Notebook

By Daniel Eisenberg, Tam Gray, Glenn Kaplan, Declan McCullagh, Jodie Morse, Michele Orecklin, Alain Sanders, Susan Veitch

WINNERS & LOSERS

BLONDS HAVE MORE WON

[WINNERS]

DR. LAURA SCHLESSINGER Love guru quits big TV deal because of CBS's ties to Howard Stern. Morality in media? Egad!

TARA LIPINSKI Skater turns pro for the best of reasons: "I don't want to be 21 and not know my dad"

MARY BONO Bests Pa Walton for the Palm Springs seat in Congress

[& LOSERS]

QUENTIN TARANTINO Bad boy actor-director is shish kebabbed by Broadway critics for his thug role in Wait Until Dark

WAYWARD WIZARDS Chris Webber and Juwan Howard investigated; this pair needs more focus, fewer fouls

NORMA HOLLOWAY JOHNSON Exec-privilege judge insists on keeping hearings closed. Why?