Hall of Fame
Alex Spanos ($6,736,660)
Blair Brown ($12,500)
Billie Jean King ($21,100)
Nora Dunn ($500)
David Limbaugh ($8,850)
Larry Merchant ($7,750)
William 'Hootie' Johnson ($14,949)
Bart Starr ($33,600)
Whitney Houston ($789)
Campbell Scott ($250)
Ellen Barkin ($95,500)
Arthur Blank ($229,100)
Téa Leoni ($1,250)
Molly Ivins ($1,250)
Martin Sheen ($7,500)
Cloris Leachman ($1,000)
Rick Schroder ($1,750)
Brian France ($105,800)
Phil Mickelson ($705)
Arnold Palmer ($23,850)
Hank Aaron ($11,061)
Barry Switzer ($6,500)
Bruce Springsteen ($12,000)
Lee Greenwood ($17,350)
Mark Brunell ($5,000)
Tony La Russa ($500)
Jerry Stiller ($2,000)
Reese Witherspoon ($1,500)
Tom Clancy ($237,050)
David Caruso ($6,000)
Farid Suleman ($19,100)
Pete Seeger ($3,700)
Lucy Liu ($2,500)
Uma Thurman ($7,000)
Jennifer Aniston ($2,300)
Alan Arkin ($250)
Mary Tyler Moore ($18,500)
Michael Chabon ($9,550)
Nancy Grace ($1,000)
Hill Harper ($3,300)
Mike Ditka ($22,588)
David Hiller ($25,150)
Hale Irwin ($1,000)
Steve Bing ($11,816,203)
John Lithgow ($4,450)
Heather Locklear ($1,000)
Woody Allen ($12,750)
Catherine Coulter ($17,000)
Brandon Routh ($250)
George Wendt ($4,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Sports
Curt Gowdy , 1919-2006 (bio ) sports broadcaster
NEWS MEAT
983
Election Picks: 2 wins, 2 losses
$5,300 Republican $1,500 special interest total: $6,800
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Gowdy, Curt Mr. 33480 - $1,000 primary 04/01/04 GOWDY, CURT 02116 - $500 primary 11/09/00 GOWDY, CURT 02116 - $1,000 primary 10/26/00 GOWDY, CURT E 33480 WELD, WILLIAM F (R)Lost $500 primary 02/16/96 GOWDY, CURT E 33480 George H W Bush (R) - $-1,000 primary 06/04/92 GOWDY, CURT E 33480 George H W Bush (R)Lost $2,000 primary 04/09/92 GOWDY, CURT E 02181 MACK, CONNIE (R)Won $300 primary 03/09/92 GOWDY, CURT E 01840 - $1,500 primary 02/06/91 GOWDY, CURT E 02181 SIMPSON, ALAN K (R)Won $1,000 primary 04/25/88
* 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 07/09/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,939
2,467
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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