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the arguments are done, the arguments that may well decide the presidency .
while both sides presented their oral arguments, protesters on the courthouse steps lot let their voices be heard.
attorneys on the republican side argued that florida's certified results, giving bush the win, should stand.
they also said the democrats are putting too broad an interpretation on determining the intent of the voters, based on the look of the ballots .
but justices scalia and souter questioned the bush team's own standardses on that issue.
are you saying here that their interpretation was so far unreasonable in defining legal vote as not to be a judicial act entitled in effect to the presumption of reasonable interpretation under article 2? gore's team has said the vice president will end his contest of florida's election if the court rules against him.
his attorneys did all they could to convince the justices that the recount is both legal and right.
justice anthony kennedy questions gore's counsel closely on whether florida's supreme court went too far .
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  here's a review of the latest developments in the disputed florida presidential election.
oral arguments before the u.s. supreme court have concluded.
on tuesday, they are expected to determine the states presidential electors.
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  california's strained power grid is getting a boost today which might help increasingly taxed power supplies.
a unit at diablo canyon nuclear plant is expected to resume production today.
meanwhile, a cold snap in the pacific northwest is putting an added strain on power supplies.
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 an appeals court in chile has thrown out the charges that led to the arrest of former military ruler augusto pinochet.
pinochet returned to chile from britain last march after british judges ruled he was physically and mentally unfit to stand trial.
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  florida's weather looks good for the return of space shuttle endeavour.
the shuttle is scheduled to land at the kennedy space center just after p.m. eastern.
endeavour is returning from an 11 day mission to the international space station to install a pair of solar wings.
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the retailer says it expects its profit to be below expectations.
it sees sluggish growth in its next fiscal year .
lands' end says it expects earnings next fiscal year to be below forecast .
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 after turning virginia into a contender in 19 years as its football coach, george welsh has retired .
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the grinch stole the box office for a fourth straight weekend .
new release vertical limit finished second at the box office.
proof of life brought in $10.4 million.
unbreakable and dungeons and dragons completed the top five.
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some french butchers are giving away meat in an attempt to regain public confidence in their products.
 a bevy of butchers ferry steaming platters of barbecued beef to crowds in a central paris park. it's sane cow day in paris, according to the 200 butchers who organized the free cookout.
they're hoping locals will cast aside mounting fears in france over bse, the deadly brain wasting disease in cattle, and its human equivalent, variant creutzfeldt jakob disease.
 france's agriculture ministry announced four new cases of bse in cattle last friday, bringing this year's total to over 120 cases, more than four times the figure for 1999.
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as deadlines loom for electors to be selected in florida, the attention of the nation is focused on washington and the decision still pending from the nine justices of the u.s. supreme court.
as usual, there's no indication when the high court will issue its ruling, but with the presidency at stake and time running out, many expect a quick decision.
lawyers for governor george w. bush want the court to strike down a florida supreme court decision that allowed manual recounts of disputed ballots across the state.
if the court decides to stop the recounts, the vice president is effectively out of options and may have to concede the election.
 meanwhile, the republican controlled florida house of representatives is likely to vote tuesday on a resolution approving its own slate of electors to the electoral college, one that will be pledged to governor bush.
the state justices are being asked to overturn lower court rulings that allow up to 25,000 absentee ballots be included in the state count, those ballots from seminole and martin counties .
tuesday is also the day states certify their election results, and the slates of electors who will meet and cost ballots when the electoral college meets on the electors can be certified after tuesday, but they'll be open to challenge by the congress if the election is still in dispute.
normally, the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state wins the vote of the electors, though some states let electors vote their conscience.
  as the electoral count currently stands, gore has 267, bush, 246.
that means the candidate who wins florida's 25 electoral votes will gain enough to become president.
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 people across the midwest are bundling up as chilly weather blasts the area after yesterday's record snowfalls.
cleanup at chicago's airports got under way this morning.
some parts of texas saw the chilliest conditions in years yesterday, below zero windchill factors and the possibility of winter storms exist in the plains.
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the u.s. department of health and human services says there are now close to 7,000 open pharmacist positions.
that number is expected to grow.
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the marine corps is grounding its remaining mv 22 osprey tilt rotor aircraft .
the craft that can fly like a helicopter or a plane.
it's the second crash involving the plane this year.
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bob glascoff has his story in today's edition of headliners.
 in december of 1997, the international terrorist known as carlos the jackal goes on trial in paris for murder .
the jackal gained international notoriety during the cold war for staging a string of deadly bombings, assassinations and hostage seizures. he was linked to the assassination of israeli athletes during the 1972 munich olympics, the 1975 seizure of opec ministers in vienna and the 1976 hijacking of an air france jet to uganda.
ilich ramirez sanchez was captured in sudan by french agents in 1994. he was taken to paris to stand trial for the 1975 murder of two investigators and a lebanese national .
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  checking top stories    no word from the supreme court on when the justices might issue their critical ruling on the presidential election.
president clinton is in ireland, hoping to convince protestants and catholics to resume peace efforts in northern ireland.
and the weather is clearing in the midwest, but there is still plenty of snow clogging highways and snarling air travel.
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finally, the rangers' petr nedved has been suspended for three games, and will not play tonight, thursday, or friday, for high sticking joe thornton of the bruins last week.