DUBLIN, Ireland - Bono wants his hat back. And his earrings. His sweat shirt, too. Dublin-based rock band U2 went to court Tuesday to recover items from former stylist Lola Cashman, who has a range of memorabilia from her work on their 1987 Joshua Tree world tour.

MJJ Cashman always watched the classic Christmas film “Miracle on 34th Street” with his family after Thanksgiving dinner. “It’s a movie that we always started our holidays with because there was a sincerity to it,” Cashman said.

MJJ Cashman always watched the classic Christmas film “Miracle on 34th Street” with his family after Thanksgiving dinner. “It’s a movie that we always started our holidays with because there was a sincerity to it,” Cashman said.

MJJ Cashman always watched the classic Christmas film “Miracle on 34th Street” with his family after Thanksgiving dinner. “It’s a movie that we always started our holidays with because there was a sincerity to it,” Cashman said.

Joining rallies at statehouses across the country, hundreds of gun owners and Second Amendment advocates descended upon Arizona's Capitol on Saturday in support of gun rights amid federal proposals aimed at new strict gun controls.

TAMPA, Fla. — Alex Rodriguez has a torn labrum in his right hip, but the New York Yankees think he can avoid surgery.

Scottsdale-based P.F. Chang’s cooked up another winning quarter with sales of $151 million at the company’s China Bistro and faster-smaller sibling Pei Wei Asian Diner chains.

BOSTON — The Yankees made a heck of a trade Friday night, and the Red Sox and Rays should be concerned.

In two minutes, Eric Byrnes' 17-day mustache was history. Not that it is gone for good. "I'm declaring 2008 the year of the mustache," said Byrnes, who wore the growth during his 14-game hitting streak but shaved immediately after going 0-for-4 Sunday.

BURLINGTON, Vt. - A sex offender whose lenient sentence for molesting a child led to a crackdown on punishment for sexual predators in Vermont will likely be released from prison next month, state corrections officials say.

Now that the Diamondbacks have received permission to talk to San Diego’s Kevin Towers as part of their general manager search, the next question is: Can they afford him?

SEATTLE — A woman may be elected vice president of the United States in November. Another woman nearly became the Democratic nominee for president, winning primaries in 21 states.

Among the best moves the Cubs made in the offseason was the small-wave shuffling in the pitching staff, when Ryan Dempster was moved into the starting rotation and Kerry Wood was made the closer.

NEW YORK — The Yankees wanted to make Joba Chamberlain a starter sometime this season.

NEW YORK - The New York Yankees' season has gone so badly, the wife of team president Randy Levine taped bubble wrap around the TV remotes to keep the furniture from getting damaged.

CHICAGO - Mark Teixeira to the Yankees? Ho, ho, ho. This is going to be fun to watch. Teixeira, along with fellow newcomers CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, will carry to the Yankees to a World Series championship in the first season at the new Yankee Stadium or be part of the most disappointing team in baseball history.

New Sun Jared Reiner is from South Dakota, but the 6-foot-11 center grew up rooting for two NBA teams — the Los Angeles Lakers ("Because they won and I was on the bandwagon") and Phoenix, because two of his uncles, Chris and Randy Reiner, are longtime Suns season-ticket holders who took Jared to games at both the old Coliseum and America West Arena.

DENVER - Although the Diamondbacks have done little to address their general manager position for 2006, one potential candidate apparently has little interest.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Just down the road from the Magic Kingdom, major league teams toyed with trades and focused on free agents as the winter meetings began Friday.

PHILADELPHIA -- Baseball's playoffs begin in Philadelphia today with Game One of the National League Division Series between the East champion Phillies and wild-card Milwaukee Brewers.