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Mailbox-filling handbills proliferate in the spring, promising low-ball prices to clean your carpets, air ducts and chimney. What you should know ...
MARCH 14
1964: Jack Ruby is convicted and sentenced to death for killing accused JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. The death sentence will later be overturned.
1794: A year after sending his idea to Thomas Jefferson, Eli Whitney receives a patent for the cotton gin.
1967: President John F. Kennedy’s body is moved to its permanent resting place in Arlington National Cemetery.
Ruby listening to verdict in Dallas courtroom.
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Among legislators and lobbyists, longtime AARP Virginia volunteer advocate Elvira Shaw stands out.
“Bank of America announced this week they’ll no longer allow customers to make overdrafts on their debit cards. ... If you spend more than what’s in your debit account, they will no longer cover you. Didn’t we just bail them out, huh? Oh, they run short, we bail them out. We run short, we’re screwed. Does that seem fair to anybody?”—Jay Leno