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Good morning to all. Those are great photos for Christmas greetings. Nothing cuter than a Scottie in the snow! I'm happy to report that my mother's tongue biopsy came back OK - just a suspicious-looking ulcer. She thanks you for your prayers.

E, your comments about med mal ins also reflect the situation in my state, where Ob-Gyns, neurosurgeons and others have left in droves. Of course, our state is medical malpractice lawsuit heaven. All the neurosurgeons left Wheeling, W.Va., a few years back and we in were the same boat as Decatur - having to go to Pittsburgh or Morgantown for such medical services. Since then, a Pgh. group sends a guy down a couple of days a week, but the local hospitals still report losing money because of the puny medicare reimbursements (of course, with an elderly and poor population, a lot of the patients here are on Medicare or Medicaid).

In other news, Cindy Adams reports Michael Jackson is looking for a new lawyer, though Mark Geragos will deny it. There were stories yesterday that Johnnie Cochran was going to take the Pervert's case, but that rumor and the one about Jacko joining Calypso Louie's Nation of Islami-loonies are shot down in this Daily News story.