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NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports on the issue of worker burnout. Workers are complaining about spending too much time at work. A strike by Verizon Communications employees ended this week after the company agreed to cut mandatory overtime in half.

Host Renee Montagne talks with singer/song writer Jill Sobule about her new album, Pink Pearl. In 1995 Sobule had a controversial Top 40 hit with I Kissed a Girl. It took a move to a new label and Sobule's songs often combine poppy, up beat music with ironic and sometimes satirical lyrics. (6:40) STATIONS: Jill Sobule new album is titled Pink Pearl and is published by Wea/Atlantic/Lava; ASIN: B000005J7Z

Chris Simpson of the BBC reports that during his Africa trip, President Clinton is expected to attend the signing of a peace agreement ending the civil war in Burundi. But there are still doubts that the agreement will actually be signed, and whether everyone will abide by it if it is.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the Environmental Protection Agency's experimental attempt to cover an undersea deposit of toxic DDT off the coast of California, with a fresh layer of sediment. An estimated 110 Tons of the poisonous pesticide is located on 17 square miles of ocean floor. Between 1947 and 1971, Montrose Chemical dumped the DDT into the sewer system, which discharged it into the ocean.

NPR's Phillip Martin reports on Redeem the Dream an event commemorating the 37th anniversary of the March on Washington at which Martin Luther King Junior gave his famous I Have A Dream speech. The event is being organized to force action by the White House and Congress to address racial profiling in law enforcement.

Commentator Matt Miller commends Republican Governor Gary Johnson's position on Marajuana - Legalize it.

Host Renee Montagne talks to Tom O'Byrne, China correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, about the arrest of evangelical Christians in China. 130 church members were seized Wednesday and are detained at a jail in central China. Three American citizens have since been released.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews The Opportunists, starring Christopher Walken. It's about an auto mechanic caught in a moral dilemma about pulling a major heist or staying straight for the good of his family. It's the feature film directorial debut of Myles Connell.

For a Nigerian view, Robert turns to Bartholomew Nnaji, former Nigerian Minister of Science and Technology, now an engineering professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Nnaji is also chair of the Nigeria People's Forum, an organization here in the US. He and Robert discuss Nigeria since its presidential election.

Shares in Southern California technology company Emulex plunged nearly 60 percent in a matter of hours after a phony press release sent out over the Internet falsely reported that the company was in trouble. The company's stock recovered after the hoax was discovered. But, as Elaine Korry of NPR News reports, the episode demonstrates how vulnerable businesses are to misleading information, in an age of instant mass communication.