Hump Day Quick Fix 6 — 8/31/05

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 ).