Notebook

By Melissa August, Amanda Bower, Matthew Cooper, Steven Frank, Macabe Keliher, Ling Minhua, Ellin Martens, Michele Orecklin, Julie Rawe, Sora Song, Josh Tyrangiel

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

DAVID BOIES Slays Microsoft, aids Napster and defends Gore with plainspoken ways. Not bad for one year

CABLE NEWS CHANNELS Getting better ratings than O.J. in a plane crash at Monica's house. Must it end?

BRANDON SLAY Wrestler grabs late Olympic gold after opponent blows drug test. Ceremony at 4 a.m.

[& LOSERS]

TERRY LEWIS Low-key judge almost decides future of the country. Curse those meddling supremes!

JEB BUSH Get involved, and suspicions rise. Stay out, and Dubya may lose. Aren't political dynasties fun?

AUNG SAN SUU KYI First, police. Now, family. Myanmar Nobelist sued by half brother over home