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Man changes name to 'In God We Trust'

ZION, Illinois - A school bus driver and amateur artist from the Chicago suburb of Zion has legally changed his name to "In God We Trust."

A Lake County circuit court judge approved Steve Kreuscher's (CROY'-shirz) name change petition on Friday.

The 57-year-old's first name was changed to "In God," while his last name was changed to "We Trust."


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Man wore diaper full of heroin

NEW ORLEANS - Frank Keys Jr. faces up to 40 years in prison after he was found cruising down the highway with more than 200 grams of heroin in the diaper he was wearing, federal officials said.

Keys, 38, of New Orleans was charged Friday by a federal grand jury. He got in trouble June 3 in St. John the Baptist Parish, north of New Orleans, when sheriff's deputies pulled over the car he was in for a traffic violation, according to court documents.


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A Brief History of the Unicorn

In a centuries long case of mistaken identity, we've finally rounded up another suspect. The June 11 discovery of a one-year-old, one-horned deer may put Bambi in the company of the rhinoceros, the narwhal and the onyx as creatures who spawned the enduring myth of the unicorn.

In this case, the single horn on the Italian deer found at a wildlife preserve in the town of Prato, outside of Florence, is attributed to a genetic mutation, but its discoverers aren't ruling out the possibility that other creatures with similar abnormalities could have been spotted throughout history, and contributed to the persistent unicorn legend. Whatever the present day implications of this discovery, however, historically speaking, scientific evidence has seldom played a role when it comes to believing in unicorns.

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Best of the Web: Friday the 13th not so unlucky

UNLUCKY for some? Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday.

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Forget about evil black cats, here's a Soft & Cuddly plush stuffed Black Cat! Just what you need for good luck on Friday the 13th!

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Dustin the Turkey urges 'no' vote in Irish EU poll

DUBLIN - Opponents of a European Union reform treaty received the backing of Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest flop Dustin the Turkey as voters went to the polls Thursday.

"Isn't a shame there wasn't a third box we could tick that just said: 'What?'" said the purple-beaked glove puppet, who tried and failed for European glory in this year's competition.

"That way they'd have to go back to the table, work out a proper way of explaining the thing, and people would know what it is that's on offer," he was quoted as saying by The Irish Sun tabloid.

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Opponents of a European Union reform treaty received the backing of Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest flop.

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There's no escape! Bible study on your cellphone



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The Voice of Prophecy's Discover Bible Guides are now accessible by cell phone Web browsers. Upcoming versions are slated to feature graphics and interactive grading.

Discovery Bible Guide students can now use their cell phones to learn more about God during downtime at the bus stop or on the subway.

The Discover Bible Guides -- produced since 1942 by Voice of Prophecy, a supporting media ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church -- are now formatted for access by mobile Web browsers, a first for the church, says Kurt Johnson, the ministry's Bible School director.

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Utah town may revise ban on bikinis at city pool

KANAB, Utah - A ban on bikinis at the city pool is expected to be revised, ending a short-lived prohibition on the popular two-piece pool attire. But that does not mean that lifting the G-rating is going to lead to poolside G-strings.

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Intelligent people 'less likely to believe in God'

People with higher IQs are less likely to believe in God, according to a new study.

Professor Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University, said many more members of the "intellectual elite" considered themselves atheists than the national average.

A decline in religious observance over the last century was directly linked to a rise in average intelligence, he claimed.

But the conclusions - in a paper for the academic journal Intelligence - have been branded "simplistic" by critics.

Professor Lynn, who has provoked controversy in the past with research linking intelligence to race and sex, said university academics were less likely to believe in God than almost anyone else.

A survey of Royal Society fellows found that only 3.3 per cent believed in God - at a time when 68.5 per cent of the general UK population described themselves as believers.

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Meet Cinderella, Pig in Boots

Cinderella, a six-week-old saddleback pig has conquered her fear of walking in mud with the help of a pair of bespoke wellies.

After her birth, the piglet refused to join her brothers and sisters as they splashed in the muck because she suffers with mysophobia - a fear of dirt.

But now the pig has overcome her fears with a pair of green boots made of rubber - which have been created with no footwell so that her trotters slip straight in.

Former pig farmers Debbie and Andrew Keeble, who run a farm near Bedale North Yorkshire, were initially baffled by their piglets behaviour.

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The pig has overcome her fears with a pair of green boots

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Satire: Latest Cheney Tape May Contain Evidence Of His Whereabouts



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Cheney calls on Americans around the world to join the fight in Iraq.

WASHINGTON - Reports surfaced Tuesday that the New York - based Fox News Channel has obtained a tape which purportedly features another cryptic video message from U.S. vice president and known extremist Dick Cheney, widely regarded as the most feared man in America.