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Scott talks to Weekend Edition Saturday gardening consultant, Ketzel Levine, and to Tony Avent (AY-vent), owner of Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, North Carolina. They remember horticulturalist James Chester Raulston who died recently in an auto accident. Raulston was the director of the Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He was best known for his skill and enthusiasm for collecting and generously distributing both rare and common plants.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez looks at the controversy surrounding "Ebonics," black English, which has been recognized by the Oakland school board.

NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports on "Comrades, Almost A Love Story," a film by Hong Kong director Peter Chan. As Hong Kong makes the transition to Chinese control, Chan and other filmmakers are coming to terms with new rules regarding artistic freedom. His film follows a young man and a young woman who have recently moved from China to Hong Kong and the social dislocation they face.

The city of Hong Kong will cease being a British colony exactly six months from today, and local opinions about the changeover are running high. NPR's Mary Kay Magistad talks with four Hong Kong residents about their apprehensions and expectations as the handover date nears.

has denied an Associate Press story that members had already decided only to reprimand Speaker Gingrich for his admitted ethics violations.

Noah talks with Peter Stark, a writer who lives in Missoula, Montana. They discuss Stark's article "The Cold Hard Facts of Freezing to Death," which appears in the January 1997 issue of Outside Magazine. The article is a kind of tribute to the short story "To Build A Fire," by Jack London and it talks about the physical symptoms of hypothermia. It also describes the physiological and mental processes involved when a person freezes to death.

Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Eric Weiner in Jerusalem about today's peace talks between Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-tahn-YA-hoo) and Palestinian president Yasser Arafat. The talks ended without an agreement. But U-S envoy Dennis Ross said the meeting was nontheless "extremely productive. " At issue is Hebron (HEH-bruhn) - a West Bank town where Jews have settled - and the withdrawal of Israeli troops there.

Linda Wertheimer's upbringing in New Mexico always included special tamales on Christmas Day. Today, Linda talks with Patricia Quintana, from her family home in Ixtapa, Guerrero, Mexico. Quintana is the author of several cookbooks on regional Mexican food. Her latest is The Best of Quintana. She tells how to make the sweet tamales traditionally made with red colored maza -- corn meal dough -- for Christmas and New Year's. Afterwards, Linda checks in with Mela Leger in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as her family arrives for what she calls their traditional "tamale wars" on Christmas day.

He today becomes the longest serving German chancellor since Otto Von Bismark.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes a special guest this week, and repeats the 2-week challenge for everyone at home.