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Presidential transition teams normally have a little more than two months to prepare for the transfer of power from one White House regime to the next. But this year's election quandary has both camps wondering when they might be able to prepare for taking over. Two weeks of delay and doubt was one thing, but the prospect of a month or more of uncertainty is quite another. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on what problems may be ahead.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the Miami-Dade election board's surprise decision Wednesday to call off a manual recount of presidential ballots. It was a blow to the Gore campaign, which said it would try to reverse the decision. The vote came just hours after the three-member canvassing board voted to hand count only about 10,000 disputed "undervotes" -- the ballots on which no vote was registered by machine. That move brought angry protests from Republicans.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on what role the Florida legislature may take in deciding where the state's electoral votes should go. Yesterday's state Supreme Court decision to allow three predominantly Democratic counties to continue with their hand recount was a blow to the Bush campaign. But the legislature, which is dominated by Republicans, has its own options, including the possibility of deciding on its own who gets the state's 25 electoral votes.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports Russia is trying to make its legal system fair and more efficient. There are an estimated 300 thousand people in pre-trial detention nationwide. Judges are bogged down with an overload of cases and justices of the peace are being trained to help with the caseload by taking on civil cases. Defense attorneys are encouraging their clients to opt for jury trials, which they say are fairer and result in more acquittals.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports from West Palm Beach on the latest developments in the Florida Presidential vote recount. Palm Beach and Broward counties continue with hand recounts today, as they rush to meet the Sunday deadline imposed by Florida's Supreme Court. The Court refused yesterday to order Miami-Dade County to resume its hand recount- a blow to the Gore campaign, which had expected to pick up hundreds of votes in that county.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports that ordinary Chinese citizens have been taking to the Internet to publicize the names of government officials they say are involved in high-level corruption. Gifford visits Hunan province in Central China and talks to enraged citizens who demand that the government do something. More Chinese are taking these complaints to the courts, but without an independent legal system, many cases are routinely dismissed, and official reparations can take years to collect.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on an international treaty on fighting cybercrime. The pact is being negotiated to standardize laws and methods to make sure cybercriminals don't go unpunished, as happened with the I Love You virus creator in the Philippines. Some people in the software industry are concerned that part of the draft treaty might punish people for possessing certain software, and privacy advocates fear it might require companies to archive large amounts of citizens' personal communications.

Intel introduced its new high speed Pentium 4 processor today, the chipmaker's first processor design since 1995. As NPR's John McChesney reports, the chip boosts video and graphics performance, giving Intel additional clout in the battle for high performance users. But analysts don't expect the Pentium 4 to quickly transform the PC market because most users already have plenty of power for their needs.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports on a new initiative launched today to increase health insurance coverage. Two groups normally on opposite sides came together to propose a solution they say will bring coverage to about half of the 43 million uninsured Americans. Families USA, which has backed all of the Clinton Administration's health proposals, joined with the Health Insurance Association of America, which has opposed most efforts at health reform.

A challenge to the counting of absentee ballots in Florida's Seminole County has at least the potential to wipe out thousands of votes that have already been included in the state's certified count. Democrats say those absentee ballots were obtained only after Republican volunteers were allowed to complete applications for them, applications that otherwise would not have qualified. Today, that case was relocated from Seminole County to Tallahassee, the state capital. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.