A California agency initially opposed to U2 guitarist The Edge's plan to build five mansions overlooking Malibu has agreed not to speak out against the project in exchange for more than $1 million in funding and other services, according to a newspaper report.

Eighteen years ago, Al Gore warned that Florida's coastal regions would one day be wiped off the map. "Because of the rising sea level, due to global warming, in the next few decades ... up to 60 percent of the present population of Florida may have to be relocated," Mr. Gore wrote in his book, "Earth in the Balance." A peer-reviewed study published last month by the Journal of Coastal Research suggests the Sunshine State might last a while.

As the No. 1 seed, Pittsburgh is the better team.

Kenny Chesney isn't happy with what he's seeing on the video screen.
Coastal Carolina reported violations regarding its men's basketball team to the NCAA last summer.
Coastal Carolina's leading scorer has been indefinitely suspended from the team for an eligibility issue.

Coastal Carolina coach Cliff Ellis has a hard and fast rule for road trips back to campus: Win and the players watch a movie, lose and they slog through game film.
Reserves have played a leading role in the Atlantic Coast Conference this year, whether keeping their team in the title chase or helping them become bowl eligible.
Liberty quarterback Mike Brown is the Big South offensive player of the year for the second time and Coastal Carolina linebacker Andrae Jacobs is the conference's top defensive player.