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Soldier collected autographed Iraq cards
Those interested in a playing card signed by the late Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein should try Mark Heinbaugh, a
Pennsylvania soldier who collects such goods. The
45-year-old Pennsylvania National Guardsman has an "Iraq's
Most Wanted" playing card signed by the late Iraqi dictator
in his collection of rare collectibles, the New York Post
reported. Heinbaugh said he obtained Hussein's autograph,
along with the signatures of other Iraqi detainees, while
serving as a prisoner guard in Iraq. "A lot of the
detainees were happy to sign the cards. They said it made
them look like celebrities," Heinbaugh said of cards, which
featured 55 of the most-wanted Iraqi officials. "They were
happy to be remembered. I think I'm the only soldier with
practically a full set of signed cards. And I got a
signature from Saddam himself." The cards were issued by
the U.S. government and have since become collectibles to
some, with Hussein's ace of spades the top money-earner.
The Post said second place on the value list belonged to
the king of spades, also known as "Chemical Ali" or
Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid al-Tikriti.
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Artist wants to embrace U.S. motto fully
An artist in Zion, Ill., says he wants to change his name
to "In God We Trust" because that's the only way he can
be fully free to embrace his true personality. Steve
Kreuscher has a date next month in a Lake County court, at
which he will ask the presiding judge for permission to
change his name to the U.S. motto, the Arlington Heights
(Ill.) Daily Herald said Saturday. The 57-year-old school
bus driver said the motto perfectly symbolizes his life
because his belief in God helped him survive depression,
divorce and a home invasion. "I've had to trust God
through incredibly hard times," the father of four said.
Kreuscher told the Daily Herald that if he is successful
at his June 13 court date, he will keep the motto alive
even if activists eventually have the motto removed from
all U.S. currency. "Those words are an endangered
species," Kreuscher told the newspaper. "You might take
it off the money, but you can't take away my name."
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Treasure ship found in diamond mine
The DeBeers company found a different treasure in a
diamond mining operation along the coast of Namibia -- the
remains of a ship laden with gold coins. Dieter Noli, the
archaeologist who has been examining the wreck, told The
Times of South Africa the site is the richest gold find on
the continent since a major ancient Egyptian discovery in
the Valley of the Kings. "I told them sooner or later
you'll find a wreck; and I've been waiting patiently for
the last 20 years ... but now: jackpot," he said. The
500-year-old ship was carrying at least 2,500 gold coins
from Spain and 50 elephant tusks. The vessel was heavily
armed, but some of the weapons were out of date. Noli
thinks the cargo suggests a European pirate or rogue
captain may have been trying to sell arms to African
rulers. The ship's timbers have long since decayed, but
a few human bones have turned up. A DeBeers geologist
spotted copper ingots April 1, suggesting that the mine
600 feet off a beach, contained more than diamonds.
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