Hall of Fame
Phil Mickelson ($705)
Heather Locklear ($1,000)
Jodie Foster ($43,850)
Bill Kristol ($8,500)
Gary Bettman ($4,300)
Jerry Jones ($24,667)
Jill Eikenberry ($6,000)
Maya Angelou ($24,550)
Robert Scheer ($2,500)
Virginia Madsen ($1,050)
Eddie Izzard ($46,400)
Steven Soderbergh ($44,600)
Al Michaels ($2,000)
Steve Bing ($8,896,940)
Jennifer Aniston ($30,800)
Pat Riley ($4,754)
Art Spiegelman ($2,000)
Garry Shandling ($10,400)
Mariel Hemingway ($1,750)
Dick Van Patten ($3,815)
Wendie Malick ($9,050)
Kirk Douglas ($20,300)
Hal Sparks ($4,218)
James L Brooks ($329,280)
Fran Drescher ($7,050)
John Goodman ($4,000)
Herbie Hancock ($9,560)
Billy Crystal ($15,900)
Michelle Pfeiffer ($3,500)
James Iha ($778)
Jada Pinkett Smith ($36,600)
Kyra Sedgwick ($12,700)
Toni Morrison ($5,800)
Sidney Poitier ($9,950)
Cybill Shepherd ($23,500)
Ridley Scott ($1,200)
Marlo Thomas ($424,400)
Charles Grodin ($4,000)
Julianna Margulies ($4,050)
Nichelle Nichols ($250)
Tom Freston ($140,345)
Danny Devito ($144,700)
Peter Farrelly ($90,900)
Robert Forster ($500)
Donal Logue ($19,000)
Jon Stewart ($2,000)
Gay Talese ($1,300)
Ryan Phillippe ($500)
Anthony Pellicano ($500)
Jackson Browne ($57,466)
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Ken Burns , 56 (bio ) filmmaker
NEWS MEAT
966
Election Picks: 5 wins, 8 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
BURNS, KENNETH L 03608 HODES, PAUL W (D) - $1,000 primary 09/24/09 BURNS, KENNETH L 03608 HODES, PAUL W (D) - $1,000 primary 05/31/09 Burns, Kenneth L 03608 Barack Obama (D)Won $2,300 primary 09/26/08 BURNS, KENNETH L 03608 Mark Udall (D)Lost $250 general 08/18/08 BURNS, KENNETH L 03608 Jeanne Shaheen (D)Won $250 primary 03/31/08 Burns, Kenneth L 03608 Barack Obama (D)Won $2,300 primary 03/18/08 Burns, Kenneth L 03608 TURNER, MICHAEL R (D)Lost $250 primary 12/13/07 BURNS, KENNETH 03608 Ken Salazar (D)Won $500 primary 09/08/04 Burns, Kenneth L 03608 John Kerry (D)Lost $2,000 primary 05/27/04 Burns, Kenneth L 03608 - $25,000 primary 04/13/04 BURNS, KENNETH L 03608 Jeanne Shaheen (D)Lost $500 primary 08/15/02 Burns, Kenneth 03608 Katrina Swett (D)Lost $250 primary 08/14/02 Burns, Kenneth Mr. 03608 BRANNEN, BARNEY L III (D) - $-1,000 primary 06/30/00 Burns, Kenneth Mr. 03608 BRANNEN, BARNEY L III (D)Lost $1,000 general 06/30/00 BURNS, KENNETH L 03608 Thomas R. Carper (D)Won $250 primary 06/26/00 Burns, Kenneth Mr. 03608 BRANNEN, BARNEY L III (D)Lost $2,000 primary 06/22/00 BURNS, KENNETH 03608 - $500 primary 03/10/99 BURNS, KEN 03608 - $500 primary 09/01/98 BURNS, KENNETH 03608 GREEN, MARK (D)Lost $200 primary 12/15/97 BURNS, KEN 03608 - $250 primary 11/10/97 BURNS, KEN 03608 - $500 primary 10/23/97 BURNS, KENNETH 03608 - $500 primary 10/30/96 BURNS, KEN 03608 SWETT, DICK (D)Lost $250 primary 05/10/95 BURNS, KEN 03608 SWETT, RICHARD NELSON (D)Won $500 primary 10/07/91 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Ken Burns'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
2,439
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
, 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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