Hall of Fame
Charles Grodin ($4,000)
Kate Jackson ($500)
Alfre Woodard ($12,675)
Jeffrey Lurie ($59,200)
Sally Field ($25,600)
Ross Bleckner ($44,520)
Helen Reddy ($10,000)
Rafael Palmeiro ($4,000)
Chris Noth ($450)
Dean Smith ($26,349)
Fran Tarkenton ($9,300)
Al Franken ($43,853)
Amy Heckerling ($750)
Carol Kane ($250)
Reba McEntire ($2,500)
Fannie Flagg ($1,000)
Jerome Bettis ($9,300)
Mark Burnett ($2,300)
Rosie O'Donnell ($143,700)
Meg Ryan ($10,300)
Gay Talese ($1,000)
Joe Theismann ($5,200)
Al Jarreau ($500)
Emmanuel Lewis ($3,450)
Greg Biffle ($3,500)
John Legend ($3,300)
Gary Bettman ($2,000)
Jim Caviezel ($2,100)
Sharon Lawrence ($14,550)
Jalen Rose ($2,000)
Lou Piniella ($4,000)
Jaclyn Smith ($3,574)
Dennis Haysbert ($6,300)
David Cross ($9,600)
Valerie Bertinelli ($2,800)
Thomas Schlamme ($60,675)
Alonzo Mourning ($28,300)
Mary Tyler Moore ($18,500)
Morgan Freeman ($7,400)
Gene Washington ($1,250)
Hank Aaron ($11,061)
James Lipton ($1,300)
James Taylor ($1,750)
George Wendt ($4,000)
Scott Turow ($27,500)
Tom Werner ($306,800)
Bill Maher ($3,250)
Gary Ross ($45,722)
Dan Reeves ($15,000)
Tavis Smiley ($2,500)
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Hall of Fame ► Sports
Howard Cosell
, 1918-1995 (bio ) sports broadcaster
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
507
Election Picks: 3 wins, 1 loss
$2,000 Republican $1,250 Democrat total: $3,250
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 (R) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $1,000 primary 03/28/91
COSELL, HOWARD W NEW YORK, NY 10021 AM BROADCASTArlen Specter (R) 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
Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of — records
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2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 07/19/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,949
2,477
GIs Killed in Action
3,357
335
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
764
141
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,508
1,380
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 16, 2008
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• 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 7/14/08
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