Hall of Fame
John Fund ($1,000)
Lauren Hutton ($4,000)
Isiah Thomas ($14,000)
Bobby Bowden ($15,500)
David Rasche ($6,425)
Larry Merchant ($10,050)
Brandon Routh ($250)
Moby ($12,500)
Julianne Moore ($7,250)
Ernest Borgnine ($2,500)
Bradley Whitford ($154,250)
David Letterman ($4,600)
Cameron Crowe ($41,400)
Rick Schroder ($1,750)
George Brett ($3,300)
LeVar Burton ($3,400)
Jim Gaffigan ($1,250)
Barry Levinson ($52,950)
Howard Stern ($4,350)
Holly Hunter ($5,000)
Joe Watkins ($8,000)
Joan Allen ($1,250)
John Chaney ($450)
Mike Francesa ($1,000)
Dr Phil McGraw ($1,000)
Jamie Farr ($5,300)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ($1,000)
Mark Feuerstein ($250)
Ben Harper ($2,000)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Kyle MacLachlan ($1,000)
Lars Ulrich ($2,300)
Oliver Platt ($7,930)
Jerry Seinfeld ($12,000)
Bud Adams ($6,300)
Steve Bing ($8,896,940)
Zygi Wilf ($198,634)
Mimi Rogers ($5,250)
John Ziegler ($11,100)
James Iha ($778)
Bucky Dent ($500)
Joanne Woodward ($218,850)
Jerry Jones ($24,667)
Jimmy Buffett ($37,100)
David E Kelley ($35,800)
Norman Lear ($1,029,555)
Robert Kraft ($350,350)
Russell Simmons ($81,000)
Sean Hayes ($3,500)
Peter Bonerz ($1,250)
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ALTMAN, GERALDINE M 02146 ROCKEFELLER, JOHN DAVISON IV (D)$1,000 primary 10/20/95 ALTMAN, GERALDINE M 02146 CLINTON, WILLIAM JEFFERSON (D)$1,000 primary 05/22/92 Receive an alert every time new records are added to this search for GERALDINE ALTMAN.
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NEWSMAKERS
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,443
2,971
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
650
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
891
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 23, 2009
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