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The sounds of plows and shovels filled the air in Buffalo today, as residents coped with an intense early season snowstorm that dropped two feet on snow on the city. School children spent the night in school, and businesses remained closed today as emergency officials worked to get the city back on its feet. Jim Ranney reports.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that this week residents of Ellenton, South Carolina are gathering in their former hometown once again. Fifty years ago, the town was bought by the Federal government and flattened to build a nuclear weapons plant. This week, residents are looking back on the town they were forced to leave behind.

From North Country Public Radio, Brian Mann reports there are not as many ski bums as there used to be. The low wages paid by the resorts are no longer attracting workers who used to come purely for the opportunity to spend the winter on the slopes, and resorts are being forced to look overseas for seasonal help.

Japan's Prime Minister, Yoshiro Mori, today faces a battle for political survival in Parliament. The opposition, backed by many members of his own ruling party, say they will submit a no-confidence motion to have him removed from office. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

After 10 years of authoritarian rule, Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori announced that he is stepping down. The statement announcing Fujimori's imminent resignation came from the leader's ancestral homeland of Japan, which he is currently visiting. John Miller reports from Peru.

The Bush campaign is arguing before the Florida state Supreme Court today that hand recounts are biased and imprecise. But the vote-counters who have spent long hours examining ballots are more confident in their results. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on the workers whose efforts are at the center of the national attention.

The issue of manual recounts went before the seven justices of Florida's State Supreme Court yesterday. Lawyers for both George W. Bush and Al Gore made their arguments on whether manual recounts in three counties can be added to the state's certified vote tally. NPR's Melissa Block reports.

Jason DeRose of Chicago Public Radio reports on the outlook for airline travel during the holiday season. Bargain tickets are expected to be scarce and flights full. Labor problems loom at several major airlines: pilots are dissatisfied at Delta, US Air, and Continental; mechanics are unhappy at Northwest and United; and flight attendants are grumbling at American and United.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports from the White House on how the transition from the current administration to the next administration is proceeding. The General Services Administration has refused to release federal transition funds to the Bush campaign because the outcome of the election is still unclear. But in the meantime, White House staff and agency heads are putting together information for their successors.

NPR's Anne Hawke reports Florida's overseas absentee ballots have until 5pm today to reach election officials. Otherwise they won't be counted. But the role these ballots will play in deciding the presidential election is no longer clear due to the legal battles over votes cast in the state on Election Day.