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James Taylor ($32,550)
Ben Bradlee ($250)
Charles Barkley ($2,000)
Jim Calhoun ($7,550)
Randy Travis ($3,545)
Al Franken ($57,653)
John MacLeod ($3,000)
John Ziegler ($11,100)
Mike Farrell ($10,700)
Richard Stengel ($1,000)
Bob Balaban ($2,300)
Ron Howard ($194,192)
Griffin Dunne ($6,950)
Edie Falco ($2,800)
Rose McGowan ($800)
Lauren Bacall ($2,000)
Tippi Hedren ($300)
Salma Hayek ($3,300)
Tom Hanks ($113,050)
Ron Jaworski ($5,000)
Olivia Wilde ($500)
Denise Rich ($1,161,600)
Wayne Newton ($25,250)
Joanna Kerns ($25,600)
Fuzzy Zoeller ($3,600)
Ian Gomez ($250)
Sherwood Schwartz ($139,025)
Pamela Reed ($4,725)
Jonathan Franzen ($9,100)
Paul Haggis ($17,050)
Chris Tucker ($4,000)
William H Macy ($1,500)
Paul Thomas Anderson ($1,500)
Mark Mays ($272,128)
Joe Watkins ($8,000)
Barry Levinson ($52,950)
Bradley Whitford ($154,250)
Dana Delany ($33,000)
LeVar Burton ($3,400)
Howie Mandel ($5,000)
Stephen Sondheim ($18,158)
Susan Sarandon ($68,694)
Kinky Friedman ($250)
Richard Kind ($2,500)
Gary Collins ($2,250)
Josh Brolin ($2,000)
Phil Fulmer ($4,200)
David Hiller ($29,550)
Edward James Olmos ($2,300)
Rick Dees ($2,500)
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EPA: Uranium From Polluted Mine in Nev. Wells 1:59 PM Comparison of Democratic Health Care Bills 1:59 PM Motown Caps 50th Anniversary With Hometown Gala 1:45 PM More Americans Expected to Travel for Thanksgiving 1:43 PM Mental Health Cases Tax Police, Emergency Workers 1:31 PM Mumbai Still Vulnerable 1 Year After Attack 1:14 PM Gaza Militants Agree to Halt Rocket Fire 1:14 PM Landrieu to Vote to Move Ahead on Health Care Bill 1:10 PM Swine Flu Kills 4 Hajj Pilgrims: Saudi 1:10 PM Lebanese Forces Fire at Israeli Drone 1:10 PM Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Intel’s Work on Sabbath 1:10 PM Four Pilgrim Deaths From Swine Flu Ahead of Hajj 1:10 PM Dutch Workers Protest Pending Retirement Age Rise 1:10 PM Thousands of Spanish Farmers Protest Low Prices 1:10 PM Obama Touts Asia Trade to Create Jobs 1:10 PM Top German Economists Critical of Tax Relief: Report 1:10 PM Michelin Chief Announces New Factory in Brazil: Report 1:10 PM Rangers on the Rampage Against Kilmarnock 1:10 PM Rangers on the Rampage Against Kilmarnock 1:10 PM Chelsea Cruise as Arsenal Stumble in Premier League 1:10 PM New Zealand See off Battling England in RugbyU 1:10 PM Australia Issues ‘Catastrophic’ Alerts as Fires Rage 1:10 PM US, Paraguay Meet to Boost Trade Ties 1:10 PM Housing Data in Focus as Wall Street Rally Pauses 1:10 PM More Americans Expected to Travel for Thanksgiving 1:09 PM 1 pm
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Levin: Could Be More E-Mails From Ft. Hood Suspect 7:50 AM 1st Senate Vote Looms on Health Legislation 7:49 AM Italian Police Arrest 2 Linked to Mumbai Attacks 7:45 AM Astronauts Gear Up for 2nd Spacewalk of Mission 7:45 AM Travolta Appears at Fundraiser in Fla. Hometown 7:44 AM Russia President Criticizes Ruling Party Over Vote 7:42 AM 3 Men Blow Themselves Up in Pakistani Kashmir 7:42 AM Pope and Anglican Leader Agree on Closer Relations 7:40 AM Collider Restarts After Hitch 7:31 AM Iran to Hold Aerial Defence War Games 7:10 AM Separate Clashes Kill 23 Taliban in Afghanistan 7:10 AM 7 am
Europe: Proton Beams Circulate in Big Bang Machine 6:31 AM Travolta, Family Attend Opening of ‘Old Dogs’ 6:25 AM Iraqi Lawmakers Seek to End Election Crisis 6:17 AM Putin Calls for Modernization of Russian Economy 6:14 AM Quotations of the Day 6:12 AM Death Toll ‘Rises to 42’ in China Mining Accident 6:10 AM ‘Irrefutable’ Proof US Student Murdered Briton 6:10 AM China Mine Explosion Kills Dozens 6:01 AM 6 am
Conflicting Blast Reports Reflect Fear in Pakistan 5:46 AM Sentence Request for US Woman in Italy Murder Case 5:46 AM Japan Hostage in Yemen Seized by al-Qaeda: Source 5:11 AM Israel Arrests West Bank Security Agents: Palestinians 5:11 AM Italian Police Arrest Two Linked to Mumbai Attacks 5:11 AM US Senate Gears Up for Key Health Vote Saturday 5:11 AM Australia Executives Suspended Over Banknote Probe 5:11 AM Vodafone Seeks More Time to Reply to Indian Tax Claim 5:11 AM Vodafone Seeks More Time to Reply to Indian Tax Claim 5:11 AM Wenger Puts Brave Face on Van Persie Loss 5:11 AM Scholes Urges Fergie to Carry on and on 5:11 AM Tories Say Would Pull Troops Out of Germany 5:11 AM Mum of Bangladeshi Twins ‘Overjoyed’ at Op Success 5:11 AM Second Bangladeshi Twin Wakes, Blows Raspberry 5:11 AM Bangladeshi Mom Wants Twins to Stay in Australia 5:05 AM 5 am
Levin: May Be More Troubling E-Mails From Hasan 4:36 AM Warrant: Drug in Jackson Case Came From Vegas Firm 4:25 AM Italian Police Arrest 2 Linked to Mumbai Attacks 4:22 AM Sentence Request for US Woman in Italy Murder Case 4:21 AM Obama Afghan Decision to Come After Thanksgiving 4:10 AM 31 Dead, 82 Trapped After China Mine Blast: Media 4:10 AM Death Threats for Thai PM in Pro-Thaksin Stronghold: MP 4:10 AM Second Bangladesh Twin Wakes 4:10 AM 4 am
The Nation’s Weather 3:52 AM Guests for the Sunday TV News Shows 3:41 AM Afghan Police Are Weak Link in Security Force 3:33 AM Sri Lanka to Release 136,000 War-Displaced Tamils 3:29 AM Australia Issues ‘Catastrophic’ Alerts as Fires Rage 3:10 AM Taiwan PM Urges China to Withdraw Missiles: Report 3:10 AM S.Koreans Mourn Rising Star Supermodel 3:10 AM 3 am
Robbery Motive in Deaths of 5 in Rural Arkansas 2:53 AM Report: Italy Arrests 2 for Mumbai Attacks 2:52 AM China Says 37 Dead, 71 Trapped in Mine Explosion 2:44 AM
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,439
2,967
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
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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 17, 2009
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