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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Wayne Harris, the man behind DB drag racing, an extreme audio sport in which contestants try to make their car stereos deafeningly loud. "DB" stands for "decibel." Microphones, not human ears, are inside the cars when the competition starts. The car with the loudest stereo system wins.

Scott Jagow reports on Takahito Suzuki, the first Japanese-born pro hockey player in the United States. He plays for the Charlotte Checkers, a minor league team in North Carolina.

Many Pakistani men are trying to leave the United States for Canada to avoid a Feb. 21 deadline to register with the American INS. Some with legal papers say they fear being wrongly detained. But Canada is refusing entry to many. Hear North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann and NPR's Jacki Lyden.

Richard Blomberg, who spent 15 years on NASA's Aerospace Safety Board, raised concerns nearly a year ago about the safety of future shuttle flights. The forecast now appears prescient, but Blomberg says he did not expect disaster to strike so soon. He speaks to NPR's Scott Simon.

NPR's Scott Simon reads letters from listeners about his interview two weeks ago with Dame Edna Everage, and mentions an npr.org Valentine's Day offer in partnership with "Annoying Music" man Jim Nayder.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the Columbia tragedy and human exploration of space.

Commentator Cynthia Fuchs says that while two high profile new cop shows, Dragnet and Kingpin, are getting all the attention, there are other badges worth watching on TV. FOX's Fastlane and FX's The Shield have some surprising new approaches to race relations and institutional corruption.

The rise in the number of girls and gangs and their influence in communities around the country, including suburban America, is the topic of countless research projects nationwide. Law enforcement is also catching up, and the U.S. social-service system has begun to respond. All are looking at the fact that girls and gangs are their own social phenomenon. They require an approach that is often different than competing traditional male-dominated gangs. NPR's Jacki Lyden examines the new roles of girls and gangs.

During the 1991 Gulf War, retreating Iraqi troops blew up and set ablaze many of Kuwait's oil fields, leaving massive oil spills and an environmental disaster. Now some military analysts say a desperate Saddam Hussein could once again attack Kuwait's oil fields -- or wreck his own to try to slow any U.S. attack. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

Guest host Jacki Lyden speaks with University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer about the argument for Saddam Hussein's containment and why it did not prevail in Washington.