Hall of Fame
Paul Azinger ($4,700)
Drew Curtis ($1,500)
Jeff Bewkes ($118,350)
Thomas Gibson ($3,300)
Donald Fehr ($18,756)
Lou Holtz ($11,100)
Joel Surnow ($4,100)
Tom Hanks ($50,300)
Tim McCarver ($500)
Gregg Popovich ($2,000)
Brendan Fraser ($27,000)
Peri Gilpin ($3,000)
Deborah Norville ($1,000)
Amber Valletta ($11,150)
Michael Douglas ($593,550)
Soon-Yi Previn ($1,000)
Janeane Garofalo ($10,388)
Ivan Boesky ($105,950)
Troy Aikman ($10,300)
Kirk Hammett ($4,000)
Ken Venturi ($550)
Carly Simon ($9,450)
Donal Logue ($18,000)
Danny Meyer ($219,900)
David E Kelley ($7,300)
Billy Joel ($11,250)
Robin Quivers ($2,500)
Norah Jones ($2,250)
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr ($5,250)
Nolan Ryan ($15,000)
John Mellencamp ($23,600)
Joe Dumars ($1,000)
Goldie Hawn ($49,090)
Jeff Gordon ($4,300)
David Ogden Stiers ($10,650)
Marc Cherry ($10,150)
Holly Robinson Peete ($34,890)
Martin Sheen ($7,500)
Roger Ailes ($6,750)
Steve Buscemi ($2,373)
James Whitmore ($28,370)
Rene Russo ($12,000)
Gabrielle Union ($2,300)
Martin Short ($1,500)
Aretha Franklin ($2,000)
Taylor Hackford ($25,700)
Raymond Floyd ($5,550)
Laura Innes ($1,250)
Michael Smerconish ($18,250)
Ben Stein ($57,650)
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Hall of Fame ► Sports
Joe Paterno , 81 (bio ) Penn State football coach
NEWS MEAT
1,606
Election Picks: 1 win, 4 losses
$5,300 Republican $1,250 Democrat $1,000 special interest total: $7,550
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Paterno, Joseph 16803 Barack Obama (D) - $250 primary 02/29/08 Paterno, Joseph V 16803 John E. Peterson (R)Won $300 general 06/25/04 Paterno, Joseph 16801 Scott Paterno (R)Lost $2,000 primary 12/01/03 PATERNO, JOSEPH V 16803 - $1,000 primary 05/30/96 PATERNO, JOSEPH V 16803 SPECTER, ARLEN (R)Lost $1,000 primary 06/15/95 PATERNO, JOSEPH V 16803 ALEXANDER, ANDREW LAMAR (R)Lost $1,000 primary 06/07/95 PATERNO, JOSEPH V 16803 SANDERS, CHARLES ADDISON (D)Lost $1,000 primary 04/27/95 PATERNO, JOSEPH V 16803 - $1,000 primary 06/01/93 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Joe Paterno's report.
* 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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political donations of today's newsmakers
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
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 7/14/08
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73%
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