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NPR's Dan Charles reports that employers are increasingly using technology to monitor the performance of their employees. Aside from monitoring telephone conversations and computer key strokes, employers are also using satellites and other devices to track employees. Privacy advocates worry that there are too few protections for employees.

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NPR's Howard Berkes talks with Montanans who know the Freemen holed up on their remote ranch, and with one of the numerous members of out-of-state militias who have flocked to the area to negotiate with the group. And he talks with a Montana Freeman associated with the barricaded group, who tries to explain what it is the anti-government organization stands for.

annual convention this weekend in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The Alliance is a coalition of local atheist groups from around the country.

in Moscow about the ramifications of Russian President Boris Yeltsin's announcement that he would end the Chechen war.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. [This week's winner is Giulio Venezian (joo-lyo en-etz-YAHN) who listens to KRCU in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.]

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including President Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS) on he budget; Reps. Martin Meehan, (D-MA) , Patrick Kennedy, (D-RI), Gerald olomon (R-NY) on the gun ban; Rep. Tom Lantos, (D-CA) and a supporter of Louis arrakhan; and radio personality Don Imus and Rep. Porter Goss, (R-FL) about mus' comments at a Washington dinner attended by the President.

Buzz Conover of Florida Public Radio reports that the tobacco industry is trying to repeal law under which Florida is trying recover Medicaid costs paid out by state for smoking related illnesses. Tobacco industry has mounted expensive media campaign urging repeal, while Florida Governor Lawton Chiles is countering with his own, more modest, media campaign.

Bob Mondello has an appreciation of the life and work of Polish filmmaker Krysztov Kieslowski (chris-TOFF ke-SLOV-ski), best known in this country for directing what he called his tri-color trilogy: the films BLUE, WHITE and RED.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the withdrawal today from the GOP presidential race of publisher Steve Forbes. Forbes made his announcement at a Washington D.C. hotel, flanked by his family. His campaign to restore economic growth to the country was considered a long-shot when he entered last year, but he quickly gained attention with a multi-million ad campaign and an optimistic message that attracted many voters. But he was unable to get enough votes to show that he could be a viable challenger to frontrunner Bob Dole.