Notebook

By Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Rachel Dry, Julie Grace, Ellin Martens, Benjamin Nugent, Michele Orecklin, Julie Rawe, Amanda Ripley, Josh Tyrangiel

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

BARRY MCCAFFREY Clinton's top narc reports teen drug use down 21% in past two years. Let's all drink to that

DENNIS HASTERT Speaker budges on minimum wage. We now return him to his regularly scheduled anonymity

NELLY Rapper's Country Grammar tops charts 4 weeks straight. (Attn. parents: Nelly's a guy)

[& LOSERS]

MASATOSHI ONO Bridgestone/Firestone CEO faces serious legal, labor troubles. At least Nader is preoccupied

DICK CHENEY Agrees to forgo $3.5 mil in stock options if elected. If not, helluva consolation prize

MARK JAKOB Nabbed for fake press release that nuked Emulex stock. The tech firm bounced back