Hall of Fame
Jeff Garlin ($250)
Paul Anka ($2,250)
Lucy Liu ($4,800)
Matt LeBlanc ($4,000)
Debra Messing ($6,600)
Bobby Valentine ($4,000)
Leeza Gibbons ($750)
Patricia Arquette ($22,800)
Carol Leifer ($8,250)
Cheryl Hines ($2,000)
John Legend ($5,600)
Diane Lane ($1,500)
Jaclyn Smith ($3,574)
Adrien Brody ($2,000)
Laura Dern ($4,300)
James Taylor ($32,550)
Mary Stuart Masterson ($9,375)
Drayton McLane Jr ($386,494)
Mike Shanahan ($1,000)
Don Cheadle ($7,700)
Nora Dunn ($500)
Dweezil Zappa ($6,500)
Ryan Reynolds ($4,700)
George Foreman ($1,000)
Shirley Temple Black ($4,900)
Sofia Coppola ($3,250)
Brian 'Head' Welch ($2,000)
Franco Harris ($69,030)
Steve Guttenberg ($4,000)
James L Brooks ($329,280)
Jeffrey Lurie ($68,300)
Vlade Divac ($10,000)
Daniel 'Lemony Snicket' Handler ($40,800)
Sidney Poitier ($9,950)
Jonathan Franzen ($9,100)
Phyllis Diller ($4,500)
Rick Schroder ($1,750)
Mary Tyler Moore ($18,500)
Harry Belafonte ($1,500)
Krista Allen ($6,682)
Linda Ronstadt ($14,000)
Billie Jean King ($19,800)
Diane Keaton ($9,000)
Billy Baldwin ($22,666)
Hal Sparks ($4,218)
Roma Downey ($2,000)
Harold Ramis ($29,550)
Marisa Tomei ($5,400)
Russell Simmons ($81,000)
Jerry Stiller ($2,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Sports
Larry Merchant (bio ) boxing commentator
NEWS MEAT
1,089
Election Picks: 5 wins, 5 losses
$9,300 Democrat $750 special interest total: $10,050
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Merchant, Larry 90402 Barack Obama (D)Won $2,300 general 09/13/08 Merchant, Larry 90402 Hillary Clinton (D)Lost $2,300 primary 01/31/08 Merchant, Larry Mr. 90402 John Kerry (D)Lost $500 primary 07/21/04 Merchant, Larry 90402 - $500 primary 10/14/02 Merchant, Larry 90402 - $250 primary 09/09/02 MERCHANT, LARRY 90402 - $250 primary 08/27/02 Merchant, Larry Mr. 90402 Al Gore (D)Lost $1,000 general 10/02/00 MERCHANT, LARRY 90402 GEJDENSON, SAM (D)Lost $200 general 08/15/00 MERCHANT, LARRY 90402 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $1,000 primary 02/22/00 Merchant, Larry 90402 Al Gore (D)Lost $500 primary 03/09/99 MERCHANT, LARRY 90402 Barbara Boxer (D)Won $1,000 general 09/23/98 MERCHANT, LARRY 90402 Bill Clinton (D) - $-250 primary 01/26/93 MERCHANT, LARRY 90402 Bill Clinton (D)Won $250 primary 10/23/92 MERCHANT, LARRY 90402 Bill Clinton (D) - $-250 primary 10/23/92 MERCHANT, LARRY 90402 Barbara Boxer (D)Won $500 general 10/17/92 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Larry Merchant's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/16/09 — 17,204,191 records
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US WAR SHEET
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
, AP
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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