Hall of Fame
Maynard James Keenan ($4,500)
Elisabeth Shue ($7,500)
Big Kenny Alphin ($3,300)
Troy Aikman ($10,300)
Alex Spanos ($6,758,260)
John Legend ($5,600)
Norman Lear ($1,029,555)
Josh Lucas ($250)
John Rich ($12,800)
James Woods ($1,500)
Gregg Popovich ($2,000)
Joan Allen ($1,250)
Karl Malone ($16,000)
Olivia Newton-John ($500)
Sean Hannity ($2,100)
Cher ($11,400)
Roma Downey ($2,000)
Oscar De La Hoya ($1,000)
Merle Haggard ($1,000)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Madeleine Stowe ($2,800)
Ethan Hawke ($25,000)
Queen Latifah ($500)
Mike Ditka ($22,588)
Richard Petty ($23,950)
Bob Balaban ($2,300)
John Kasich ($10,826)
Wendie Malick ($9,050)
Dennis Haysbert ($8,600)
Todd Bridges ($1,000)
Franco Harris ($69,030)
Andrew Shue ($4,750)
Susanna Hoffs ($2,300)
Mike Mills ($54,141)
James Cromwell ($7,058)
Rita Wilson ($88,150)
Garth Brooks ($1,000)
Michael Waltrip ($4,800)
Chris Weitz ($24,838)
Sam Raimi ($5,950)
Lee Grant ($1,200)
Lawrence Bender ($61,550)
Bill Bidwell ($2,000)
Jim Calhoun ($7,550)
Alex Trebek ($3,000)
Denise Rich ($1,161,600)
Steven Weber ($4,300)
James Iha ($778)
Susan Dey ($1,350)
Tom Freston ($140,345)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Alex Haley
author
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,413
Election Picks: 1 win, 2 losses
$1,000 Republican $1,000 Democrat total: $2,000
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
HALEY, ALEX MR LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 AUTHOR HISTORIANSASSER, JAMES RALPH (D) Senate - TN FRIENDS OF JIM SASSERWon $500 primary 05/11/87
HALEY, ALEX LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 AUTHORHALEY, GEORGE WILLIFORD BOYCE (R) Senate - MD HALEY FOR U S SENATELost $1,000 primary 06/07/86
HALEY, ALEX LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 HALEY/T A T COMMUNICATIONSBRADEMAS, JOHN (D) House (IN District: 03) CITIZENS FOR BRADEMAS COMMITTEELost $500 primary 10/15/79
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Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/16/09 — 17,204,191 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,439
2,967
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
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 17, 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 11/16/09
17,204,191 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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