1. APhoto Fix: Dick Clark will co-host the 34th edition of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" live from New York's Times Square on Dec. 31. Clark, 75, has been recovering at his Malibu home from a Dec. 6 stroke here. (Clark is shown above preparing to ring in the millenium five-plus years ago.)

2. Cartoon Fix: Robert Airial (The Nukes of Hazzard), Paul Nowak (Hillary Clinton), and Wayne Stayskal (Gas prices).

3. Humor Fix: David Letterman's "Top Ten Signs You Have A Bad Travel Agent" here.

4. My Way Fix: This Day in History here, Today's Birthdays here, and Word of the Day here.

5. Top of the News Fix: Israel begins withdrawal from Gaza strip here, Iraqis delay constitutional session here, Nationwide gas prices set another record here, Iran's new defense minister tied to U.S. Marine bomging here, and Pope says crucifixes in public buildings important here.

6. Opinion Fix: Shimon Peres/Times of London (Why Gaza matters), Debra Saunders/SF Chronicle (Cops held to impossible standards), David Francis/Christian Science Monitor (Greenspan's legacy), Nat Hentoff/Washington Times (Selective diversity in higher education), and John Leo/US News & World Report (Goodbye, Peter Jennings).

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