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A new post-election poll finds that people regard the overall election campaign in a favorable light, and that more Republicans than Democrats were satisfied with the candidates. Robert Siegel talks to Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

The term "Pro-Government Conservatives" is a new grouping in the Pew Research Center's typology of voters. The group tends to live south of the Mason Dixon line, religion is important to them, and many of the women work. Family and finances are big concerns for them.

British forces capture an Iraqi general in the southern city of Basra. A spokesperson says the general is the highest-ranking Iraqi prisoner of war thus far. Meanwhile, U.S.-led warplanes strike facilities in Baghdad, including a presidential palace, a military intelligence complex and the barracks of a paramilitary training center. Hear NPR News.

New York City Police Officer Daniel Rodriguez is known to millions of people as the police officer that sang "God Bless America" at a World Trade Center memorial service after the 2001 terrorist attacks. He discusses his decision to leave the police force to return to his first love, music. Hear Rodriguez and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The new action-adventure film Van Helsing centers on the venerable doctor, an expert on vampires who masterminded the counterattack on Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel about the blood-sucking count. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has a review.

Albert Barnes was a masterful art collector who founded a school centered on his priceless art collection. Now the financially troubled Philadelphia foundation that manages the school wants to break with its founder's wishes and move the collection to gallery row in downtown Philly. Joel Rose reports.

We remember actor, producer, author and comedian Alan King, who died Sunday. He was 76. King died in Manhattan's Sloan-Kettering Medical Center of lung cancer. He was known for his wry observations on suburbia and life at large.

NPR's Mara Liasson reviews Bill Clinton's book, My Life. While the 900-plus pages deal with nearly every aspect of the former president's life and career, much of the interest in the book has centered on his relationship with Monica Lewinsky and the role of Kenneth Starr and Clinton's impeachment troubles.

After a day's journey, the casket of President Ronald Wilson Reagan arrives on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. An official ceremony will mark the start of a period when Reagan's body will lie in state in the Rotunda, in the building's center. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

More than 35 people are killed and dozens more are wounded in a car bomb attack on a recruiting center for Iraq's security forces in Baghdad. The blast, which occurred during the morning rush hour, destroyed nearby cars and damaged buildings. Hear NPR's David Sweeney.