Hall of Fame
Kevin Nealon ($3,250)
Alexander Payne ($4,750)
Billy Mayfair ($550)
Merle Haggard ($1,000)
Anne Heche ($1,000)
Wayne Rogers ($17,950)
Lorne Michaels ($68,650)
Treat Williams ($1,000)
Christie Hefner ($201,382)
Stevie Nicks ($8,000)
Bill Maher ($5,850)
George Wendt ($4,000)
Helen Reddy ($10,000)
Paul Dooley ($40,800)
Kate Jackson ($500)
Peter Graves ($500)
Haim Saban ($11,065,028)
Conan O'Brien ($5,600)
Joan Allen ($1,250)
Tom Berenger ($3,400)
Carson Kressley ($250)
Tony Stewart ($4,000)
Toby Keith ($4,000)
Adrien Brody ($2,000)
Whitney Houston ($789)
Robert 'Lute' Olson ($104,955)
Oliver North ($5,300)
Josh Lucas ($250)
William H Macy ($1,500)
Gary Bettman ($4,300)
Michael J Fox ($22,100)
David Crosby ($4,500)
Stuart Sternberg ($46,585)
David Arquette ($4,300)
Lucy Liu ($4,800)
Lance Burton ($1,000)
Edward Norton ($134,109)
Robert Blake ($3,000)
Amy Tan ($6,800)
Hank Azaria ($41,800)
Sandra Bernhard ($3,039)
Albert Brooks ($250)
Billy Crystal ($15,900)
Brian De Palma ($2,000)
Kelsey Grammer ($15,600)
Mark Brunell ($5,000)
Kyra Sedgwick ($12,700)
Cris Collinsworth ($6,500)
Yoko Ono ($2,000)
Scott Wolf ($2,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Billionaires
J Joe Ricketts (bio ) Ameritrade founder; Chicago Cubs owner
NEWS MEAT
441
Election Picks: 4 wins, 1 loss
$14,100 Republican $115,000 special interest total: $129,100
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Ricketts, J. Joe Mr. 68127 Adrian Smith (R) - $2,000 primary 08/18/09 RICKETTS, J JOSEPH 82922 JOHANNS, MICHAEL O (R)Won $2,300 general 06/19/08 Ricketts, J. Joe 68132 Lee Terry (R)Won $2,000 primary 03/31/08 Ricketts, J. Joe 68132 Lee Terry (R) - $-2,000 primary 03/31/08 RICKETTS, J J 82922 JOHANNS, MICHAEL O (R)Won $2,300 primary 10/09/07 Ricketts, J. Joe 68132 Lee Terry (R)Won $2,300 primary 09/29/07 RICKETTS, J JOE 68127 - $100,000 primary 11/15/06 Ricketts, J. Joe 68132 Lee Terry (R)Won $2,100 general 07/18/06 RICKETTS, J JOE 68132 Don Stenberg (R)Lost $2,100 primary 06/30/06 Ricketts, J. Joe Mr. 68127 - $5,000 primary 03/12/03 Ricketts, J. Joe Mr. 68127 - $5,000 primary 10/31/02 Ricketts, J. Joe Mr. 68127 - $5,000 primary 09/07/01 RICKETTS, J JOE 68102 - $500 primary 02/04/88 RICKETTS, J JOE 68124 LIGHTFOOT, JIM ROSS (R)Won $500 primary 02/25/87 Receive an alert every time new records are added to J Joe Ricketts's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/16/09 — 17,204,191 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,440
2,968
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
, 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 17, 2009
NEWSMEAT HALL OF FAME
individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons) Billionaires Sports Stars Media Business Executives Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/16/09
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