won an endorsement from former President George H.W. Bush. He pumped his own gas and talked about buying a horse. Also, he spoke French.

When Mitt Romney bested President Obama in monthly fundraising for the first time, some saw a sign for the general election. But recent political history offers some different lessons. Incumbents can be toppled, although it's not the norm. And a good May does not necessarily mean a winning November.

For conductor Marin Alsop, Bernstein's idiosyncratic Second Symphony — inspired by W.H. Auden's poem The Age of Anxiety — is a musical quest to answer life's big questions with time out to throw a hip-swinging party.