Hall of Fame
Jennifer Aniston ($2,300)
Betty Thomas ($11,500)
Kate Jackson ($500)
Jeanie Buss ($5,000)
Philip Seymour Hoffman ($7,600)
Howard Stern ($4,350)
Bobby Knight ($2,000)
David Arquette ($2,000)
Usher ($250)
Jon Cryer ($1,000)
Joe Gibbs ($6,200)
Nancy Cartwright ($6,000)
Laura Dern ($4,300)
Sharon Gless ($14,800)
Emmanuel Lewis ($3,450)
Jerry Seinfeld ($12,000)
Howie Mandel ($5,000)
Martin Yan ($250)
Dwight Yoakam ($200)
Neil Cavuto ($1,000)
Stephen King ($205,400)
Trisha Yearwood ($3,000)
Pauly Shore ($1,000)
Berry Gordy ($1,271,950)
Phil LaMarr ($500)
Jane Smiley ($11,125)
Toby Keith ($4,000)
Randy Jackson ($2,300)
Richard Linklater ($2,000)
Richard Stengel ($1,000)
Bobby Farrelly ($2,000)
Josh Radnor ($1,250)
Jeremy Mayfield ($1,000)
Joel Surnow ($4,100)
Alex 'A-Rod' Rodriguez ($4,300)
Bert Blyleven ($250)
Josh Hartnett ($2,000)
Ed Koch ($25,647)
Michael Mann ($13,950)
Kevin Nealon ($3,000)
Helen Hunt ($5,250)
Bart Starr ($34,170)
Alonzo Mourning ($28,300)
Cloris Leachman ($1,000)
Neal Boortz ($3,250)
Amy Brenneman ($2,000)
Faith Hill ($7,500)
Quincy Jones ($217,475)
Elaine May ($7,000)
William 'Hootie' Johnson ($14,949)
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Wendy Wasserstein , 1950-2006 (bio ) playwright
NEWS MEAT
643
Election Picks: 3 wins, 1 loss
$3,150 Democrat $200 special interest total: $3,350
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
WASSERSTEIN, WENDY J 10023 - $500 primary 08/14/00 WASSERSTEIN, WENDY JOY 10023 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $500 primary 05/26/00 WASSERSTEIN, WENDY JOY 10023 WAITE, RALPH (D)Lost $500 03/05/98 WASSERSTEIN, WENDY 10023 Bill Clinton (D)Won $1,000 primary 09/29/95 WASSERSTEIN, WENDY JOY 10003 - $200 primary 11/16/92 WASSERSTEIN, WENDY JOY 10003 - $200 primary 10/22/92 WASSERSTEIN, WENDY JOY 10003 Bill Clinton (D)Won $250 primary 06/24/92 WASSERSTEIN, WENDY 10003 - $200 primary 09/15/90
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 8/25/08 — 15,501,783 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,990
2,518
GIs Killed in Action
3,371
364
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
778
148
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,481
1,528
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
140,000
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 August 29, 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 8/25/08
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