1. APhoto Fix: Proof of the rap group D12 ,attends the MTV Europe Music Awards in Rome, Nov. 18, 2004. The rapper was shot to death early today at a nightclub along Eight Mile Road in Detroit, a publicist said. The death of Proof — whose real name is Deshaun Holton — was confirmed by Dennis Dennehy, the publicist for D12’s label, Interscope Records here.(AP Photo/ Alessandra Tarantino)
2. Cartoon Fix: Robert Airial (Locating illegals), Monte Wolverton (White House leaks), and Paul Nowak (CBS News ratings).
3. Humor Fix: David Letterman’s “Top Ten Signs Things Are Nuts At The New York Post” here.
4. My Way Fix: This Day In History here, Today’s Birthdays here, Positive Quote here, and Word of the Day here.
5. Top of the News Fix: Poll: Bush 60% disapproval rating here, 29 indicted over Madrid bombings here, 2 CBS newsmen beaten in Caribbean hate crime here, Student expelled from Baptist college for being gay here, and 4 women beat Bingo winner to death over $1,000 jackpot here.
5. Opinion Fix: Mark Steyn/City Journal (Facing down Iran), Catherine Seipp/National Review (Not onboard with gay marriage), Charles Krauthammer/Time (Liberty, Equality, Mediocrity), Douglas Rowe/Townhall (Pondering fate of Sopranos’ gay mobster), and John Leo/US News & World Report (Gambling with America’s sweetheart).
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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