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NPR's Linda Gradstein reports Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is pushing ahead with talks to lure hard-line Israeli politician Ariel Sharon into a national emergency government. The Israeli public seems behind the idea as a way to bring stability back into Israeli life, but the union could spell the end of the peace process.

Kate Seelye in Beirut reports that the mounting Palestinian death toll in the West Bank and Gaza has sparked angry demonstrations in many parts of the Arab world. Arabs seem increasingly disillusioned with the peace process.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on Israel's settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. The settlements were a key issue at last summer's Camp David peace summit, and one of the major reasons for the summit's failure. The settlements have continued to grow since the Oslo peace process began in 1993. There are now an estimated 200-thousand Israelis living in the occupied territories, and the cost of defending them in the midst of the Palestinian uprising has prompted fresh debate in Israel about the wisdom of retaining the settlements.

NPR Film Critic Bob Mondello notes that six of the twenty-four major motion pictures being released this holiday season are about artists and the creative process.

Fully three days after the presidential election, its outcome remains uncertain. Both campaigns are upping the stakes. Republicans are pointedly accusing the Democrat Al Gore of dragging the process through "endless" legal challenges, while the Democrats charge Republican George Bush of attempting to thwart the will of the people. None of this will make the job of governing easy. NPR's national political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold takes stock of today's harsh rhetoric and what it may mean for whoever ultimately wins the White House.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports from Democratic party headquarters in Palm Beach County, Florida, where voters are coming in to sign affidavits calling for an inquiry into the voting process in the County. Many voters say the ballot was so confusing that they believe that they may have mistakenly cast votes for Patrick Buchanan instead of Al Gore. They say the returns from Palm Beach County should be considered erroneous.

With some Republicans indicating they could ask for recounts in states Gore won narrowly, state officials in Wisconsin and Iowa are warning about how long that could take. NPR's David Welna has been talking with state elections commissioners who say if ballots in Wisconsin and Iowa are recounted, the process could stretch into next month.

Does social media use harm children? That's one question senators will be asking executives from YouTube, Snap and TikTok at Tuesday's hearing on Capitol Hill.

High school students went to the polls yesterday. Over 40,000 teenagers across the country cast their ballots for president as a part of Kid V-O-T-E-S -- a mock election designed to get young people excited about the democratic process. For the last three elections, it's also proved to be an accurate predictor of which candidate their parents will chose the next Tuesday. NPR's Allison Freeland reports.

Want a chicken in every pot? Do you think Arbor Day should be a statewide bank holiday? Why not put it on the ballot? The NPR satire troupe Rewind (produced by KUOW in Seattle) spoofs the initiative process. (2:43

Robert talks with Warren Mitofsky, a consultant to CBS and CNN, and president of Mitofsky International, about the process of election exit polling, and what happened last night when the networks twice prematurely called the election in the state of Florida. Florida was first called for Gore, then later for Bush. But in both cases the race remained too close to call. Mitofsky was an early pioneer in exit polling, and founded Voter News Service, which is where most of the broadcast networks now get their exit polling data.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on the latest skirmishes -- both in the courts and in efforts to sway public opinion -- in the unresolved presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore. As he did last night, the Vice President insisted that the appeals process needs to go on because all the votes in Florida have not been counted. But the Bush camp called it "extraordinary" that the Democrats are trying to win in the courts what they couldn't win in the official certified vote tally.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on the continuing process of shifting from the Clinton administration to the Bush or Gore administration. At the White House today, current staff met to talk about they can do to prepare for the new president. Dick Cheney held a news conference about the transition he's planning on behalf of George W. Bush. Al Gore met with his aides in his vice presidential office in the White House complex.

Both the government and people of Syria are voicing strong support for the Palestinian uprising. They say it proves their long-held contention that the Oslo peace process could not succeed. Kate Seelye reports.

Florida health officials had stopped the arrangement, saying it violated a state law banning operators from contracting for services “directly related to the cultivation, processing and dispensing” of cannabis.

Several organizations are offering toolkits, legal advice and other resources for parents with a range of grievances against their local elected school boards.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the United States is making fresh efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian violence and revive the Middle East peace process. But Arab analysts say U-S influence in the region is waning because of Washington's pro-Israel bias.

The economy is malfunctioning. We're spending more and getting less. The problem is bigger than just standard inflation.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the Israeli-Palestinian violence continued today, even as Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak prepare for talks in Washington aimed at reviving the peace process. Officials on both sides see little hope for an early return to the negotiating table.

Noah talks to Ion Sancho, Supervisor of Elections in Leon County, and the treasurer for the Florida State Association of Elections Supervisors. Sancho is in charge of certifying ballots which have been challenged for his county. He talks about how the ballots will be recounted statewide.

NPR's David Molpus reports examines the legal wrangling surrounding Florida's vote recount. Both Democrats and Republicans are fighting over the legality and length of the recount, but both points could be moot. The state of Florida has set tomorrow as the deadline for all to be completed. And unless the courts order the state to change its deadline, the process may end before every vote is recounted.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem where Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak is moving towards forming a coalition with opposition leader Ariel Sharon, further threatening the peace process.

In part two of our story, Mom's Good Move, Peg Collison and her family sift through the contents of the house she has lived in for almost thirty years. Peg has decided to move to a retirement community and, as she says, she needs to "downsize" her belongings. In the process, she uncovers long lost tapes, letters and other treasures. The adult children come to help mom. They have to figure out who gets what and why. Collison's son Dan produced this story, for NPR's Changing Face of America series. Part one aired yesterday.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Spanish writer Edurne Portela and Tamara Muruetagoiena about the 10 year anniversary of peace in the Basque Country and coming to terms with a history of the conflict.