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For more than a decade Manhattan bird lovers have watched red-tailed hawks nest, lay eggs and teach fledglings to fly and hunt. But residents of an upscale Fifth Avenue building tore down the nest, angering fans of the birds.

Watch Jim James and his band perform songs from The Waterfall live during a special First Listen Live concert from Mack Sennett Studios in Los Angeles, presented by KCRW.

Dubbed the "cellar violinist," Vera Lytochenko performs for family and neighbors as they shelter from Russian attacks. Thousands have watched her recitals on YouTube.

Political observers are closely watching the race to win the Illinois Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Peter Fitzgerald. Many see Democratic candidate Barack Obama as his party's best chance to overturn the Republican majority in the Senate. If elected, Obama would become the third African-American senator since Reconstruction. Hear NPR's David Schaper.

USA Today editor Karen Jurgensen steps down four months after the revelation that former foreign correspondent Jack Kelley fabricated stories under her watch. Jurgensen had held the paper's top editorial post since 1999. NPR's Bob Edwards speaks with Marvin Kalb, senior fellow at Harvard's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.

Dog psychologist Cesar Millan has trained problem pooches and their frustrated owners for many years. His communication techniques with canines have even earned him a National Geographic television show called The Dog Whisperer. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates recently joined Millan to watch him in action.

Over 122,000 people in the U.S. are in solitary confinement, according to a report by Solitary Watch and Unlock the Box.

Analysts on Wall Street fear that another big investment bank could be teetering on the edge of disaster. Investors this week will watch closely the earnings of major banks and look for any signs that aggressive moves by the Federal Reserve are bringing stability back to credit markets.

About half of the South Carolina's Democratic voters are black — far more than in any other early-voting state — and they're fully aware of their importance in the election. Black voters from Charleston watched Monday's candidate debate and offered feedback.

Since the 1970s, Lake has led numerous bands of his own, including an occasional big band, and an organ quartet. That organ group is one to watch.

Commentator Fred Grandy talks about TV's so-called "family hour", and the Media Research Center's campaign to remove "offensive" shows from the 8-9 pm time slot. Grandy recalls when his show "Love Boat" first aired, 20 years ago, it was decried by the public and media alike for being racy and unfit for children to watch. Grandy suggests that the responsibility for teaching our children values should fall more on us, and less on the TV networks.

- Reporter Pippen Ross reports on the huge party that is building in New Orleans in anticipation of tomorrow's Superbowl. (3:00) 10. Good Sports -- Jacki visits with Little League basketball coach Gary Cooper, who is also chairman of the rules committee for the Fairfax, Virginia, Youth League. Cooper says unsportsmanlike conduct by professional athletes is infecting high school and junior high school athletics. And he adds that most often, the worst offender are the parents, who comes to watch the games.