• Busted: Heir apparent to the Tom Hanks throne Shia LaBeouf was busted for misdemeanor drunken driving early Sunday morning after crashing his car into another vehicle. LaBeouf seriously injured his hand in the accident and had to undergo surgery; his passenger and the driver in the other car escaped with minor injuries.

• He shoots, he scores: Barack Obama now has a nine point lead over John McCain, according to the latest Gallup Poll. His lead hasn't come without a price. The man has a sore hip from shooting too many hoops with the troops in Afghanistan. What a patriot.

• Complicated: After Denise Richards falsely accused him of molesting his two daughters, Charlie Sheen is now seeking full custody of the girls.

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• Cancellation notice: The McCain camp is attacking Obama for canceling a visit to American troops in Germany. "The most solemn duty of a commander in chief is to fulfill his responsibility to the men and women who serve this country in uniform," a campaign statement reads, "Barack Obama ... broke that commitment, instead flitting from one European capital to the next."

• Send Mario on over: Mario Lopez may replace Mark McGrath and Dayna Devon as the host of Extra. We'd like to take this opportunity to link to our amazing Mario photo gallery.

• Send Rover on over: Ferris Bueller actor and Republican Ben Stein says that McCain needs to hire Karl Rove to salvage his presidential chances. "McCain is running the absolute most pathetic campaign I have ever seen in my whole life," Stein says.

• Well connected: China has surpassed the U.S. and now has the world's largest Net-using population.

• Open for business: A gender determination lab is all set up at the Beijing Olympics to ferret out any male athletes posing as women.

• BBC Iraq: A four-part, BBC/HBO mini-series dramatizing the 24-year rule of Saddam Hussein will air in Britain this week.