1.   And after initially voting against manual recounts, the canvassing boards in Broward and Miami-Dade counties have agreed to go forward with full countywide recounts.

2.   An hour later, he had ruled to allow the Palm Beach County canvassing board to proceed with its manual recount.

3.   Analysis showed that machine counts were the least reliable despite Republican claims to the contrary in their successful effort to stymie manual recounts.

4.   And both of those things would have to happen in time for manual recounts to be carried out which may or may not yield large numbers of Gore votes.

5.   And county officials, who had asserted all along that they would complete this unprecedented manual recount on time, for the first time expressed doubts.

6.   And the federal appeals court agreed Wednesday to hear Republican requests to declare the manual recounts unconstitutional.

7.   And they want the complete results of the Palm Beach manual recount certified.

8.   As officials in two South Florida counties raced against a deadline to conclude manual recounts, Vice President Al Gore pulled closer Saturday to Texas Gov. George W. Bush.

9.   At issue for the high court is whether the Florida Supreme Court properly ordered manual recounts of some votes throughout the state.

10.   At midday, a federal judge in Miami denied as unconstitutional a Republican request for an injunction to block the manual recounts.