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NPR's John Nielsen reports on the growing number of radical eco-terrorist groups. These groups advocate sabotage and economic injury as the only ways to get the attention of the organizations they are fighting. The extreme strategies of these groups -- from arson to the mass destruction of bioengineered plants -- have some in the field afraid to go to work.

The list of nominees for the 80th Academy Awards are announced. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood both earn eight nominations, leading the field.

A Canton woman who disappeared on Sunday was found alive in a Fulton County field.

Ingrid Lobet of member station KPLU reports on the scramble to do business in the Russian Far East. Huge reserves of oil and gas as well as timber and other natural resources are about to be exploited, and entrepreneurs who cut their teeth in the Alaskan oil fields and northwestern forests are eager to try their hand in Russia.

Tony Nominations for the annual Broadway Tony Awards were announced today. The musical "Rent" sweep the field with 10 mentions, including Best Actor for two of its stars, Best Director, Berst book and Best Score and Best Musical. (1:30) (IN S

NPR's Richard Harris reports that scientists have for the first time measured the motion of the Earth's core. And to their surprise, they found that the core is spinning faster than the Earth itself. The finding could help explain why the Earth's magnetic field shifts suddenly from time to time.

NPR's David Molpus reports that although diversity training is now fairly commonplace in American companies, a majority of these companies report being dissatisfied with the results of these programs. Some experts in the field say this is partly due to unrealistic expectations, but also because some trainers use inappropriate and counter-productive techniques.

Host Bob Edwards talks with David Field, airline reporter for USA Today, about holiday travel. The holiday travel season is the busiest travel time of the year but ironically it is not the time when airlines rack up their profits. In fact many airlines are offering discounts to travelers.

The mauling death of a 33-year-old woman in San Francisco by a 120-pound dog has raised many questions about the owners -- two prison inmates with alleged ties to a white supremacist group, and an illegal dog breeding scheme. Jay Field reports from San Francisco.

Noah Adams speaks with Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the challenges of supporting track and field in the world of sports today. The Millrose Games are taking place tonight in New York, but another track meet which had been scheduled for Los Angeles next week, was cancelled for lack of sponsorship.