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Charlie Sheen hasn’t portrayed Babe Ruth in a film, but the actor does have two of the most prized items of Ruth memorabilia. Sheen has revealed that he is the owner of Ruth’s1927 World Series ring and the 1919 contract of Ruth’s sale from the Red Sox to the Yankees, which are part of the first Lelands.com Invitational Auction. The ring, the first of four titles Ruth won with the Yankees, started with an opening bid of $100,000 (U.S.) and was over $600,000 as of Tuesday afternoon.

In a heartfelt speech, U2 bassist Adam Clayton thanked his bandmates of four decades for their support during his treatment and recovery for alcohol abuse years ago. “In our band, no one will be a casualty. We all come home or none of us come home,” said Clayton, 57, who received the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for his support of the MusiCares MAP Fund, which offers musicians access to addiction recovery treatment.

Wisconsin lawyers have asked a U.S. appeals court to keep an inmate featured in the Netflix series Making a Murderer behind bars while they fight a second ruling overturning his conviction. The state Department of Justice filing argues Brendan Dassey should remain in prison because his case is far from settled. The agency will appeal the ruling within the next two weeks, has the right to seek review in the U.S. Supreme Court or could retry him, the filing said.

Matt Furie has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring Pepe the Frog back to life. On Monday, the same day Furie was named one of Time magazine’s 25 most influential people on the Internet, the 37-yearold activated his “Save Pepe” Kickstarter, a $10,000 (U.S.) campaign that aims to “resurrect Pepe the Frog in a new comic book by reclaiming his status as a universal symbol for peace, love and acceptance.”