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Commentator Frank Deford offers his advice to golfer Suzy Whaley, the first woman to qualify for a PGA Tour event.

President Bush could be forgiven for basking in the glory of yesterday's election today, but if he did so, he did it in private. No public events were scheduled and the president made phone calls to Republican winners and even to some Democrats. His press secretary said it was time to talk about working together to advance the agenda in the new Congress. NPR's Don Gonyea reports on a quiet but contented day at the White House.

NPR's Greg Allen reports on a slice of French history in the small Missouri town called Old Mines. This weekend, historic wax cylinder recordings made in the 1930s documenting the French ancestry of the town are being returned to the place where they were recorded.

Jon Miller reports on the fledgling ginseng crop in New York State. Ginseng's not easy to grow, but producers say it enables them to preserve the plant's woodland habitat while making a good living.

Writer Michael Chabon's followup to his Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, is a children's fantasy called Summerland He tells host Liane Hansen it's a book he has wanted to write since he was 11 years old.

Host Liane Hansen talks with Jack Hermansen, whose company, Language Analysis Systems, has created a tool that helps law-enforcement officials and corporations track difficult-to-spell foreign names. The Name Reference Library was used by Immigration and Naturalization Service agents to reconstruct the movements of the 9/11 hijackers in Florida.

Host Liane Hansen reads from listener comments.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Betty Serow (pronounced like "zero") from Tallahassee, Fla. She listens to member stations WFSU and WFSQ in Tallahassee.)

Arab League foreign ministers gathered in Cairo indicate that Iraq is likely to accept the terms of the U.N. resolution calling for disarmament. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

NPR's Liane Hansen talks with soprano Renee Fleming about her new CD Bel Canto, which includes scenes from an opera she's performing at the Met, Il Pirata (The Pirate) by Vincenzo Bellini.