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Quick Fix 6 (5/19/05)

APhoto Fix: Appearing before the House Government Reform Committee today, are (from left) National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, NBA Vice President Richard Buchanan, National Basketball Players Association Executive Director William Hunter, Houston Rockets Vice President Keith Jones and Washington Wizards player Juan Dixon. See Top of the News Fix.

"With more than 58,000 respondents in the unscientific survey, 60 percent of AOL users said Newsweek deserves more criticism than CBS, which used phony documents to put President Bush's National Guard service in a negative light," according to WorldNetDaily, here.

1. Political 'Toon Fix: Paul Nowak (Newsweek), Wayne Stayskal (Army recruiting difficulties), and Sandy Huffaker (Media watchdogs).

2. Humor Fix: Yesterday, we had some fun with a mock Dubya poster with the "Star Wars" theme; now, let's flash back to the sequel in this ongoing series, with Bill and Monica featured in the lead roles, here.

3. My Way Fix: This Day in History here, Today's Birthdays here, and Positive Quote here.

4. Top of the News Fix: Evangelicals protest Bush commencement speech here, Congress may limit combat roles for women here, Sports steroid law planned next week here, Iraq calls on neighbors to stop insurgency here, and The Donald tries to trump Ground Zero plans here.

5. Misery Index Fix: Yeah, I know you're tired of taxes of all sorts, but compared to France, China and Belgium, we're doing very well in this country. Don't believe me, check out the latest misery index presented by Forbes.com here.

6. Opinion Fix: David Brooks/NY Times (Bashing Newsweek), Hugh Hewitt/Daily Standard (Old Media acting like royalty), Penny Nance/Kids First Coalition (Predators and pornography), Jeff Jacoby/Boston Globe (Why Islam is disrespected), and Catherine Seipp/Cathy's World (Huffington's Toast).



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.