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NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the re-examination of the presidential election that kept the country on edge for five weeks. A number of news organizations and one research firm have come together to try to find order in the chaos that was the 2000 election. However, all of the parties involved insist that this is NOT a recount.

Ivan Watson reports on the worsening conflict along Guinea's borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone. Hundreds of thousands of civilian refugees are caught in the crossfire.

NPR's Economic Correspondent John Ydstie examines the current state of the U.S. economy. Even after two interest rate cuts by the fed, some indicators continue to point toward further problems for the economy. But not all the news is bad. More jobs were created last month than expected. And now some leading economists, including Alan Greenspan, are projecting the economy will grow, albeit modestly, this year.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on Marc Rich's lawyer, Jack Quinn. There have been several raised eyebrows over Quinn's choice of attorney as he faces Senate hearings over the pardon of Marc Rich.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Republican political consultant Greg Mueller about the mood of the Republican party now that President George Bush has served almost a full month in office.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about the U.S. Navy's investigation into the recent submarine collision off the coast of Hawaii. Yesterday, the Navy and Coast Guard called off rescue operations for the nine missing passengers from the Japanese fishing trawler that sunk following the accident.

Commentator Daniel Ferri -- a sixth grade teacher -- is a novice to technology. He tried his first attempt at e-mail on a school computer. It was a very scary experience.

The Philadelphia Orchestra today performed a work composed by a 10-year-old. Jasmine Hernandez, a fifth-grader at Potter Thomas Elementary School in north Philadelphia, wrote Nature Brings as part of a competition. She talks to Linda Wertheimer about the piece.

NPR's Debbie Elliott examines how one of Alabama's largest school districts is coping with statewide budget cuts in education. Low property taxes and falling sales tax revenues have left students and parents struggling to preserve funding for extracurricular activities.

NPR's Larry Abramson takes a look at the new technology of self-healing plastics. The technique involves filling plastic with microscopic liquid bubbles that break open to fill in the tiny cracks that occur in plastic under impact or stress. The "healed plastic" retains most of the strength found in the original. Soon, this new type of plastic may be used in products ranging from aircraft wings to the doors of your car.