Two Wayne, Michigan police officers were arrested for stealing 21 straw cowboy hats outside a Kenny Chesney concert at Ford Field. Officers Greg Anderson and Frank Cavazos were charged with larceny for taking $316 worth of cowboy hats. (I told you hats were hot).

Animal welfare activists bared almost all in a protest against the bearskin hats worn by Buckingham Palace Guards. They wore only fake bearskin caps and had Union flags painted on their backsides, the 21 members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Europe (Peta) performed a "21-bum salute" at Tower Bridge, London.

The protesters, holding a banner that read Bare Skin, Not Bear Skins, called on the Ministry of Defense to stop using black bear fur for The Queen's Guards' ceremonial headwear.

Major League Baseball’s official cap manufacturer said they would remove headwear bearing the colors and symbols of three gangs — the Bloods, the Crips and the Latin Kings. The action was taken after activists protested the sale of the caps at retail stores in East Harlem.

Two white Yankee caps made by New Era Cap were wrapped with red and blue bandannas that appear to represent the Bloods and Crips, and a black Yankee cap was embroidered with a crown symbolic of the Latin Kings. The Yankees said they were unaware of the caps’ gang symbolism and that New Era would recall the caps.

Apparently young children knew they represented violent gangs. New Era said it was surprised by what the cap designs signified.

The FBI wants to outlaw the wearing of hats and sunglasses in banks because they are worn by robbers to shield their faces. Special Agent Larry Carr plans to work with Washington state lawmakers on legislation that would forbid banks from doing business with customers who wear hats and sunglasses while inside the bank.

Carr, who heads the FBI's bank-robbery division in Seattle, said that most bank robbers cover their heads "with a hat, sunglasses or a hoodie” to avoid being identified by surveillance photos. With most bank security cameras positioned in front of and above customers, the disguises are often successful because the cameras capture the bill of a cap or brim of a hat, he said.

"Even if you zoom in, all you're getting is the tighter picture of a baseball cap," Carr said. "Banks can spend billions of dollars on surveillance systems, and it's meaningless.” Carr said there have been 113 bank robberies in the state this year, including two in Seattle on involving a man with a hard hat and safety goggles. Other recent robberies involved men -- and occasionally women -- wearing baseball caps, floppy hats and hooded sweat shirts.

Jeremy Stewart, 28 -- nicknamed the "Nomad Bandit" because he hit banks across the state -- told agents after his arrest last year that he knew the cameras would never be able to show his face when he wore a baseball hat, Carr said.

In the meantime, Ridout said, many banks have begun heeding Carr's advice that they lower their surveillance cameras to capture better images of robbers' faces instead of their headwear. Anchor Bank and All City Credit Union have lowered their cameras to 6 feet.

A new airport screening policy for turbans and other headwear has the country’s Sikhs concerned they are being unfairly targeted. The federal policy change went into effect Aug. 4, subjecting travelers to secondary screening at security checkpoints if they are wearing head coverings, such as cowboy hats, berets or turbans. The screenings could include a pat-down search of the head covering if the screener finds it necessary.

The New York-based Sikh Coalition believes the new policy singles out Sikhs and others who wear religious head coverings. The Transportation Security Administration denies any use of racial or religious profiling in its security screening practices.