Hall of Fame
Amy Heckerling ($750)
Lucy Lawless ($4,000)
Dan Savage ($8,350)
Amy Holmes ($250)
Paul Haggis ($17,050)
Rosie Perez ($1,000)
Matt Damon ($89,600)
Sam Raimi ($5,950)
Peter Farrelly ($90,900)
Ben Harper ($2,000)
Jim Calhoun ($7,550)
Stan Lee ($20,000)
Les Kinsolving ($650)
Anna Wintour ($47,150)
Steve Bing ($8,896,940)
Berry Gordy ($1,282,550)
Russell Simmons ($81,000)
Christopher Lloyd ($5,300)
Jane Seymour ($6,000)
Heather Graham ($3,300)
Bess Armstrong ($750)
Stephen King ($248,500)
Tom Watson ($8,501)
Arianna Huffington ($5,389)
James Garner ($29,620)
Jerry Buss ($52,550)
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr ($5,250)
Bonnie Hunt ($4,000)
Pam Shriver ($35,750)
Charlotte Rae ($7,850)
Howie Mandel ($5,000)
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson ($59,400)
Jason Sehorn ($2,000)
Denny Crum ($2,654)
Tom Werner ($318,700)
Jeff Garlin ($250)
Paula Poundstone ($7,500)
John Leguizamo ($1,000)
Frank McCourt ($98,887)
Bruce Boxleitner ($5,000)
Harry Thomason ($40,850)
Don Shula ($18,734)
Michael Waltrip ($4,800)
Arnold Palmer ($26,850)
Tim McGraw ($7,500)
Rick Hilton ($9,300)
Bob Newhart ($8,750)
James Ellroy ($500)
Ethan Hawke ($25,000)
George Clooney ($57,700)
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Paul Shaffer
, 59 (bio ) entertainer
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
710
Election Picks: 1 win, 1 loss
$1,000 Republican $5,000 Democrat $5,000 special interest total: $11,000
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Shaffer, Paul New York, NY 10106 Late Show with David LettermanFRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN FRANKEN RECOUNT FUNDWon $5,000 11/18/08
Shaffer, Paul New York, NY 10106 Late Show with David Letterman ACTBLUE - $5,000 11/18/08
SHAFFER, PAUL NEW YORK, NY 10023 NBCVASAPOLI, JOSEPH VINCENT (R) House (VA District: 08) VASAPOLI FOR CONGRESSLost $1,000 primary 05/19/92
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,426
2,954
GIs Killed in Action
3,475
640
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
885
193
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,880
2,618
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
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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 5, 2009
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