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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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Alex Haley
author
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,188
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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* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
Data for this NEWS 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
15,422,862 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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