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Quick Fix 6 — 10/17/05

1. APhoto Fix: An Iraqi man reads a paper carrying a picture of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on its front page in Baghdad earlier today. Saddam Hussein's trial will start Wednesday.

2. Cartoon Fix: Larry Wright (Golden parachutes), Jeff Stahler (Addictive blogosphere), and Bill Schorr (Harriet Miers).

3. Humor Fix: Political Humor offers two quizzes, one featuring stupid quotes by Liberals here and one featuring stupid quotes by conservatives 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: 16,137 murders, 94,635 rapes in 2004 here, Ex-SNL member commits suicide here, White House to relaunch Miers' nomination here, Constitution headed for win in Iraq here, and Hillary follows red carpet to Hollywood here.

6. Opinion Fix: Rush Limbaugh/Wall Street Journal (A "crackdown" over Miers), Ruth Ann Dailey/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Don't use war dead for political gain), George Packer/New Yorker (Can Democrats seize the moment?), Kathryn Jean Lopez/National Review (Schwartzenegger has a dad reaction), and Jeff Jacoby/Townhall (Norway's Nobel agenda).



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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.