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In celebration of Labor Day, host Liane Hansen speaks with eknowned author Studs Terkel about the evolution of work in the United States. LABOR DAY VOX: We hear a few perspectives on work from some Washington, D.C. esidents. (Terkel and VOX total

The United Nations women's conference in China begins tomorrow. NPR's Marykay Magistead spoke with officials on the American delegation to the conference and has this report.

The PUZZLE INTERNET ADDRESS is puzzle@npr.org.

The Maldives are a group of islands in the Indian Ocean. They've got a problem. Due to global warming, the waters around the Maldives are rising, and within 50 years, the islands may no longer exist, sunk, as it were, underneath the ocean. Eric Weiner visited the Maldives and prepared this report.

NPR'S JOHN BURNETT REPORTS THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME HOPE OF RELIEVING THE AGRICULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL SCOURGE OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN FIRE ANT IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NAT HENTOFF, LONG-TIME COLUMNIST WITH THE "VILLAGE VOICE," ABOUT A $40,000 SURVEY FUNDED AND CONDUCTED BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, TO DISCOVER IF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY ARE DRIVEN CRAZY BY THE CITY.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Daniel reads letters from listeners.

Daniel talks to Army historian Bill Hammond about 24th infantry regiment, an all-black regiment that fought during the Korean war. Recently, the army has re-written the history of the regiment.

SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL AND JOE NOCERA, WEEKEND EDITION'S BUSINESS ANALYST, HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT CURRENT NETWORK MERGERS...THE DISNEY COMPANY'S PURCHASE OF CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, WESTINGHOUSE'S PURCHASE OF CBS, AND THIS WEEK POSSIBLE MERGER. TIME-WARNER INC. MAY BE BUYING TED TURNER'S TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEMS.

STAMBERG/FREBERG: HUMORIST STAN FREBERG (FREE-berg) WILL BE INDUCTED INTO CHICAGO'S RADIO HALL OF FAME. WE'LL PLAY A BIT FROM ONE OF HIS OLD ROUTINES.

EERO MAENTYRANTA (EE-roh MEAN-tah-rahn-tah), ONE OF FINLAND'S MOST FAMOUS MEDAL WINNERS IN THE 1960'S IN THE SPORT OF CROSS COUNTRY SKIING, WAS ACCUSED OF "BLOOD DOPING" BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF ABOUT 20% MORE RED BLOOD CELLS IN HIS SYSTEM. RESEARCHERS HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED THE GENETIC MUTATION WHICH INCREASES THE RED BLOOD CELLS IN HIS AND MANY OF HIS RELATIVES' BLOOD, AND HAVE COMPLETELY CLEARED HIM. HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH HIM, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MARIA GUERCIN (GU-erh-sin) OF THE FINNISH EMBASSY HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WHO INTERPRETS.