Hall of Fame
Bonnie Raitt ($196,784)
Rider Strong ($2,000)
Bucky Dent ($500)
Sharon Stone ($32,700)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Eli Wallach ($400)
Anthony Edwards ($5,300)
Robert Zemeckis ($82,725)
Al Davis ($19,000)
Patton Oswalt ($225)
Chuck Norris ($30,525)
Martin Sheen ($7,500)
Christine Lahti ($18,050)
Peyton Manning ($8,500)
Christine Baranski ($1,500)
Roger Goodell ($10,300)
George Steinbrenner ($239,100)
Mia Farrow ($1,000)
Rona Barrett ($8,250)
John Andretti ($250)
Rick Hilton ($9,300)
Cher ($11,400)
Joaquin Phoenix ($2,000)
Mike Helton ($51,590)
Steve Guttenberg ($4,000)
Angela Bassett ($2,300)
Patti Smith ($9,979)
Anne Sweeney ($25,500)
Gayle King ($3,300)
Ryan Phillippe ($500)
Ridley Scott ($1,200)
Holly Robinson Peete ($34,890)
Sam Wyche ($4,000)
Frank Gifford ($8,000)
Don King ($262,800)
Jeanie Buss ($5,000)
James Burrows ($191,840)
Susan Sarandon ($65,344)
Taylor Hackford ($25,700)
David Limbaugh ($8,850)
Tim McGraw ($7,500)
Dana Delany ($32,250)
Mark Brunell ($5,000)
Ron Kuby ($7,250)
Eddie Vedder ($5,208)
Ken Venturi ($550)
Adrien Brody ($2,000)
Greg Norman ($6,000)
Bill Cosby ($20,000)
Barry Levinson ($52,950)
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Hall of Fame ► Business Executives
Jim Koch Boston Beer Co founder and brewer
NEWS MEAT
860
Election Picks: 3 wins, 2 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
KOCH, JAMES Mr. 02458 Stephen F. Lynch (D)Won $500 primary 03/31/06 KOCH, JAMES 02458 Stephen F. Lynch (D)Lost $250 general 10/12/04 Koch, James 02158 Roger Kahn (D)Lost $1,000 general 10/25/02 KOCH, JAMES 02138 MOAKLEY, JOHN JOSEPH (D)Won $1,000 primary 08/19/91 KOCH, JAMES 02138 John F. Kerry (D)Won $500 general 11/06/90 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Jim Koch'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
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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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73%
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