Hall of Fame
Bill Belichick ($1,000)
Gay Talese ($1,300)
Suzanne Vega ($3,200)
Salma Hayek ($3,300)
George Bodenheimer ($73,080)
Peter Graves ($500)
Penny Marshall ($29,258)
Mike McCaskey ($10,500)
Pierce Brosnan ($2,000)
Nancy Cartwright ($9,500)
Ross Bleckner ($54,770)
Virginia Madsen ($1,050)
Joe Scarborough ($9,562)
Mel Karmazin ($219,706)
Darren Star ($71,900)
Tommy Chong ($750)
Eric Roberts ($375)
Pam Shriver ($35,750)
Mansoor Ijaz ($85,800)
Paul Giamatti ($250)
Christopher Lloyd ($5,300)
Amy Brenneman ($12,000)
Monty Hall ($3,800)
Elaine May ($7,000)
Sam Raimi ($5,950)
Brad Garrett ($250)
Tom Ricketts ($77,000)
Thomas Gibson ($6,300)
Stephen Sondheim ($18,158)
Gene Washington ($1,250)
Eddie Sutton ($4,625)
José Feliciano ($800)
Gary Bettman ($4,300)
Cher ($11,400)
Dustin Hoffman ($169,950)
Noah Wyle ($42,000)
Martin Short ($1,500)
Mike Helton ($80,690)
Mike Farrell ($10,700)
Jessica Seinfeld ($53,900)
Steve Guttenberg ($4,000)
John Leguizamo ($1,000)
Kurt Busch ($1,000)
Shirley MacLaine ($2,000)
Bob Griese ($500)
Marlo Thomas ($424,400)
Kris Kristofferson ($17,000)
Don Cheadle ($7,700)
Tom Watson ($8,501)
Krista Allen ($6,682)
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Hall of Fame ► Sports
Howard Cosell
, 1918-1995 (bio ) sports broadcaster
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
647
Election Picks: 3 wins, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
COSELL, HOWARD NEW YORK, NY 10021 ABC RADIO NETWORKSFERRARO, GERALDINE A (D) Senate - NY FERRARO FOR U S SENATELost $250 primary 12/06/91
COSELL, HOWARD NEW YORK, NY 10000 ABC RADIO NETWORKSArlen Specter (D) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $1,000 primary 03/28/91
COSELL, HOWARD W NEW YORK, NY 10021 AM BROADCASTArlen Specter (D) Senate - PA ARLEN SPECTER FOR U S SENATE COMMITTEEWon $1,000 primary 12/09/85
COSELL, HOWARD W NEW YORK, NY 10021 AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMCMILLEN, C THOMAS (D) House (MD District: 01) MCMILLEN FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 07/10/85
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,519
3,047
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
682
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
899
199
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,910
2,810
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
casualty status updated January 21, 2010
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