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Quick Fix 6 — 1/17/06

1. APhoto Fix: In a file photo Ruth Gallaid, from Eugene, Or., shows support for physician assisted suicide in front of the Supreme Court Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, in Washington. The Supreme Court this morning upheld Oregon's one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die. See Top of the News Fix. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

2. Cartoon Fix: Mike Lane (GOP scandals), RJ Matson (House majority leader), and Henry Payne (Got MLK?).

3. Humor Fix: David Letterman's "Top Ten Reasons Saddam Hussein's Top Judge Resigned" 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: Supreme Court upholds Oregon suicide law here, California executes oldest Death Row inmate here, ACLU sues to stop domestic spying program here, 4 Golden Globes for "Brokeback Mountain" here, and Girlfriend of Minnesota "vampire" candidate fired here.

6. Opinion Fix: Andrew Sullivan/Time (We don't need new King George), Christopher Hitchens/Slate (Curtains for al Qaeda), Rep. John Bohner/Wall Street Journal (House R's need low-pork diet), Phyllis Schlafly/Townhall (Why Johnny isn't going to college), and Brendan Miniter/Wall Street Journal (R's long for a new Reagan).



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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.