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Both the major party presidential candidates woke up this morning in states they had not expected to worry about this late in their campaigns. Texas Governor George W. Bush was in Florida, where his brother Jeb is governor, and Vice President Al Gore was in his own home state of Tennessee. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the latest in the presidential election. Vice president Gore wants a manual, statewide recount in Florida and promises to accept those results. Republicans declined that offer...they feel Governor Bush can take the state and the presidency one the absentee ballots are counted.

Quinn Kleinfelter reports on a ruling in favor of Dow Chemical, the corporate parent of Dow Corning, which was sued for making faulty breast implants in the 1990's. A federal judge decided Dow Chemical can not be sued. This ruling could pave the way for payments to be made under a settlement reached years ago with Dow Corning.

NPR's Janet Heimlich reports John Paul Penry is slated for execution tonight in Polk County Texas for a rape and murder he committed in 1979. Many experts attest Penry is mentally retarded and his lawyer, Bob Smith, is appealing Penry's execution to the Supreme Court.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Amman, Jordan on the role of the Internet in the Arab world. Cyber-space has been used to play out the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and has also become an outlet for all sorts of uncensored information in a world where most of the media is state owned and censored.

Violence in the Middle East spread today to Israel's border with Lebanon. Hezbollah guerrillas set off a large roadside bomb, killing one Israeli soldier and injuring two others. In response Israeli warplanes bombed south Lebanon for the first time in six months. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports.

In Montana, biologists are trying to train wild wolves not to attack cattle. If the experiment works, it might help ease the century-old conflict between ranchers and wolves. But it also raises some ethical questions about interfering with the natural behavior of wild animals. From Montana's Gallatin Valley, Kathy Witkowsky reports.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports from Johannesburg on a corruption scandal related to a large South African arms deal. In exchange for approving the purchase of arms from European suppliers, high level government officials and their families allegedly received lucrative subcontracts and bribes.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports from Florida where the state Supreme Court is hearing arguments today on whether or not hand recounts will be included in the official total. George W. Bush is currently leading Al Gore by 930 votes after this weekend's tally of absentee ballots.

NPR's Melissa Block reports from Tallahassee, where Democrats and Republicans traded charges of improper ballot manipulation in the Presidential voting in Florida. For instance, Republicans say Democrats excluded hundreds of overseas ballots from military personnel, and maintain that the manual re-counting process is rife with error.