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Family Finds $3 Million Worth of Baseball Cards in Grandpa's Attic

An Ohio family rummaging through the attic of a long-deceased grandfather stumbled across 700 century-old baseball cards. The surprisingly mint condition collection includes the cards of Ty Cobb, Connie Mack, Cy Young, and that ultimate rarity, Honus Wagner.

Treasury Sells More Citi Shares

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Thursday that it has sold all of the trust preferred Citigroup shares it held for a net profit to the taxpayer of $2.246 billion. In addition, Treasury also announced it sold 1.5 billion shares of Citigroup common stock, according to a plan announced in July, lowering its stake in the bailed out bank from 18% to 12.4%.

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