Comedian and actor Kevin Hart says he'll straighten up his act. And he's not being funny. Los Angeles traffic police arrested the stand-up comic on "suspicion" of drunken driving early Sunday. They observed him speeding down a freeway at 90 mph in his black Mercedes-Benz, weaving across traffic lanes and almost running into a gas tanker truck, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement. When patrol officers pursued him, he took an off ramp and pulled over, police said. [Read More]

President Barack Obama became emotional as he delivered remarks on the Newtown Elementary School shooting Friday. "I offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation, and made it clear he will have every resource he needs to investigate," Obama said, noting the country has had "too many of these tragedies in the last few years." "Each time I learn the news I react not as a president, but as anyone else would -- as a parent. And that was especially true today," Obama said.

Neuroscientists Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam are behind a new book, A Billion Wicked Thoughts, (actually it's not that new, having been released in May of 2011, but whatever) which attempts to get to the bottom of human desire and explain how men and women differ in that respect. What they found was that— surprise, surprise!— men are more prone to having their fantasies driven by visual cues. [Read More]

CNN reporter Michael Holmes takes a look at the crisis in the hard-hit town of Toms River in New Jersey. Rescue efforts in Toms River and nearby Seaside were hampered by high waters. Late Tuesday there was a line of firetrucks, ambulances and other rescue vehicles waiting for the roadways to clear enough to search for others that could be stranded.

It seems as though Stacey Dash bravely jumped in the crossfire this week after she made the decision to publicly announce that she was voting for Mitt Romney via her Twitter account. For days following her announcement, she was tweeted hate-filled messages, that included the cliche’ Clueless tweets from people who were appalled that she was voting for a Republican. Most of the hate seemed to stem from the fact that she was a black woman, working in Hollywood, that wasn’t voting for President Obama, however, there were also a lot of people who stepped up in her support.

CNN's Piers Morgan interviews the trustee who is giving back money to Bernie Madoff's victims. Some of the people who put money into Madoff’s Ponzi scheme have received compensation checks totaling about $2.5 billion, almost four years after he was arrested.

Chris Brown has defended the new inking on his neck of a battered and bruised woman, claiming it's just "art". The Virgina singer caused a stir when he unveiled the new tattoo, with some remarking it was in poor taste in light of his highly-publicized assault on Rihanna in 2009.The inking has also been widely compared to the photograph of Rihanna's bruised and bloodied face after the infamous incident between the former couple. Jumping on Twitter, Breezy cleared up the reasoning for the bizzarre tat, tweeting: "I'm an artist and this is art. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)."

Contract negotiations between striking teachers and public school administrators here were scheduled to begin late Wednesday morning, although as the strike enters its third day, there is no indication that a resolution is near. In the view of some here, the toxic relationship between Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, whom Ms. Lewis has called a “bully” and a “liar,” has helped push the city’s teacher contract talks to the point of a crisis, forcing 350,000 students out of their classrooms in the nation’s third-largest school system not long after the new academic year began. [Read More]

Today, August 19th, is World Humanitarian Day, and Beyoncé has been a huge supporter of it, speaking on CNN about how people can get involved, and now by releasing her official live performance video for her 4 album cut I Was Here, which has become the anthem for today's commemorative day of service. We already saw pics of Beyoncé performing the song live at the United Nations General Assembly Hall at the video shoot, and now, it is here to enjoy in full. Hopefully this beautiful video will help to bring more awareness to World Humanitarian Day. Enjoy.

A bumpy overseas trip and a month of pummeling by Democratic ads depicting Mitt Romney as an out-of-touch plutocrat and possible tax evader appear to have taken a toll. Three polls released in the last 24 hours show President Obama widening his lead over the former Massachusetts governor to as much as nine points. The surveys of registered voters, all conducted sometime between August 2nd and 8th, also have Romney’s unfavorable ratings headed north. Two of the polls show his support among independents slipping. [Read More]