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Robert 'Lute' Olson ($104,955)
Dennis Haysbert ($8,600)
Marc Anthony ($4,200)
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James L Dolan ($467,700)
Jim Courier ($5,006)
Victoria Principal ($11,700)
Tony Bennett ($8,900)
John Kasich ($10,826)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ($43,700)
Alex 'A-Rod' Rodriguez ($4,300)
Samantha Mathis ($3,375)
James Iha ($778)
Natalie Portman ($4,300)
Dwight Yoakam ($200)
John Fogerty ($3,000)
Alanis Morissette ($3,000)
Forest Whitaker ($7,100)
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Val Kilmer ($6,900)
Rick Hilton ($9,300)
Randy Jackson ($3,300)
Kenneth Tomlinson ($11,600)
Sally Field ($36,600)
Morgan Freeman ($7,400)
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Monty Hall ($3,800)
Berry Gordy ($1,282,550)
Ross Bleckner ($54,770)
Ted Harbert ($52,775)
Joe B Hall ($2,250)
Will Smith ($34,600)
C Vivian Stringer ($1,750)
Heather Thomas ($277,514)
John Legend ($5,600)
Steve Tisch ($477,650)
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MARCIA ALESSI » CA » 90010
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ALESSI, MARCIA A MRS 90010 GLENN, JOHN (D)$1,000 primary 11/29/83 Receive an alert every time new records are added to this search for MARCIA ALESSI.
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/23/09 — 17,210,953 records.
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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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