Winners & Losers

WINNERS

JIM CARREY

His very, very zany Ace Ventura is an unlikely box-office No.1

SENATOR KAY HUTCHISON

Legal wrangling over evidence leads to ethics-charge acquittal

DANIEL N. HELLER

Miami lawyer wins $500,000 IRS harassment "apology"

LOSERS

JOHN SCULLEY

Blue-chip executive quits new job, alleging he was suckered

KATHLEEN BATTLE

The Met fires the temperamental soprano for being diva-like

THE U.S. AND JAPAN

Clinton and Hosokawa spar publicly as summit trade talks crash