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The Clinton administration is introducing new workplace protections for employees who perform repetitive motions such as typing, scanning groceries or lifting heavy boxes. As NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules take effect in January, but businesses want the standards tossed out and some are filing legal action to block them. The rules were so controversial that they helped to scuttle budget negotiations between the Clinton administration and the Republican Congress. And there's no assurance that a Bush administration would ever impose them.

In state after state that Vice President Gore struggled to win on Election Day, he found himself battling not only Republican nominee George W. Bush but Green Party nominee Ralph Nader as well. In the end, Nader's small vote in Florida appears to have been enough to tip that crucial state to Bush. If the recount of votes in that state confirms yesterday's outcome, Bush will be the next president. Today Nader was defiant in the face of criticism. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on new research that both illuminates and further complicates the picture of how the Earth is warming. It's long been thought that forests mitigate the warming effect of the earth, and that as the amount of carbon in the atmosphere grows, more trees will grow. But this built-in braking system on warming may not take place. More trees cause the earth to reflect less solar radiation and absorb more. The findings make calculating future temperatures even more complicated.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, is expected to release new work-place guidelines today, designed to help decrease the risk of repetitive motion injuries. Opponents of the regulations say they're too costly for businesses to implement. But supporters of the guidelines point out that eliminating these injuries decreases the time employees spend off the job, and that these regulations can make businesses more efficient.

A young Minnesota girl named Molly Nash is doing well, after receiving a transplant of cells from her baby brother. Her brother was created by in vitro fertilization, because her parents wanted a child who could serve as a cell donor to combat Molly's anemia. As ethicists wrestle with questions about this procedure, the University of Minnesota is moving ahead to help other families in the same way. NPR's Joanne Silberner has a report.

A deadline set in Wen Ho Lee's plea agreement for the government to question Lee is about to expire. The former Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear scientist agreed to be questioned for ten days, for six hours a day. Now the government is asking to extend the deadline. The government has more than 12 hours of testimony still to hear from Lee. Noah talks with Leslie Hoffman, Courts and Legal Affairs Reporter for the Albuquerque Tribune.

NPR'S Tom Gjelten reports on the latest events in the unfinished presidential election. An initial count of overseas absentee ballots in Florida puts George W. Bush ahead of Al Gore by nearly one thousand votes. But Florida's Secretary of State has been prohibited from certifying the state's vote until the Florida Supreme Court decides if manually re-counted ballots must be included in the final tally. Republicans went on the attack today, alledging fraud in the manual recount.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports from Tallahassee on Florida's Supreme Court, which will hear arguments today in a case that may determine who wins the Presidential election. Lawyers for George W. Bush and Al Gore will have two hours to make their cases. Bush's lawyers will argue that the original deadline for certifying the vote should be upheld and that manual ballot recounts should not be included. Gore's lawyers will argue that there's a longstanding tradition under Florida law for accepting the results of manual recounts as the will of the voters.

NPR's Pam Fessler looks at Republican rhetoric in the wake of last night's Florida Supreme Court's ruling. Supporters of George W. Bush have been issuing statements that charge that Al Gore will do anything to win. The court order required state officials to accept recounted votes that are reported after the state's official deadline. Many of the complaints liken Gore to President Clinton and his impeachment troubles. The Bush camp is appealing Florida's Supreme Court ruling to the US Supreme Court.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the latestdevelopments in the deadlocked presidential campaign. Last night's ruling bythe Florida Supreme Court that manual recounts could continue was seen as amajor boost for Vice President Al Gore's chances to become the 43rdPresident. But Gore's hopes took a downward turn today when the electioncanvassers of Miami-Dade County, the state's largest, announced they wouldabandon its recount because it could not meet the Sunday deadline.