Quick Fix 6 — 11/4/05

1. APhoto Fix: Defending New York City Marathon champion Hendrick Ramaala of South Africa, is interviewed after a press conference in New York, today. Each of the record 37,500-plus runners in Sunday’s New York City Marathon has a simple goal: finish the grueling race through the Big Apple’s five boroughs.

2. Cartoon Fix: Gary Varvel ( Demos & Rove ), Ed Stein ( Dubya & Far Right ), and Jeff Stahler ( Abercrombie & Fitch ).

3. Humor Fix: David Letterman’s “Top Ten Ways CBS News Can Attract Younger Viewers” 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: Teens call for boycott of Abercrombie & Fitch here , Alito hearing to begin Jan. 9 here , Las Vegas mayor: Sever thumbs of graffiti artists here , Muhammad Ali has months to live? here , and Limbaugh tries to stop leaks in drug case here .

6. Opinion Fix: Michael Kinsley /Slate ( How conservative is “too conservative”? ), Frank Devine /The Australian ( Naysayers fail to hijack Iraq triumph ), Brent Bozell /Media Research Center ( Hollywood still leery of religion ), Frederica Mathewes-Green /National Review ( “Chicken Little” is scary ), and Nick Schulz /Forbes ( Don’t fear Google ).