Quick Fix 6 — 1/5/06

1. APhoto Fix: Saudi emergency personnel attend the scene of a hotel collapse in Mecca Saudi Arabia in this image taken from TV Thursday. The five-story hotel at a gate to the Grand Mosque in Islam’s holiest city collapsed into a pile of rubble Thursday as millions of Muslims converged on the city for the annual hajj pilgrimage here .

2. Cartoon Fix: Henry Payne ( Baghdad Dreamin’ ), Rob Rogers ( Dubya’s resolutions ), and Brian Fairrington ( No pension for you ).

3. Humor Fix: David Letterman’s “Top Ten Questions to Ask Yourself Before Getting Free Surgery” 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: 120 Iraqis, 7 US soldiers die in suicide attacks here , Study: Teen girls lack facts about most STDs here , Female teacher has sex with boy, 12, here , Microsoft blocks Chinese dissident’s blog here , and Maryland county to buy Uncle Tom’s cabin here .

6. Opinion Fix: Andrew C. McCarthy /National Review ( Playing “Gotcha” with the war ), Chuck Colson /BreakPoint ( Are Christians “Boobs”? ), Robert Novak /Inside Report ( Demos’ “Nancy” problem ), Michael Reagan/NewsMax ( Abramoff will tell all ), and Dick Morris /New York Daily News ( How Demos saved Bush ).