Hall of Fame
Garry Marshall ($78,100)
Gwyneth Paltrow ($32,450)
Sofia Coppola ($3,250)
George Takei ($18,304)
Star Jones ($1,250)
Pam Shriver ($35,750)
Mavis Leno ($4,300)
Stephen King ($248,500)
Dana Delany ($33,000)
James Burrows ($239,071)
Maury Povich ($66,300)
Candice Bergen ($87,200)
Judith Light ($12,450)
Mike Nichols ($9,200)
C Vivian Stringer ($1,750)
Pat Boone ($43,085)
Bob Weir ($9,092)
Michael Chabon ($13,705)
Whitney Houston ($789)
Billy Bob Thornton ($1,500)
Tom Izzo ($450)
Bob Barker ($3,000)
Mike Binder ($8,200)
Terry McMillan ($5,750)
Roger Penske ($458,850)
Joan Chen ($1,000)
Bobby Flay ($1,000)
Brendan Fraser ($27,000)
Joely Fisher ($5,800)
Andy Borowitz ($22,850)
Byron Allen ($15,700)
George Bodenheimer ($75,480)
Brian France ($154,800)
Veronica Hamel ($9,400)
Regis Philbin ($1,000)
Conan O'Brien ($5,600)
Greg Norman ($6,000)
Dan Marino ($9,500)
Hector Elizondo ($900)
Annette Bening ($27,724)
David Ogden Stiers ($10,650)
Billy Bush ($450)
Dean Smith ($26,808)
Shirley Temple Black ($4,900)
Dan Castellaneta ($3,300)
Ron Howard ($196,392)
Dale Jarrett ($6,200)
Michelle Bernard ($5,275)
Les Moonves ($40,450)
Natalie Maines ($4,672)
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Bret Easton Ellis
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Ellis, Bret Mr. New York, NY 10003 Self-Employed / AuthorBill Bradley (D) President BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $250 primary 07/26/99
ELLIS, BRET E NEW YORK, NY 10003 GOODE, VIRGIL H JR (D) Senate - VA VIRGIL GOODE FOR U S SENATELost $500 primary 06/13/94
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,557
3,085
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
722
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
906
206
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,930
2,953
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
98,000
68,000
Brookings
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Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
casualty status updated March 8, 2010
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