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NPR's Robert Siegel talks with NPR's John Burnett, traveling with the Marines' 1st Division Headquarters Battalion. The battalion is responsible for the massive supply of food, water, fuel and ammunition to forward troops. Siegel also talks with the battalion's chaplain, Alan Cameron, about ministering to troops in the field.

Thursday's announcement of Golden Globe nominations officially kicks off the Hollywood award season. The nominations, considered a good predictor of how the Oscar race will shape up, suggest the field for the coveted Best Picture Award has narrowed dramatically. Hear NPR's Kim Masters.

Noah speaks with Willy Daniels, a prisoner at the Vienna Correctional Center in Vienna, Illinois. Daniels is taking part in a program that gives prisoners a chance to be umpires for the local Little League. For more than twenty years, the center has allowed a few non-violent offenders to join the kids on the field six nights a week. Daniels says the job is a welcome break from prison and gives him a chance to be part of the community.

in the field of data networking. Three-Com announced yesterday it will buy U.S. Robotics for more than six billion dollars. The new company will retain the Three-Com name, and with projected revenues of five billion dollars a year for its modems and circuit boards, will challenge industry leader Cisco Systems.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on new research suggesting that plants communicate with one another using chemicals that float through the air. A report in the journal Nature suggests that plants infected with a virus produce a chemical that can waft to uninfected plants and help them guard against infection. Scientists don't know to what extent this happens in gardens, fields and meadows.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that environmental groups and organized labor have suffered some setbacks in recent weeks -- as the Bush Administration has moved to block or undo Clinton era regulations. President Bush wants the federal government to do a much better job examining the costs and benefits of proposed regulations. The man he selected as the chief regulatory gatekeeper for his administration is an expert in the field of risk analysis.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden talks with NPR's Joe Palca about recent advances in the field of cloning. In 2004, South Korean scientists successfully cloned a human embryo and extracted stem cells from it. Scientists hope to use embryonic stem cells to develop therapies for diseases like diabetes or Parkinson's.

Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza hold elections to choose Yasser Arafat's successor to lead the Palestinian Authority. Former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas is expected to win in a field of seven candidates. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and NPR's Peter Kenyon.

The chief of security for Iraq's northern oil fields was assassinated Wednesday, and bombings of Iraq's pipelines have all but shut down Iraq's oil exports. NPR's Emily Harris reports from Baghdad about the latest developments in Iraq.

Colorado wheat farmers aren't just combatting drought. They're battling a pesky insect that's proven to obliterate fields.