Monday, Jan. 24, 2000

Notebook

By Melissa August, M.M. Buechner, Helen Gibson, Tam Gray, Daniel Levy, Michele Orecklin, Desa Philadelphia, Flora Tartakovsky and Josh Tyrangiel

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

HILLARY CLINTON Charms Letterman, New Yorkers on Late Show. But given Bill's past, best to avoid Springer

STEVE CASE AOL titan joins forces with Time Warner. Ah, about that Bezos Person of the Year thing...

MICHAEL JORDAN Report: His Airness may go to front office. "Sir, could you help with this light bulb?"

[& LOSERS]

SEAN ("PUFFY") COMBS Indicted on gun charge. A couple of weeks on Rikers, and we'll see how tough this rapper is

ROSA RODRIGUEZ Fla. judge in Elian Gonzalez struggle fails to disclose possible conflict of interest. !Ay, caramba!

ANDREW HEYWARD CBS News prez defends using phony digital images. Next time, touch up Andy Rooney