Hall of Fame
Joss Whedon ($6,000)
Frank McCourt ($4,000)
Olivia Newton-John ($500)
Branford Marsalis ($4,600)
Dikembe Mutombo ($3,000)
Cheryl Hines ($2,000)
Robert Redford ($46,300)
Mario Andretti ($43,215)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs ($3,000)
Merle Haggard ($1,000)
Alexandra Paul ($5,175)
Sanjay Gupta ($8,200)
Joan Cusack ($4,875)
Ken Burns ($36,500)
Ben Stiller ($21,700)
Stan Lee ($20,000)
Matthew Lillard ($250)
Nancy Sinatra ($45,625)
Chuck Close ($56,600)
Ted Allen ($250)
Jackson Browne ($46,416)
Robin Wright Penn ($8,650)
Brooke Shields ($2,300)
Stephen Root ($500)
Dan Jenkins ($5,700)
Morgan Freeman ($7,400)
Glenn Close ($30,225)
Ellen Pompeo ($4,600)
John Larroquette ($1,750)
Michael Chabon ($9,550)
Jerry Stiller ($2,000)
Larry Gatlin ($12,490)
Byron Scott ($1,000)
Shane Battier ($3,300)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Madonna ($12,500)
Mark Ruffalo ($11,100)
John Fund ($1,000)
Talia Shire ($5,500)
Penny Marshall ($29,258)
Alan Cumming ($1,000)
Melissa Fitzgerald ($2,500)
James 'LL Cool J' Smith ($4,000)
Mavis Leno ($4,300)
Bobby Knight ($2,000)
Tim McGraw ($7,500)
Bill Murray ($6,000)
Joan Rivers ($6,750)
William Dean Singleton ($13,500)
Howie Mandel ($5,000)
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Erica Jong , 66 (bio ) author
NEWS MEAT
1,055
Election Picks: 2 wins, 3 losses
$6,500 Democrat $500 special interest total: $7,000
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
JONG, ERICA 10023 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $2,000 general 11/01/06 JONG, ERICA 06883 - $1,000 primary 10/23/06 Jong, Erica 10021 Diane Farrell (D)Lost $1,000 primary 09/29/05 Jong, Erica 10021 Diane Farrell (D)Lost $1,000 general 07/24/04 Jong, Erica Ms. 10021 John Kerry (D)Lost $1,000 primary 07/17/04 JONG, ERICA 06883 BRADLEY, BILL (D)Won $500 primary 06/06/83 JONG, ERICA 06883 - $500 primary 10/15/79 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Erica Jong's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of — records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 07/04/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,934
2,462
GIs Killed in Action
3,353
331
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
763
137
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,476
1,354
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
148,500
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 July 1, 2008
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 6/30/08
see top 50
See NEWSMEAT's 2008 Presidential A-List Donor Chart 
73%
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