* Jimmy’s Gaffe: Jimmy Breslin, Newsday’s Pulitzer...

* Jimmy’s Gaffe: Jimmy Breslin, Newsday’s Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, has apologized for his racist, profane remarks about Ji-Yeon Mary Yuh, a reporter who sent him a computer message calling his May 3 column sexist. But even the apology displeased Helen Zia, head of the New York chapter of the Asian-American Journalists Assn., which, with the Coalition Against Anti-Asian Violence and the Organization of Asian Women, has demanded that Breslin quit or be fired and that he publicly apologize to Yuh. His insults to her included calling the Korean-American colleague “a yellow cur.” Breslin’s paper reprimanded him for his remarks but a spokeswoman said Sunday no further action is planned.

* No History: The Kennedy Clan has resisted a bid by the Palm Beach Landmarks Commission to grant historical status to its $3-million oceanfront estate, where President John F. Kennedy selected his Cabinet. The resistance to the designation perplexed preservationists. A Kennedy attorney had told the commission without explanation the family would not accept the designation, under which historic homes must receive official approval for alteration.

* Jimmy’s Prize: Former President Jimmy Carter has won the 1990 Philadelphia Liberty Medal, which carries a $100,000 prize. Carter was cited Monday “for his active involvement during the past few years in issues of liberty around the globe and his exemplary use of the post-presidential period.” Since leaving office, Carter has mediated international disputes, acted as neutral observer in Latin American elections and worked as a carpenter for a nonprofit group.

* Call Him Doogie: Balamurati Krishna Ambati, a 12-year-old who who mastered calculus at age 4, hopes to graduate from medical school before he’s 18. He’s already a third-year premed student at New York University. Bala, as he is known, has never seen “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” a TV program about a teen-aged doctor; Bala prefers to watch the news.