• On the road: When Barack Obama heads to Iraq this summer, he'll be accompanied by some major talkers. Charles Gibson, Katie Couric, and Brian Williams are all arranging in-person interviews with the candidate at various parts of his tour.

• Grieving process: Howard Stern is pretty bummed about the Jimmy Kimmel-Sarah Silverman breakup. And here we thought there were no children affected by the couple's split.

• Sound and fury: Jesse Jackson's efforts to make Barack Obama a sympathetic, moderate figure for white voters continue to prove successful.

CLICK HERE, IT'S EASY: Back on the Polanski case; Pope still a total buzzkill; and a tanning tragedy!

• Droll case files: Roman Polanski's lawyers have asked the Los Angeles District Attorney to review a new documentary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, which suggests that the judge in Polanski's legendary statutory rape case was imprudently coached by the then-deputy district attorney.

• Pope my ride: Addressing the world's Catholic youth in Australia as part of World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI spoke out against consumerism, sex, and violence—all the fun stuff except priests touching little boys. He's expected to get to that later in the trip.

• Lifetime: A new report ranks America 42nd in terms of life expectancy, behind nearly every other developed nation.

• Bad day, sunshine: An 18-year-old was hospitalized for four days with severe burns after overdoing it her first time at a tanning salon. When the slutty 15-year-old behind the counter at EZ-tan says you should only stay on the bed for 10, maybe 15 minutes, you should really listen.

• Change of heart: After naming Sarah Jessica Parker "The Unsexiest Woman Alive" last fall, Maxim is now calling her an "unexpected crush" in its August issue.