Notebook

By Melissa August, Harriet Barovick, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Tam Gray, Jeffrey Kluger, Daniel Levy, Lina Lofaro, Desa Philadelphia and Chris Taylor

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

AL GORE Tin man cuts smart nuke ad, finally gets AFL-CIO nod. Now all he needs is a heart

MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES French medical group nabs Nobel. Thank goodness no HMOs in Kosovo

ALAN ALDA Stat! M*A*S*H doc checks into ER. Scrubs always suited him better than Woody Allen flicks

[& LOSERS]

BILL CLINTON Lame-duck prez loses test-ban vote. But issue could nuke G.O.P.--and W.--next year

STOCK MARKET October blues sends market down. Did we really think Yahoo was worth more than Texaco?

KEN STARR Independent counsel finally quits job. Well, even Javert eventually packed it in