Hall of Fame
Mandy Patinkin ($3,211)
Howard Hesseman ($4,375)
Amber Tamblyn ($4,300)
Robert Scheer ($2,500)
John Legend ($5,600)
Ivan Boesky ($105,950)
Elmore Leonard ($4,200)
Pat O'Brien ($3,000)
Kevin Johnson ($13,400)
Brian De Palma ($2,000)
Gretchen Wilson ($2,300)
Vera Wang ($37,120)
Ellen DeGeneres ($3,000)
John Thompson III ($4,600)
Mavis Leno ($4,300)
Ivana Trump ($10,000)
Ben Stein ($69,150)
Herbie Hancock ($9,560)
Diedrich Bader ($3,000)
Jane Smiley ($13,725)
Dave Checketts ($86,900)
Patricia Arquette ($22,800)
Adam Sandler ($2,100)
Laura San Giacomo ($1,500)
John W Henry ($1,105,750)
Stockard Channing ($10,000)
Les Kinsolving ($650)
Penny Marshall ($29,258)
Tim Gunn ($1,000)
Felicity Huffman ($7,750)
Hugh Hefner ($132,000)
Katey Sagal ($1,000)
Sofia Coppola ($3,250)
Jill Clayburgh ($2,500)
Anne Heche ($1,000)
James Brolin ($3,737)
Bill Cunningham ($10,550)
Rose McGowan ($800)
Roger Ailes ($6,750)
Lorenzo Lamas ($1,450)
Tammy Bruce ($12,950)
Mary Higgins Clark ($61,900)
Forest Whitaker ($7,100)
Al Pacino ($4,000)
Clint Eastwood ($4,750)
Téa Leoni ($1,250)
James L Brooks ($329,280)
Jeffrey Lurie ($68,300)
Diane von Furstenberg ($188,000)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck ($1,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Billionaires
J Joe Ricketts (bio ) Ameritrade founder; Chicago Cubs owner
NEWS MEAT
441
Election Picks: 4 wins, 1 loss
$14,100 Republican $115,000 special interest total: $129,100
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Ricketts, J. Joe Mr. 68127 Adrian Smith (R) - $2,000 primary 08/18/09 RICKETTS, J JOSEPH 82922 JOHANNS, MICHAEL O (R)Won $2,300 general 06/19/08 Ricketts, J. Joe 68132 Lee Terry (R)Won $2,000 primary 03/31/08 Ricketts, J. Joe 68132 Lee Terry (R) - $-2,000 primary 03/31/08 RICKETTS, J J 82922 JOHANNS, MICHAEL O (R)Won $2,300 primary 10/09/07 Ricketts, J. Joe 68132 Lee Terry (R)Won $2,300 primary 09/29/07 RICKETTS, J JOE 68127 - $100,000 primary 11/15/06 Ricketts, J. Joe 68132 Lee Terry (R)Won $2,100 general 07/18/06 RICKETTS, J JOE 68132 Don Stenberg (R)Lost $2,100 primary 06/30/06 Ricketts, J. Joe Mr. 68127 - $5,000 primary 03/12/03 Ricketts, J. Joe Mr. 68127 - $5,000 primary 10/31/02 Ricketts, J. Joe Mr. 68127 - $5,000 primary 09/07/01 RICKETTS, J JOE 68102 - $500 primary 02/04/88 RICKETTS, J JOE 68124 LIGHTFOOT, JIM ROSS (R)Won $500 primary 02/25/87 Receive an alert every time new records are added to J Joe Ricketts's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/23/09 — 17,210,953 records
NEWSMAKERS
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,443
2,971
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
650
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
891
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 23, 2009
NEWSMEAT HALL OF FAME
individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons) Billionaires Sports Stars Media Business Executives Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/23/09
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