A dry cough can be a symptom of many diseases, including cancer, however it does not mean you have cancer. A cough that does not resolve should undergo evaluation by your physician.Most patients will first undergo an evaluation for allergic and sinus disease.he most common symptoms of lung cancer are: 1  A cough that does not go away. 2  Chest pain, often made worse by deep breathing, coughing or laughing. 3  Hoarseness. 4  Weight loss and loss of appetite. 5  Coughing up bloody or rust-colored sputum. 6  Shortness of breath. 7  Fatigue.
OCALA, Florida (CNN) -- Actor Wesley Snipes was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for three misdemeanor counts of failing to file tax returns -- the maximum requested by federal prosecutors.
From 1999 through 2001, Wesley Snipes avoided $7 million in taxes. He surely would have paid it willingly had he known that the government would go after him in a full court press. The government was able to nab a high-earning celebrity and teach a lesson to tax protesters at the same time.