Hall of Fame
Hale Irwin ($1,000)
Sharon Lawrence ($15,550)
Tom Seaver ($1,000)
Brian Urlacher ($1,000)
LeVar Burton ($3,400)
James L Brooks ($278,450)
James B Stewart ($2,000)
Pete Seeger ($3,700)
Martin Short ($1,500)
George Wendt ($4,000)
Faith Hill ($7,500)
Sammy Hagar ($6,500)
Wayne Rogers ($17,950)
Joe Walsh ($7,250)
Dan Jenkins ($5,700)
Alan Alda ($30,300)
Tatum O'Neal ($1,500)
Tom Clancy ($237,050)
Ryan O'Neal ($500)
Teri Hatcher ($2,300)
Lisa Loeb ($1,300)
Amy Tan ($9,100)
Jennifer Garner ($10,600)
Sigourney Weaver ($3,500)
Usher ($250)
Jeremy Sisto ($1,000)
Dan Savage ($8,350)
Dennis Green ($7,550)
Lorraine Bracco ($1,000)
Jeffrey Lurie ($59,200)
Matthew Lillard ($250)
Mel Karmazin ($215,006)
Hugh Hefner ($133,300)
Samuel Jackson ($3,300)
Sam Seder ($2,050)
Bill Cosby ($20,000)
Robert Guillaume ($4,600)
Tom Freston ($106,595)
Mike Ditka ($22,588)
Jasmine Guy ($3,800)
Kate Spade ($445)
Pat O'Brien ($3,000)
Quincy Jones ($217,475)
Ric Flair ($2,000)
Sean Penn ($6,600)
Duncan 'Atrios' Black ($2,292)
Blake Edwards ($8,500)
Carol Kane ($250)
Brian 'Head' Welch ($2,000)
John Kasich ($10,826)
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Bob Balaban , 63 (bio ) actor, director
NEWS MEAT
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Election Picks: 0 wins, 0 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
BALABAN, BOB 11962 FRANKEN, AL (DFL) - $2,300 primary 06/14/07 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Bob Balaban'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
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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.
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Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 8/18/08
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