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of the Orange County billion-dollar bankruptcy, was sentenced to a year in jail and a $100,000 fine.

A champion 4-H pig in Lake County, Illinois, is at the center of a legal case after getting a bit too much sun and a little help from a vet.

A drug store in Chesterfield County, Virginia, gets a most unwelcome visit from a Santa Claus impostor.

For the first time "Snowrollers" have been documented in Kansas. They are naturally occurring balls of snow that are usually only found in the Arctic and Antarctic. Noah talks with John Stannard, who works for Russem County and was the first to spot the snowroller. Pictures of the Snowroller can be found at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu.

NPR's Philip Davis reports on problems faced by Palm Beach County, Florida voters who mistakenly voted for Pat Buchanan instead of Al Gore. Many Democrats contend that these lost votes may have cost Gore the presidency.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports The United States Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Presidential election dispute. The court announced yesterday that it would hear George W. Bush's challenge to the hand recounting of ballots now underway in two Florida counties.

NPR's Melissa Block reports from Tallahassee on the latest developments in the Florida Presidential election recount. Miami-Dade County announced yesterday that it won't proceed with a hand recount of ballots because it can't meet the Sunday deadline imposed by the Florida Supreme Court.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Stephen Hegarty, staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times. Mr. Hegarty talks about the rules and regulations for absentee ballots. He says, for example, the problem of a postmark that with no, or an unreadable date on it is counted in some counties, and not in others.

In the wake of the excruciatingly close presidential race in Florida, NPR's Philip Davis reports on problems faced by Palm Beach County voters who mistakenly voted for Pat Buchanan instead of Al Gore. And many Democrats contend that these lost votes may have cost Gore the presidency.

As the FTX crypto currency swindle case unfolds in the courts, we talk to University of Maryland Baltimore County professor Amy Froide, who has studied fraud over the last few centuries.