Address Book opens up ramdomly

Hey guys,
after 2.5 years on a Mac I have the first problem I couldn't solve myself.
I'm on 10.7.3 with all of my contacts on iCloud syncing with my iPhone.
For a few weeks now Address Book opens up unintentionally with hidden window.
Console log says
11.03.12 18:05:12,474 Address Book: ServerNotifications: Setting delegate to APSD
11.03.12 18:05:14,748 Address Book: Subscription request completed
11.03.12 18:05:18,655 Console: _mthid_copyDeviceInfo(288230377744881384) failed
It's alway these three lines occuring there.
I assume it has something to do with iCloud. I asked google but nothing really helped as there seems no problem like mine.
I hope you can help me here.
Thanks in advance.
Ma nu

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