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Craig Waters, Spokesman for the Supreme Court of Florida announces the court's unanimous decision to overturn earlier court rulings that would not allow the hand-counted ballots in three Florida counties to be included in the state's final vote tally. Waters said the court considered the importance of individual votes to be more important than the deadline set by Katherine Harris, the Florida Secretary of State, that all ballots must have been tallied and the totals submitted to the state by Tuesday of last week.

This afternoon, the Florida Supreme Court began hearing arguments that have the power to determine who will be the next president of the United States. Democratic petitioners argued that the hand recount of votes for president in Broward and Palm Beach Counties should continue and be counted toward the state total. Republican respondents argued just the opposite. NPR's Melissa Block had a front row seat for the proceedings and talks to us about the arguments and atmosphere inside the courtroom.

Linda speaks to NPR's Debbie Elliott who is in Tallahassee covering the lawsuit by the Gore campaign to invalidate the official Florida vote tally which was certified by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris yesterday. The Gore camapaign says enough votes have been left uncounted in three Florida counties to make up the 537 vote lead currently held by Texas Governor George W. Bush.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports from Seminole County, Florida, on yet another lawsuit that's been filed over the presidential election. Attorney Harry Jacobs says the elections supervisor in Seminole should not have allowed Republican volunteers to correct mistakes on absentee ballot applications. Those ballots would have normally been thrown out. If the ballots are determined to be invalid, George W. Bush could lose his advantage over Al Gore.

Maine's York County has long been a favorite home for deer ticks and the vector-borne diseases they carry.

President Bush lends support to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay during a visit to their home state of Texas. DeLay, in political hot water over allegations of ethics violations, joined the president in Galveston at a roundtable discussion of Social Security. Bush praised an alternative to Social Security used by county employees in Galveston.

Authorities in Georgia apprehend Brian Nichols, the man police say killed a judge, a court reporter and a deputy Friday at the Fulton County Courthouse. Police have not yet linked Nichols to a fourth death. The body of a U.S. Customs agent was found Saturday. His truck was found outside the apartment in Duluth, Ga., where Nichols was arrested.

The Supreme Court rules that Texas may keep its Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the state capitol in Austin. The majority opinion said the installment treats the commandments as history. But the court also ruled that two Kentucky counties' displays unconstitutionally promote religion.

Irene Winstead has been driving a school bus in Montgomery County, Md., for 20 years. Now she and her fiance Kenneth Lee, also a school bus driver, are retiring. We listen in on a sad day for Winstead and for many of the parents of the students she drives.

Seattle and Tacoma's program to ease traffic flows is cited as the nation's most effective by the Texas Transportation Institute. The average rush-hour driver in the Seattle area spent 46 hours in congestion in 2002, compared to a 63-hour average in 1992, according to the group. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and King County, Wash., executive Ron Sims.