Hall of Fame
Patton Oswalt ($225)
Lionel Richie ($7,800)
Richard Lewis ($6,000)
Ed Koch ($25,647)
Michael Chabon ($9,550)
Stephen Sondheim ($16,743)
Larry Gatlin ($12,490)
Billy Bob Thornton ($1,500)
Rider Strong ($2,500)
Sally Kirkland ($1,300)
John Williams ($10,500)
Robert 'Lute' Olson ($104,955)
Nick Saban ($250)
Lou Holtz ($12,100)
Vlade Divac ($10,000)
Elmore Leonard ($3,950)
Aretha Franklin ($2,000)
Thomas Schlamme ($61,175)
Tom Ford ($26,850)
Jim Nantz ($7,300)
Steve Brill ($51,300)
Teri Hatcher ($2,300)
Mark Brunell ($5,000)
Jeff Gordon ($4,300)
Gordie Howe ($1,000)
Anne Sweeney ($25,500)
Bill Pullman ($1,500)
Rita Wilson ($60,000)
Jane Seymour ($6,000)
Bert Blyleven ($250)
Randy Travis ($3,545)
Julius 'Dr. J' Erving ($2,300)
Gil Cates ($18,200)
Julie Taymor ($23,750)
David Westin ($9,000)
Ted Nugent ($1,500)
Dan Jenkins ($5,700)
Shannen Doherty ($240)
Harold Ramis ($26,250)
Murray Waas ($250)
Abigail Van Buren ($70,438)
Lanny Wadkins ($1,300)
Matt Damon ($87,300)
Matt Groening ($49,650)
Jerome Bettis ($9,300)
Bobby Bowden ($15,500)
Diane von Furstenberg ($93,800)
Byron Scott ($1,000)
Lawrence Kudlow ($41,077)
Josh Lucas ($250)
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NEWS MEAT
1,188
Election Picks: 1 win, 2 losses
$1,000 Republican $1,000 Democrat total: $2,000
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
HALEY, ALEX MR 90064 SASSER, JAMES RALPH (D)Won $500 primary 05/11/87 HALEY, ALEX 90064 HALEY, GEORGE WILLIFORD BOYCE (R)Lost $1,000 primary 06/07/86 HALEY, ALEX 90067 BRADEMAS, JOHN (D)Lost $500 primary 10/15/79 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Alex Haley's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 8/18/08 — 15,422,862 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,982
2,510
GIs Killed in Action
3,370
361
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
777
146
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,479
1,506
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
145,000
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)
$650 Bln
$200 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$261 Mil
$70.8 Mil
casualty status updated August 19, 2008
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 8/18/08
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