Reuters - Oasis went straight to No. 1 on the album charts Sunday with their first album in three years, continuing their unbroken string of chart-toppers.
AP - Tie-dyed T-shirts and political slogans made for a heady mixture as the four surviving members of the rock band Grateful Dead put on a concert in support of Barack Obama.
Reuters - Reversing a year-old regulation, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved the use of CDs of songs and scores in campaigns for the music Oscars.
AP - British newspapers are reporting that two people who worked for David Beckham and his wife were arrested after some of the couple's possessions were spotted on an Internet auction site.
Reuters - Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has told fans to stop sending letters and requests for autographs, saying mail will be thrown away after October 20 because he has too much to do.
E! Online - Three weeks after narrowly surviving a Learjet plane crash, Travis Barker has taken to his MySpace blog to thank fans for their support and to update them on his condition.