Hall of Fame
Michael Chabon ($13,705)
Eddie Sutton ($4,625)
Andy Garcia ($500)
Leonardo DiCaprio ($41,909)
Fuzzy Zoeller ($3,600)
Deborah Norville ($1,000)
Patrick Duffy ($3,500)
Sofia Coppola ($3,250)
Gregg Popovich ($2,000)
Jane Bryant Quinn ($4,800)
Richard Dreyfuss ($39,200)
Bill Condon ($400)
Josh Hartnett ($2,000)
Harrison Ford ($51,550)
Timothy Hutton ($500)
Michael Moore ($34,700)
Jon Stewart ($2,000)
Dixie Carter ($4,000)
David Arquette ($4,300)
Kathleen Turner ($35,500)
Larry Charles ($2,500)
Dan Reeves ($18,500)
Eddie Murphy ($30,800)
Katrina vanden Heuvel ($196,500)
Toni Morrison ($5,800)
Lili Zanuck ($16,700)
David Toms ($2,000)
Rush Limbaugh ($2,000)
Tavis Smiley ($2,500)
Brooke Shields ($2,300)
Lisa Loeb ($3,600)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Kelsey Grammer ($15,600)
Mark O'Meara ($2,500)
Thomas Gibson ($6,300)
Eddie Vedder ($5,208)
Cornel West ($2,250)
Amy Holmes ($250)
Anthony Edwards ($6,997)
Matthew Broderick ($18,700)
Leigh Steinberg ($204,950)
Stephen Sondheim ($18,158)
Lynda Carter ($14,400)
Bernie Kosar ($72,800)
Jon Voight ($4,500)
Wink Martindale ($2,000)
John Fogerty ($3,000)
Tim Daly ($250)
Oliver Platt ($7,930)
George Brett ($3,300)
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Hall of Fame ► Sports
Joe Paterno
, 82 (bio ) Penn State football coach
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,768
Election Picks: 2 wins, 4 losses
$5,300 Republican $1,250 Democrat $1,000 special interest total: $7,550
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Paterno, Joseph State College, PA 16803 Penn State University/Football CoacBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $250 primary 02/29/08
Paterno, Joseph V State College, PA 16803 Penn State Univeristy/CoachJohn E. Peterson (R) House (PA District: 05) FRIENDS OF JOHN PETERSONWon $300 general 06/25/04
Paterno, Joseph State College, PA 16801 Penn State University/Football CoacScott Paterno (R) House (PA District: 17) PATERNO FOR CONGRESSLost $2,000 primary 12/01/03
PATERNO, JOSEPH V STATE COLLEGE, PA 16803 PENN STATE UNIV 1996 REPUBLICAN HOUSE-SENATE DINNER/AKA THE PRESIDENT'S DINNER - $1,000 primary 05/30/96
PATERNO, JOSEPH V STATE COLLEGE, PA 16803 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYSPECTER, ARLEN (R) President ARLEN SPECTER '96Lost $1,000 primary 06/15/95
PATERNO, JOSEPH V STATE COLLEGE, PA 16803 PENN STATE UNIVALEXANDER, ANDREW LAMAR (R) President ALEXANDER FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $1,000 primary 06/07/95
PATERNO, JOSEPH V STATE COLLEGE, PA 16803 PENNSYLVANIA STATESANDERS, CHARLES ADDISON (D) Senate - NC SANDERS FOR SENATELost $1,000 primary 04/27/95
PATERNO, JOSEPH V STATE COLLEGE, PA 16803 PRESIDENTS' DINNER/AKA 1993 REPUBLICAN SENATE-HOUSE DINNER COMMITTEE (R) - $1,000 primary 06/01/93
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Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,439
2,967
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
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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 17, 2009
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