Hall of Fame
Andrea Jaeger ($500)
Will Smith ($4,600)
Burt Bacharach ($64,450)
Carrie Fisher ($13,500)
Goldie Hawn ($49,090)
Jim Cramer ($260,000)
Joel Schumacher ($7,250)
Rose McGowan ($800)
James Iha ($500)
Philip Glass ($12,063)
Tony Robbins ($32,290)
Eric Roberts ($375)
Tom Watson ($8,001)
Dean Smith ($26,349)
Virginia Halas McCaskey ($13,900)
Stevie Wonder ($2,000)
David Soul ($500)
Lily Tomlin ($18,142)
George Strait ($240)
Jeanie Buss ($5,000)
Oliver North ($5,300)
Dweezil Zappa ($6,500)
Tracey Edmonds ($7,475)
Mandy Patinkin ($2,011)
John Chaney ($450)
Phyllis Diller ($4,500)
Amy Madigan ($46,400)
Robert Kraft ($283,350)
Gary Sinise ($2,100)
Cuba Gooding, Jr ($4,300)
Tom Skerritt ($14,525)
Robert Blake ($3,000)
Joshua Malina ($3,000)
Brandon Routh ($250)
Leonardo DiCaprio ($3,409)
Don LaFontaine ($6,750)
Dennis Green ($7,550)
Art Modell ($182,300)
Peter Graves ($500)
Jeffrey Tambor ($250)
David Pecker ($82,770)
Timothy Hutton ($500)
Janine Turner ($7,000)
Amy Irving ($18,500)
Ed Harris ($8,100)
Jeff Gordon ($4,300)
Clyde Drexler ($2,000)
Andy Garcia ($500)
Marilu Henner ($2,000)
Bob Balaban ($2,300)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Merv Griffin , 1925-2007 (bio ) entertainer, producer, hotel mogul
NEWS MEAT
1,134
Election Picks: 0 wins, 1 loss
$29,000 Republican $6,000 special interest total: $35,000
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Griffin, Merv Mr. 10017 - $25,000 primary 03/02/04 GRIFFIN, MERV 10017 - $1,000 primary 09/11/00 GRIFFIN, MERV 10017 - $1,000 primary 03/04/99 GRIFFIN, MERV 10017 - $1,000 primary 04/28/98 GRIFFIN, MERV 10017 Bob Dole (R)Lost $1,000 primary 05/24/95 GRIFFIN, MERV MR 10022 - $1,000 primary 09/30/87 GRIFFIN, MERV 10016 - $5,000 primary 06/06/86
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of — records
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2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 07/03/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,933
2,461
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
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