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Critic Bob Mondello reports that actor Jim Carrey will be making 20 million dollars for his next film. Hollywood, Bob says, is wondering just how deep its pockets go.

Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice arren Burger died this morning of congestive heart failure. He held the osition of Chief Justice from 1969 to 1986, and was responsible for the final pinion that forced former President Richard Nixon to surrender White House tape ecordings and papers for use as evidence in the Watergate scandal trial. Host iane Hansen speaks with NPR's Nina Totenberg about the 15th Chief Justice of he United States.

NPR'S MELISSA BLOCK REPORTS FROM NEW YORK THAT A "HERO'S WELCOME" HOMECOMING CELEBRATION PLANNED FOR MIKE TYSON NEXT TUESDAY IN HARLEM IS MEETING WITH INCREASING OPPOSITION FROM SOME RESIDENTS.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr raises a few questions about he upcoming Congressional hearings into the government raid on the Branch avidian compound in Waco, Texas.

Michael talks to Peter Samuel who recently wrote a paper for the Cato Institute entitled "Highway aggravation...the case for privatizing the highways." Samuel argues that if roads were turned over to private companies they would be both better maintained and less congested.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH ANTHROPOLOGIST LEONARD LIEBERMAN OF CENTRAL NICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OF MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN. DR. LIEBERMAN SAYS THAT IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED AMONG THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY THAT RACE IS NO LONGER, AND HAS NEVER BEEN, AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF CLASSIFYING PEOPLE'S DIFFERENCES.

Danny speaks with writer Tina Rosenberg about her new book, called The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts after Communism (Random House). They discuss how the people of the former East Germany and Czechoslovakia are dealing with their communist pasts.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT "ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS," A BRITISH TV SERIES CURRENTLY AIRING ON CABLE TELEVISION'S COMEDY CENTRAL.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH SENATOR JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ), MEMBER OF THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE LEE HAMILTON (D-IN), RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ABOUT THE DIVISIONS OVER U.S. POLICY IN BOSNIA.