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Last night's Academy Awards Ceremony made history in a number of ways. NPR's Renee Montagne reports.

Precision-guided munitions, unmanned aircraft and Special Ops soldiers make headlines in Afghanistan -- but just as important to the war effort are those who airlift supplies and equipment to troops in the field. NPR's Tom Gjelten rides along on an Air Force C-17 for a first-hand report for Morning Edition.

Scott talks with Larry David, the co-creator of Seinfeld, who now has his own show on HBO called Curb Your Enthusiasm. On it he plays a man named Larry David who co-created Seinfeld and now needs something new to do with his life. Mr. David says it is NOT a documentary -- honest.

The nation's major airlines have announced tens of thousands of layoffs since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But the way and the speed with which airlines are letting their employees go varies dramatically. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

Noah Adams talks to Alexander Rower, grandson of Alexander Calder and director of the Calder Foundation in New York, about a sculpture known as the Bent Propeller. It was on the plaza in front of 7 World Trade Center.

Contributions are flooding in to aid groups to help victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. But a very different charity is collecting reward money to help hunt down terrorism suspects worldwide.

Genetically modified crops have roared into North American fields, with farmers increasingly turning to soybeans, cotton and corn engineered to resist pests and chemicals. But the technology has been met with a mounting wave of protest. On Morning Edition, a talk with NPR's Dan Charles about this saga of scientific breakthrough, intrigue and competition. (Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food, is published by Perseus Books; ISBN: 0738202916.)

NPR's Phillip Martin reports on a controversial piece of art in Boston Harbor- a liquid natural gas tank adorned with large rainbow stripes. Many people claim that a face is visible in one of the stripes, and there have been "sightings" of everyone from Ho Chi Minh to Osama Bin Laden since the painting was completed in the early 1970's.

After protracted negotiations between Major League Baseball's owners and players led to a 99-day lockout, baseball officially begins with new rules and new faces.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Harry Belafonte. The singer is promoting a new 5 CD anthology of black music in America, called The Long Road to Freedom.