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While all eyes have been on Al Gore's challenge to the results in Florida's presidential election, other related lawsuits have been making their way through the courts in that state. One arising from Seminole County has the potential to throw out thousands of absentee ballots counted in that county, ballots that were primarily cast for Texas Governor George W. Bush. Today, that case was in a courtroom in the state capital of Tallahassee. NPR's Andy Bowers is there, and talks to Noah Adams about the case.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on the efforts by the gun lobby to mobilize voters who oppose gun control. Charleton Heston is urging the three-and-a-half million members of The National Rifle Association to vote for George W. Bush and other Republican candidates. The NRA and The National Shooting Sports Foundation are concentrating on critical swing states, such as Pennsylvania and Florida. Groups that support gun control also are trying to get out the vote for their candidates.

NPR'S Tom Gjelten reports on the latest events in the unfinished presidential election. An initial count of overseas absentee ballots in Florida puts George W. Bush ahead of Al Gore by nearly one thousand votes. But Florida's Secretary of State has been prohibited from certifying the state's vote until the Florida Supreme Court decides if manually re-counted ballots must be included in the final tally. Republicans went on the attack today, alledging fraud in the manual recount.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports from Tallahassee on Florida's Supreme Court, which will hear arguments today in a case that may determine who wins the Presidential election. Lawyers for George W. Bush and Al Gore will have two hours to make their cases. Bush's lawyers will argue that the original deadline for certifying the vote should be upheld and that manual ballot recounts should not be included. Gore's lawyers will argue that there's a longstanding tradition under Florida law for accepting the results of manual recounts as the will of the voters.

NPR's Pam Fessler looks at Republican rhetoric in the wake of last night's Florida Supreme Court's ruling. Supporters of George W. Bush have been issuing statements that charge that Al Gore will do anything to win. The court order required state officials to accept recounted votes that are reported after the state's official deadline. Many of the complaints liken Gore to President Clinton and his impeachment troubles. The Bush camp is appealing Florida's Supreme Court ruling to the US Supreme Court.

Less than a day after Florida's presidential vote was certified, Vice President Al Gore challenged the results in three counties. Gore and other Democrats said they believed there were enough uncounted votes in these counties to change the outcome of the election. But Texas Governor George W. Bush pressed ahead with transition activities, confident the courts would uphold his narrow victory in Florida and thus his expected majority in the Electoral College. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

In state after state that Vice President Gore struggled to win on Election Day, he found himself battling not only Republican nominee George W. Bush but Green Party nominee Ralph Nader as well. In the end, Nader's small vote in Florida appears to have been enough to tip that crucial state to Bush. If the recount of votes in that state confirms yesterday's outcome, Bush will be the next president. Today Nader was defiant in the face of criticism. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

Yale Professor Stephen Skowronek says there have been presidents like George W. Bush before -- he calls them orthodox innovators. But then things tend to go wrong. Professor Skowronek and author James Mann take a historical look at the Bush presidency.

In A Slave No More, historian David W. Blight showcases the emancipation narratives of two men, one from Alabama and one from Virginia. Manuscripts written by Wallace Turnage and John Washington, and genealogical information compiled by Blight, combine to tell the stories of their lives as slaves and their harrowing flights to freedom.

Robot soldiers are no longer just the stuff of sci-fi fantasy. As technological warfare expert P.W. Singer explains in his new book, Wired For War, some military tasks previously assigned to humans are now being handled by machines.