Quick Fix 6 — 11/3/05

1. Frederick Mike Humeston , 60 of Boise looks on from the front seat of his car, as he departs the courtroom building area in Atlantic City, N.J, earlier today. Merck & Co. won a major victory in the battle over its Vioxx painkiller Thursday when a New Jersey state jury found that the drugmaker properly warned consumers about the risks of the medication here .

2. Cartoon Fix: Henry Payne ( Judge Alito ), Monte Wolverton ( Libby indictment ), and Gary Varvel ( Avian flu “plan” ).

3. Humor Fix: of David Letterman’s “Top Ten Dumb Guy Tricks for Avoiding the Bird Flu” 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: Key al-Qaida figure reportedly captured here , Ex-Cheney aide pleads guilty here , Greenspan: Hurricanes haven’t derailed economy here , Gang of 14 Demos reach “comfort level” with Alito here , and Limbaugh blasts “bigots” at Milwaukee “Urinal” Sentinel here .

6. Opinion Fix: Dick Meyer /CBS News ( Secret Senate circus as metaphor ), Larry Elder /Townhall ( Leakgate: What about Wilson’s credibility? ), Andrew C. McCarthy /National Review ( Islam, democracy & assimilation ), Stanley Crouch /NY Daily News ( Where’s today’s Rosa Parks? ), Jeff Jacoby /Boston Globe ( News from Iraq not fit to print ), and Ann Coulter /Townhall ( Demos hide from base ).