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In Florida today twenty-five electoral votes were cast by twenty-five people pledged to George W. Bush. Florida's electors met at the state Senate chamber in Tallahassee... with the president-elect's brother presiding:

NPR's Mike Shuster profiles Condoleezza Rice, the Stanford professor and foreign policy analyst who President-elect George W. Bush has named as his National Security Adviser. Rice was a Russian specialist in Bush's father's national security council. She also has been his foreign policy tutor throughout the campaign.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Bujanovac, in southern Serbia, where ethnic Albanian militants have been waging an insurgency. Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica is demanding that the United Nations and NATO peacekeepers stop the insurgents from crossing from Kosovo into the buffer zone along the border with Serbia proper. At the same time, Kostunica has taken steps to improve relations with the majority ethnic Albanian population in the Presevo Valley. The U.N. Security Council meets tomorrow to discuss the issue.

Noah talks with Dan Roth, who's a senior editor at Fortune Magazine about why the magazine voted The Container Store the best company to work for. It's the second year in a row the magazine has done so.

Internet toy seller E-Toys was supposed to be one of the e-commerce companies with a shot at becoming a retail powerhouse. It had a top-rated Web site, a vast selection of high-end toys and excellent customer service. But as NPR's Elaine Korry reports, E-Toys is having a miserable holiday season. Sales are running way below expectations, cash is running short, and the company is unlikely to survive without a merger or a major sell-off of assets.

The Web is disproving the notion that the larger the project, the more managers, or "layers of control" are needed. Instead people are able to publish a newsletter, a book, start a company, even send mail, without having to get some sort of permission first. Commentator David Weinberger says this will ultimately change the way we think about authority.

Lisa talks with social critic Wendy Kaminer about the use of the prayer and the name of god in this week's speeches by President elect George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that weather won't be the only cause for delays at the nation's airports over the busy holiday season. Labor disputes at many airlines threaten to hinder travel for the 39 million people scheduled to fly between now and New Years Day.

Host Lisa Simeone visits the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona where a new exhibit chronicles the history of Indian Boarding Schools. Starting in 1878 thousands of Indian children were sent, often by force, to boarding schools, in the hope the the schools would teach the children to 'be American.' Lisa talks with Margaret Archuletta, the curator of the exhibit, along with Brenda Child, historical advisor to the exhibit and author of the book, Boarding School School Seasons.

Commentator Rich Galen is pleased that the Presidential election finally has been decided. He says things could have gotten a whole lot messier if the election dispute had played out much longer.