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No one knows what birds see when they look out at the world, but one ornithologist is sure they don't see glass. Daniel Klem estimates that at least 1 billion birds are killed by flying into windows every year in the United States.

Scientists have pieced together the virus that caused the deaths of tens of millions of people in the 1918 flu pandemic. The work is providing new insights into how a strain of flu can become so lethal.

German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer's new documentary features Evelyn Glennie, a deaf percussionist. The director says that just as Glennie feels the sound, he wants his viewers to see it.

A terrorist attack on the Indonesian island of Bali kills at least 25 people. The blasts hit almost three years to the day after bombs killed more than 200 people in Bali. Indonesia's president had recently warned of a looming threat.

Commentator Zoe Walrand sat in a recent showing of King Kong recently and was shocked that a parent would bring a young child to see such a violent film. She decided to do something about it.

Amid the hype and the commercials, there's a football game to be played Sunday. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Ron Rapoport and Scott Simon discuss the relative merits of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are the champions of the National Football League. Their 21-10 win over the Seattle Seahawks Sunday was the fifth Super Bowl victory for the franchise, but the first in a quarter-century.

Like Sundance, it turns 25 this year and promotes independent films. But that's where the similarities end for the Black Maria Film & Video Festival, which takes short, often experimental films on the road across America.

The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, forced many Americans to reshape their lives. For New Yorkers whose plans and priorities were cast loose, the shocking losses were followed by a challenge: what to do next. That dilemma is at the heart of Jay McInerney's The Good Life.

President Bush will address the nation from New Orleans Thursday evening, when he is expected to propose the biggest bailout for a region in national history. Bush will be speaking from Jackson Square, the center of the evacuated city.