Hall of Fame
Jack Nicholson ($24,500)
Patricia Arquette ($22,800)
Tom Watson ($8,001)
Brian Urlacher ($1,000)
Les Moonves ($35,450)
Catherine Coulter ($17,000)
Conan O'Brien ($1,000)
Steve Buscemi ($2,373)
Edward Norton ($91,709)
Gary Bettman ($2,000)
Michael Crichton ($9,750)
Heather Thomas ($201,014)
Bob Barker ($3,000)
Alan Ruck ($1,250)
Harry Connick, Jr ($4,600)
Phil Fulmer ($4,200)
Alec Baldwin ($130,902)
Rafael Palmeiro ($4,000)
Larry Charles ($2,500)
Frank Gifford ($8,000)
Jeri Ryan ($250)
John Mellencamp ($23,600)
Jack Klugman ($7,866)
Bonnie Hunt ($4,000)
Monica Lewinsky ($250)
Bill Romanowski ($250)
Jonathan Franzen ($6,800)
Sean McManus ($1,250)
Jim Calhoun ($7,300)
Robert Redford ($46,300)
Nick Saban ($250)
Kate O'Beirne ($200)
Mary Stuart Masterson ($8,625)
Fuzzy Zoeller ($2,600)
Stephon Marbury ($2,300)
Sam Raimi ($5,950)
Jean Smart ($3,250)
Jimmy Smits ($1,500)
Marg Helgenberger ($18,650)
Joe Gibbs ($6,200)
Charlotte Rae ($7,850)
Chuck Norris ($30,525)
Mark Mays ($196,396)
Jonathan Demme ($6,550)
Tom Hanks ($50,300)
Andrew Greeley ($6,300)
Mark Green ($5,160)
John McEnroe ($9,600)
Jon Stewart ($2,000)
William Dean Singleton ($13,500)
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Sam Waterston , 67 (bio ) actor
NEWS MEAT
1,271
Election Picks: 1 win, 2 losses
$1,327 Republican $28,700 Democrat total: $30,027
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
WATERSTON, SAMUEL 06796 FRANKEN, AL (DFL) - $2,300 primary 03/10/08 WATERSTON, SAMUEL 06796 FRANKEN, AL (DFL) - $2,300 general 03/10/08 Waterston, Sam 06796 Chris Murphy (D)Won $2,100 general 11/06/06 Waterston, Samuel 10022 - $20,000 primary 11/03/04 Waterston, Samuel A 10022 John Kerry (D)Lost $2,000 primary 03/14/04 WATERSTON, SAM 06796 BINGHAM, DAVID BREWSTER (R)Lost $827 general 11/14/94 WATERSTON, SAMUEL A 06796 BINGHAM, DAVID BREWSTER (R)Lost $500 primary 05/10/94 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Sam Waterston'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
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73%
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