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Brad Faxon ($1,250)
Clive Davis ($18,500)
Vanessa Williams ($3,500)
Samuel Jackson ($3,300)
Lea Thompson ($3,308)
Kevin Johnson ($15,800)
Bonnie Raitt ($220,604)
Renee Zellweger ($54,800)
Jeff Foxworthy ($4,000)
Jane Curtin ($14,200)
Kirk Douglas ($20,300)
Phyllis Diller ($4,500)
Phil Jackson ($7,755)
Ricardo Montalban ($250)
Sally Field ($37,100)
Philip Seymour Hoffman ($10,900)
Paul Anka ($2,250)
Bruce Springsteen ($12,000)
Ron Jaworski ($5,000)
Sophia Bush ($250)
John Smoltz ($9,800)
Charles Barkley ($2,000)
Duncan 'Atrios' Black ($2,292)
Woody Allen ($12,750)
Michael Smerconish ($23,350)
Nia Long ($2,300)
Kate Hudson ($17,000)
Don Henley ($774,785)
Mary Stuart Masterson ($9,375)
Cuba Gooding, Jr ($4,300)
Dustin Hoffman ($169,950)
Bobby Farrelly ($2,000)
Dan Jenkins ($5,700)
Ben Crenshaw ($9,173)
David Soul ($500)
Don Shula ($18,734)
Alicia Silverstone ($900)
Frank Oz ($1,200)
Amy Smart ($250)
Jamie Lee Curtis ($55,478)
George Clooney ($57,700)
Jackson Browne ($57,466)
Philip Glass ($15,888)
Andy Borowitz ($22,850)
Sam Raimi ($5,950)
Jeffrey Katzenberg ($1,444,420)
Jonathan Franzen ($9,100)
Cybill Shepherd ($23,500)
Kate Capshaw ($244,475)
Greg Kinnear ($1,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Sports
Joe Paterno
, 83 (bio ) Penn State football coach
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,772
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
2,556
3,084
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
722
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
906
206
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,930
2,953
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
98,000
68,000
Brookings
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
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