The studio where Howard produces his Sirius/XM Radio show had to be evacuated and fumigated over the weekend after it was confirmed that it was infested with bedbugs. They were even carried by Howard into the limo he left the show in and were sniffed out by trained dogs. Thankfully he confirmed this morning that his office was “100 percent bedbug-free”. Yikes!! Hope it doesn’t spread anywhere else!! The homie Ang is up there!!

Queen Latifah is expanding her business portfolio with a new investment in New York Spring Water Inc.

The Rutgers University freshman whose privacy was violated after two classmates allegedly taped him during a “sexual encounter” is believed to be a Ridgewood, N.J., high school graduate who jumped to his death last week from the George Washington Bridge.

(Photo taken by Dorothy Low captures a very young LL Cool J along with the Beastie Boys in 1985. The setting is New York City, the club is Danceteria…classic!) Hip-Hop veterans LL Cool J and The Beastie Boys are two of the 14 artists up for possible induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, officials have revealed.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has just released new findings related to texting-while-driving laws and their effectiveness – the results of which are quite surprising. The Highway Loss Data Institute, an affiliate of the IIHS, compiled claim data for four states; California, Louisiana, Minnesota and Washington. Each state has enacted a ban on texting while driving, and this study examines data for the months before and after the laws went into effect. Earlier this year, the HLDI released data relating to the banning of hand-held cell phones and how those laws had zero effect on crash rates. Its new research refines that study to show that texting bans have produced a more alarming result. In three of the four states examined, crashes increased by three to four percent after the laws were enabled.