1. APhoto Fix: Prices at a Citgo Gas Station in Smithtown, N.Y., start at $3.29 for regular unleaded this morning. Crude oil prices dropped Wednesday after the U.S. government's decision to make petroleum available from its strategic reserve.

2. Cartoon Fix: Bob Nowak (Abortion study), Chuck Asay (Indian mascots), and Gary Varvel (College costs).

3. Humor Fix: David Letterman's "Top Ten Things I Have Learned in My 12 Years at the Late Show" 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: Governor: Everyone must leave New Orleans here, 695 dead in Iraq bridge stampede here, Study: No link between cell phones, cancer here, Chicao mayor apologizes for corruption here, and Report shows how terrorists exploited immigration laws here.

6. Opinion Fix: Andrew McCarthy/National Review (Public abandoning Iraq war?), Kathleen Parker/Orlando Sentinel (Crawford theater of the absurd), John Stossel/Townhall (Half-baked science), Walter Williams/Townhall (Gasoline prices), and Cal Thomas/Tribune Media Services (Political preachers deliver misleading message).

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