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Frances Dalton, 80, says she was "duped" when ordering cigarettes online. She thought she'd found a deal but was required to pay nearly $100 in taxes.
Q. I lost my job, so my family is without health insurance. But COBRA is too expensive. What should I do?
MAY 13, 1981
Four bullets hit Pope John Paul II as the Popemobile drives past 20,000 worshipers in St. Peter’s Square. Surgeons operate for five hours to save him.
1940: In his first speech as prime minister, Winston Churchill tells the British House of Commons: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”
1958: Richard Nixon’s limousine is attacked in Venezuela by rock throwers, who also spit on the vice president and his wife.
Pope greets crowd seconds before being wounded.
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People said they were too old. But Helen Phillips and Jerry Hayes proved getting in shape has no age limit.
"In northern California, a female postal carrier was busted for delivering methamphetamines on her route. Officials got suspicious when they noticed the mail was being delivered quickly and on time."—Jay Leno