Notebook

By Val Castronovo, Chen Dan, Daniel S. Levy, Ellin Martens, Julie Rawe, Chris Taylor and Josh Tyrangiel

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Civil rights leader to get monument on the Tidal Basin. If only he can get a day off in South Carolina

RUSSIAN PETS Duma prohibits eating "animal companions." Sure, they can send them into space...

TEENAGE BOYS Alyssa Milano files for divorce. Danny Pintauro doesn't seem to care

[& LOSERS]

NASA'S MARS LANDER Phone home! Second probe in less than three months goes AWOL. Will funding vanish too?

NEWT GINGRICH Republican revolution architect snubbed by fifth-year anniversary party. More nachos for Hastert

EARTH Arctic sea ice shrinking at 14,000 sq. mi. a year. Next Hamptons? Denver