Notebook

By Kathleen Adams, Val Castronovo, Randy Hartwell, Joel Stein, Ellin Martens, Joseph Pierro, Sora Song and Josh Tyrangiel

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY Finance Com chair and Iowa gent-farmer harvests enough votes to overhaul bankruptcy laws

JIMMY CARTER Ex-Prez invited by Sec'y of State Powell to talk Africa--after enduring Clinton's cold shoulder

BILL O'REILLY New contract means Fox vox populi, who kings King (Larry) in ratings, is closing $$ divide

[& LOSERS]

CHRISTIE WHITMAN EPA chief reads Boss Dubya's lips: No new toxins. Then Prez smokes her by okaying CO2 emissions

JAMAL (SHYNE) BARROW Puffy Combs' hip-hop protege found guilty in club shooting while Puff walks

KANGAROOS With disease afoot, marsupial-meat sales leap 20%. Tastes like chicken--with a kick