[SOLVED] remove special charactors from data

I'm trying to purge unnecessary characters from 40K lines of data.
The characters I need to remove are always at the front of the line but vary in length and type.
Here are a few examples:
501-* EASED OR
1366-DECISIONS
5874-*2 or 3
Some are "-*", other are just "-".
I need to remove everything from the front including the dash and/or asterisk.
Is this possible?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Sick