Hall of Fame
Bob Goldthwait ($250)
Michael Chiarello ($600)
Olivia Newton-John ($500)
Amy Tan ($13,400)
Kurt Busch ($1,000)
John Andretti ($250)
John Wells ($179,250)
JoBeth Williams ($8,250)
James Ellroy ($500)
Steve Young ($1,000)
Frank McCourt ($4,000)
Jim Boeheim ($500)
Bert Blyleven ($250)
Jason Segel ($250)
Tom Berenger ($3,400)
Hector Elizondo ($700)
Lucy Lawless ($4,000)
Tom Arnold ($28,746)
Topher Grace ($6,850)
Brandon Routh ($250)
Katey Sagal ($1,000)
Lainie Kazan ($1,500)
Kevin Costner ($24,000)
Valerie Bertinelli ($2,800)
Adam Yauch ($3,300)
Mike Nichols ($9,200)
Priscilla Presley ($750)
Garrison Keillor ($73,953)
Shane Battier ($3,300)
Glenn Close ($37,525)
Jeri Ryan ($250)
Drew Barrymore ($1,000)
Robert Kraft ($338,350)
James Iha ($778)
Judith Krantz ($263,764)
Cameron Crowe ($24,200)
Al Davis ($19,000)
Michael Kors ($13,750)
Chris Albrecht ($233,400)
Brian France ($105,800)
Jerry Doyle ($1,000)
Jared Kushner ($117,700)
Byron Scott ($1,000)
Christie Hefner ($192,782)
Vanessa Williams ($3,500)
Kal Penn ($3,155)
Judith Regan ($14,500)
Eddie Murphy ($30,800)
Clint Eastwood ($4,750)
Larry Merchant ($10,050)
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Anderson Cooper
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NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,178
Election Picks: 0 wins, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Cooper, Anderson New York, NY 10011 American Broadcasting Corporation/RRichter Elser (R) House (CT District: 03) ELSER FOR CONGRESSLost $250 primary 12/11/01
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,121
2,649
GIs Killed in Action
3,400
406
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
821
153
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,624
1,692
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
148,000
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 January 2, 2009
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