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Across the country, ordinary garden plants have become aggressive invaders. Many invasive plants are still sold in nurseries and coveted by unsuspecting gardeners. Is there a chance your "coveted plant" might escape into the wild? NPR's Ketzel Levine takes a closer look at how a good plant goes bad.

The latest Radio Expedition treks into the Louisiana swamps in pursuit of one of the most charismatic American birds: the ivory-billed woodpecker. The fabled wild-eyed woodpecker was thought to be extinct, but recent reports have electrified birders around the country. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports for Morning Edition.

Host Lynn Neary speaks with NPR's movie music fan Andy Trudeau, who this week wraps up his survey of Oscar-nominated scores with Randy Newman's music for Monsters, Inc. (Disney/Pixar 60712-7). Andy also presents his vote for best score.

Host Jacki Lyden talks with limosine driver George Barlow who will be working tonight's Oscar Awards in Los Angeles.

Writer Jake Arnott's new novel is He Kills Coppers, a dark thriller set in London in 1966. Arnott's first novel, The Long Firm, is being made into a five-part series for the BBC.

In a gravity-defying move, rapidly revolving hard-boiled eggs will push themselves upright and spin like a top. NPR's Joe Palca explains the science for All Things Considered.

With the Oscars just a week away, studios are marketing their nominated films to a very exclusive audience: Academy voters. Get the full list of nominees for each category, scan NPR movie critic Bob Mondello's favorite movies of 2001 and join the NPR online community to share your own favorites.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg does some of his own checking on liberal bias in the media.

We take a moment to recall the first ceremony of the Academy Awards in 1929.

Singer, songwriter, and actor Chris Isaak. His new album is called Always Got Tonight. He's the star of the semi-autobiographical Showtime series The Chris Isaak Show, now in its second season. Isaak's 1991 hit Wicked Game still stands as his signature song. [The audio for this segment is unavailable due to Internet rights issues.]