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Anne Rice ($89,583)
Frances McDormand ($6,300)
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Tom Selleck ($10,500)
Vera Wang ($37,120)
Dennis Quaid ($4,200)
Chuck Norris ($35,525)
Ed Asner ($33,575)
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Tyne Daly ($12,050)
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Maura Tierney ($45,100)
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Mike Francesa ($1,000)
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Gore Vidal ($2,000)
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Eli Roth ($500)
Norah Jones ($4,550)
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Linda Asher » MA » 02140
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Asher, Linda M. Mrs. 02140 BUSH, GEORGE W (R)$1,000 primary 07/27/00 ASHER, LINDA 02140 KOLBE, JAMES T (R)$500 primary 01/25/00 Receive an alert every time new records are added to this search for Linda Asher.
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Stocks Slide on Fears About Dubai Debt Fallout 11:59 AM Eq. Guinea Leader Expected to Win Near 100 Percent 11:55 AM ‘Avatar’ Video Game to Expand Film’s Alien World 11:54 AM Dubai Debt Fears Stalk World Markets 11:51 AM Clock Is Ticking on 2010 Health Care Plan Choices 11:44 AM Judges Set Dec. 4 as New Berlusconi Trial Date 11:44 AM 2 Rescued Earlier at Site of Utah Cave Tragedy 11:43 AM FAA Transcripts Show Efforts to Reach Flight 188 11:41 AM Cambodian Ex-Prison Chief Pleads for Release 11:36 AM Report: NJ Area’s Light Rail Ridership Rose in '08 11:35 AM Groups Contend Arizona Bills Cross Legal Lines 11:32 AM SKorea’s President Set to Meet North’s Kim Jong Il 11:29 AM UK Diplomat: US Was ‘Hell Bent’ on Iraq Invasion 11:27 AM Stocks Tumble on Fears About Dubai Debt Fallout 11:24 AM Guests for the Sunday TV News Shows 11:24 AM Mass. Fire Chief Chided for Allowing Wedding Ride 11:16 AM Sector Snap: Airlines Down With Broader Market 11:15 AM NATO Allies May Commit 6,000 Troops for Afghan War 11:11 AM Commonwealth Summit to Stoke Climate Debate 11:10 AM Commonwealth Summit to Stoke Climate Debate 11:10 AM First Flight for Delayed A400M Next Month: Airbus 11:10 AM Oil Price Hits Seven-Week Low on Dubai Shock 11:10 AM Court in The Hague to Rule on Bemba’s Release 11:10 AM Grant Ready for Portsmouth Survival Fight 11:10 AM Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands Back on Earth 11:10 AM Greene Obsession Drove Me to Doping: Montgomery 11:10 AM Agriculture, Livestock Futures Fall in Early Trade 11:04 AM Olmsted’s 1895 Pa. Steel Town Seeks Green Rebirth 11:03 AM Space Shuttle Atlantis Touches Down 11:02 AM Insuring Young Key to Health Care Overhaul Plans 11:00 AM 11 am
Caged ‘Cavemen’ Go on Display at Warsaw Zoo 10:55 AM Dubai Debt Fears Remain Focus in World Markets 10:55 AM 4 Relatives Shot Dead at Fla. Thanksgiving Party 10:53 AM Food Banks Nationwide Report More 1st Timers 10:45 AM Crashers Probe May Become Criminal Investigation 10:44 AM Mass. Fire Chief Chided for Allowing Wedding Ride 10:44 AM Intervention Threat Halts Dollar Slide — for Now 10:42 AM FBI: Ex-Doctor in Ohio Admitted Making Pipe Bombs 10:37 AM Key Anti-Taliban Figure Assassinated in Pakistan 10:33 AM Bride and Groom Skyscraper Race 10:32 AM No Decisions in High Court’s Horn of Plenty 10:22 AM Plantronics to Repurchase Up to 1 Million Shares 10:17 AM Obama Faces Delicate Balancing Act on Climate 10:10 AM Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands Back on Earth 10:10 AM Ebadi Defiant Despite Iran Assets Seizure: Report 10:10 AM Pakistan Kills 30 Militants in Tribal Belt 10:10 AM Louvre, Notre Dame, Versailles Face Strike Closure 10:10 AM Armed Group Claims Firing at UN Chopper in DR.Congo 10:10 AM South Africa Bat in 3rd ODI 10:10 AM Eq.Guinea Election Figures Out by December 7 10:10 AM Funeral for Policeman Killed in Floods 10:10 AM ‘Patience Is Running Out’ Over Iran: US Ambassador 10:10 AM India’s Tata Motors Swings to Quarterly Profit 10:10 AM Muslims Cast Stones on 3rd Day of Hajj 10:08 AM Shoppers Pack Stores as Holiday Season Revs Up 10:04 AM US Soldier Dies of Noncombat Injuries in Iraq 10:03 AM ND Retail Group Expects Holiday Sales to Rise 10:02 AM NATO Allies May Commit 6,000 Troops for Afghan War 10:02 AM German Minister Quits in Afghan Row 10:01 AM 10 am
Minnesota Tribe to Rally Against Nuclear Expansion 9:58 AM Kan. Gaming Panel to Review 2 Casino Bids in State 9:55 AM Jobs, Economics Complicate Brazil’s Amazon Fight 9:54 AM Report: Accused CA Camp Killer Planned Massacre 9:54 AM Dubai Seeks to Assure Markets Shaken by Debt Move 9:53 AM Hopi Hotel Showcases Arizona Tribe’s Culture 9:50 AM Pa. Wind Turbine Plant Laying off 141 Workers 9:46 AM AP NewsAlert 9:45 AM NM Researcher Develops Trees for Dry, Rural Areas 9:45 AM North Dakota Program to Fund Farm Product Projects 9:42 AM Dubai World’s Debt Freeze ‘Carefully Planned’ 9:41 AM New York Law Regulates ‘Life Settlement’ Industry 9:37 AM Poland Clamps Down on Communist Symbols 9:33 AM Owner of Closed Mortgage Company Returns to NH 9:27 AM Texas Gov Leads GOP Fight Against Climate Bill 9:25 AM Suspect in Nazi Trial Proud of His SS Service 9:19 AM ND Company Proposes Diesel Plant Near Williston 9:18 AM Oil Slides to Near $74 as Dubai Woes Roil Markets 9:18 AM Dubai Debt Fears Remain Focus in World Markets 9:17 AM Space Shuttle Crew Heads Home 9:10 AM Namibia Heads to the Polls 9:10 AM Ruling Party Favoured as Namibians Vote 9:10 AM Dollar Hits 14-Year Low Against Yen 9:10 AM EDF to Join Russian South Stream Pipeline Project 9:10 AM France’s EDF Joins Russian South Stream Pipeline 9:10 AM Volkswagen Brazil Eyes $3.5-Bln Investment 9:10 AM Mali Troops Join Search for Abducted Frenchman 9:10 AM Confusion Over ‘Release’ of Greek Ship 9:10 AM Army Fights Rebels for Town in Centr.Africa 9:10 AM End for Friends Generation as Internet Brings Down Borders 9:10 AM German Minister Quits Over Afghan Strike 9:10 AM Sri Lanka to Hold Presidential Poll in January 9:10 AM Climate Debate Heats Up Caribbean Summit 9:09 AM Idaho Gov’s Road Funding Panel Due to Meet in Dec. 9:06 AM Iraqi VP: No Deal Yet on Election Law Standoff 9:02 AM Ahead of the Bell: Lower Demand, Dollar Hurt Deere 9:01 AM Maine Police Take on Excise Tax Evaders 9:01 AM 9 am
Iran Tells Norway to Stay Out of Nobel Medal Row 8:57 AM Diplomats: Iran Censured at UN Nuclear Meeting 8:54 AM ‘Ghost’ Traps, Long Lost, Keep Catching Lobsters 8:51 AM Key British Diplomat Testifies to Iraq Inquiry 8:48 AM US Soldier Dies of Noncombat Injuries in Iraq 8:43 AM Space Shuttle Atlantis Heads for Morning Landing 8:42 AM Ariz. Lawmakers Hit Reset Button on Loan Lawsuits 8:40 AM Filipino Who Lost Wife in Massacre Files Candidacy 8:35 AM Obama-Saved Turkey Does Disneyland 8:32 AM Lion Cubs Are Instant Stars in Tokyo 8:31 AM Hedge Funds Mull Ditching UK for Switzerland, Asia 8:26 AM Climate Debate Heats Up Caribbean Summit 8:24 AM Canadian Buyer Wants Multiple Sports at Silverdome 8:18 AM In Greenland, Warming Fuels Dream of Hidden Wealth 8:18 AM Barroso Unveils Lineup of New European Commission 8:15 AM NY Apple Growers Leaving More Fruit on Trees 8:15 AM Retired Admiral Says Russia Losing Its Navy 8:14 AM In Tobacco-Loving Va., Bars to Quit Cold-Turkey 8:12 AM 4 Relatives Shot Dead at Fla. Thanksgiving Party 8:11 AM Australia Carbon Cuts Hit by Opposition Revolt 8:10 AM World Leaders Spur on Climate Debate 8:10 AM World Leaders Spur on Climate Debate 8:10 AM For Turtles, Beach Offers a Precarious Start to Life 8:10 AM Polanski to Spend One More Weekend in Jail 8:10 AM Russia Has Assured Iran on Missile Delivery: Diplomat 8:10 AM Iraq Invasion of ‘Questionable’ Legitimacy 8:10 AM UAE Not to Deport Syrian Witness in Hariri Probe 8:10 AM UN Atomic Watchdog Censures Iran: Diplomats 8:10 AM Hajj Pilgrims in ‘Stoning the Devil’ Ritual 8:10 AM Dubai Panic Pushes World Stocks Down for Second Day 8:10 AM Philippine Politician Charged With Murder 8:10 AM Khmer Rouge Jail Chief in Shock Acquittal Plea 8:10 AM Sri Lanka to Hold Presidential Poll Jan 26 8:10 AM Paris Faces Museum Shutdown After Pompidou Strike 8:10 AM Banks in Firing Line of Dubai Debt Rout 8:10 AM Reforms Urged After Report Slams ‘Dirty’ Hospitals 8:10 AM Ferguson Backs Grant in Portsmouth Survival Fight 8:10 AM London Stocks Slide Further on Dubai Threat 8:10 AM Japan’s Top Banks Exposed to Dubai World: Reports 8:10 AM Air Force Captain Wins New Car on ‘Jay Leno Show’ 8:03 AM On Video: Ranger Beats Croc Attack 8:02 AM Sri Lanka’s Presidential Poll Set for Jan. 26 8:02 AM Brazil: ‘Gringos’ Must Pay to Stop Amazon Razing 8:00 AM 8 am
Diplomats: Iran Censured at UN Nuclear Meeting 7:59 AM Ariz. Man, 22, Missing in Germany After Concert 7:58 AM Edward Stimpson, Aviation Advocate, Dies at 75 7:56 AM Canada PM to Attend Copenhagen Climate Meeting 7:52 AM Space Shuttle Atlantis Aims for Morning Landing 7:50 AM Pinetop Perkins' 80-Year Career Still Going 7:48 AM Seniors Suffer in Troubled California Subdivision 7:47 AM German Minister Quits Over Afghan Strike Fallout 7:47 AM Off the Mound, Pirates Pitcher Pursues Farm Policy 7:47 AM Industry Boosts Eurozone Economic Sentiment 7:44 AM Dubai Woes Hit World Stocks Again; Asia Down Most 7:39 AM Made in China: A New ‘Electromobile’ 7:32 AM Japanese Flock to First-Ever Open Budget Debate 7:32 AM ThyssenKrupp Reports Loss of Euro1.87 B ($2.8 B) 7:29 AM Russia’s Putin: France Backs South Stream Pipeline 7:27 AM Swiss Vote on Proposal to Ban Minarets 7:24 AM 4 Relatives Shot Dead at Fla. Thanksgiving Party 7:20 AM Dubai Debt Crisis Raises Financial Turmoil Fears 7:16 AM Yao Ming Joins HIV Campaign in China: UN 7:10 AM Israel Eases Search for New Batch of Fatah Fugitives 7:10 AM Polish Zoo Lets Visitors Meet the Flintstones 7:10 AM Sri Lanka Says to Hold Presidential Poll January 26 7:10 AM Khmer Rouge Prison Chief in Shock Acquital Plea 7:10 AM Yen Surge Overshadows Better Jobless Data in Japan 7:10 AM London 7/7 Relatives Slam Joint Inquest With Bombers 7:10 AM 3 Adults, Child Shot Dead at Family Party in Fla. 7:05 AM Deflation, Surging Yen Threaten Japan’s Recovery 7:04 AM China Pledges Stable Economic Policy for Next Year 7:02 AM Hong Kong Pink Diamond to Set Record 7:02 AM 7 am
Indonesia Rejects Bali Plan for Turtle Sacrifices 6:57 AM Karzai Renews Call for Taliban to Lay Down Weapons 6:53 AM
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,445
2,973
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
659
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
891
190
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,877
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
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 25, 2009
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