Hall of Fame
Joan Chen ($1,000)
Peter Magowan ($87,150)
Jerry Reinsdorf ($443,903)
Usher ($250)
Dikembe Mutombo ($18,500)
Adam Savage ($6,800)
Alan Tudyk ($250)
Tina Brown ($1,000)
George Steinbrenner ($264,400)
Richard Dreyfuss ($39,200)
George Brett ($3,300)
John Hinderaker ($18,912)
Robert Evans ($4,000)
Monica Lewinsky ($250)
Jack Nicklaus ($10,660)
Steve Martin ($15,900)
Andrew Greeley ($8,600)
David Letterman ($4,600)
Cybill Shepherd ($23,500)
Patti LuPone ($750)
Brooke Shields ($2,300)
Mike Helton ($81,890)
Michael J Fox ($22,100)
Tony Shalhoub ($3,700)
Neil Simon ($67,875)
Kevin Kline ($13,588)
Corbin Bernsen ($550)
Linda Lavin ($3,750)
Davis Guggenheim ($7,550)
Lou Pearlman ($20,600)
Tracey Edmonds ($36,475)
Paul Dooley ($40,800)
Matt LeBlanc ($4,000)
Robert Beltran ($2,300)
Treat Williams ($1,000)
Judd Apatow ($19,800)
Jim Cramer ($261,000)
Denise Rich ($1,161,600)
Hale Irwin ($1,000)
Melanie Griffith ($128,122)
Jerry Rice ($1,000)
Kelsey Grammer ($15,600)
Charlie Daniels ($500)
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson ($62,900)
Nancy Walls ($10,000)
Kurt Busch ($1,000)
Warren Littlefield ($9,620)
Melissa Fitzgerald ($2,500)
Tom Ford ($24,550)
Spike Lee ($20,500)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
LeVar Burton
, 53 (bio ) actor, director
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
683
Election Picks: 2 wins, 0 losses
$2,300 Democrat $1,100 special interest total: $3,400
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Burton, Levar Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Self employed/Actor/DirectorBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $300 primary 03/02/08
BURTON, LEVAR LOS ANGELES, CA 90036 ACTORBarack Obama (D) Senate - IL OBAMA FOR ILLINOIS INCWon $2,000 general 09/16/04
Burton, Levar Los Angeles, CA 90036 Self-Employed/Director DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $600 primary 08/28/02
BURTON, LEVAR LOS ANGELES, CA 90036 DIRECTOR DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $500 primary 08/11/99
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,558
3,086
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
722
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
906
206
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,930
2,953
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
98,000
68,000
Brookings
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
casualty status updated March 8, 2010
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 3/15/10
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