The Travel Channel has a Vacation Faceoff between Savannah and Charleston to determine which is the South's Best City.  Place your vote for Savannah HERE!

This is from 19 Action News in Cleveland, Ohio, about the missing women found alive, in particular, Amanda Berry.  I was touched by it when I saw the post on facebook yesterday, and I ended up crying as I told my husband about it.  It's just terrible that Amanda didn't get to say goodbye to her mother...but wonderful that her mother found a way to connect with Amanda from beyond the grave.

"19 Action News Reporter Bill Safos has covered Amanda Berry’s disappearance since the beginning. He grew very close with the Berry family, and Amanda’s mother, Louwana. In fact, Bill’s shirt and tie were a gift from Louwana. Before she passed away, she bought the clothes for Bill and made him promise that he wear them on "the day Mandy comes home.”

It was a promise Bill was more than honored to keep today."

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The 10 Best Beach Towns for Families

<:section class="storyIntro">By Karen Cicero from Parents Magazine

These destinations deliver all the ingredients for a magical stay with the kids: pristine ocean water, nature activities, and a boatload of inland fun.

A trip to the beach never feels like a family-vacation compromise -- the kids want to go as much as you do. But what are the shore bets? We combed thousands of beaches looking for clean water and low rates of closings. Once we narrowed the list to 100 or so, we factored in other deal-breakers, like lifeguards and restrooms, then turned our attention to the fun, low-cost attractions, nature activities, and family vibe of the rest of the town. Whether you're looking for somewhere to visit for the day or stay for the week, these picks provide the perfect combo of land and sea. Bon voyage!

The 10 Best Beach Towns

1. Hilton Head Island, South Carolina - Click HERE to read about HHI and the rest of the Top 10 Beach Towns!

Click HERE to win a trip for 5 to Hilton Head.                                      The sweeps ends on 7/5.

Gold medalist Ryan Lochte should be glad he didn't need to take an I.Q. test to qualify for the Olympics. He made an appearance on Good Day Philly on Friday (April 19th) to promote his new reality show What Would Ryan Lochte Do? and the anchors couldn't help but laugh at his less-than-intelligent responses to their questions.

When hosts Mike Jerrick and Sheinelle Jones asked him what someone could say to him to grab his attention, Ryan drew a complete blank and had no answer. At one point he begins to describe his bathroom while talking about being folloedw by a camera crew. He also revealed, "My philosophy is that if you are a man at night, you have to be a man in the morning."

Following the interview, the anchors could not keep a straight face and Jerrick even said, "How are they going to get enough material? Seriously, how are they going to put together 13 weeks of programming." Jones continued to crack up for several minutes before acknowledging that at least he is attractive to look at...

(From The Huffington Post)

ATLANTA — Reese Witherspoon is "deeply embarrassed" about what she said to police officers after she and her husband were arrested during a traffic stop in Atlanta.

The Oscar-winning actress released a statement late Sunday apologizing for her behavior to police that began when her husband, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, was arrested early Friday for driving under the influence of alcohol.

"Do you know my name?" Witherspoon is quoted as saying in a state trooper's report. She also said: "You're about to find out who I am" and "You're about to be on national news," according to the report.

"I clearly had one drink too many and I am deeply embarrassed about the things I said," Witherspoon said. "It was definitely a scary situation and I was frightened for my husband, but that is no excuse. I was disrespectful to the officer who was just doing his job. The words I used that night definitely do not reflect who I am. I have nothing but respect for the police and I'm very sorry for my behavior."

Witherspoon said she can't comment further "out of respect" for the pending case, and her publicist, Meredith O'Sullivan Wasson, offered no other details.

The 37-year-old actress was arrested on a municipal charge of disorderly conduct early Friday after a state trooper said she wouldn't stay in the car while Toth was given a field sobriety test. She was released from jail after the Friday morning arrest and was in New York on Sunday night for the premiere of her new film, "Mud." She posed for cameras on the red carpet but did not stop to talk to reporters.

The trooper noticed the car driven by her husband wasn't staying in its lane early Friday morning, so he initiated a traffic stop. He reported that Toth had droopy eyelids, watery, bloodshot eyes, and his breath smelled strongly of alcohol.

Toth told the trooper he'd had a drink, which Witherspoon said was consumed at a restaurant two hours before the traffic stop, the trooper writes.

Before the field sobriety test began, Witherspoon got out of the car, was told to get back in and obeyed, the report said. After the "Walk the Line" star got out a second time, the trooper said he warned her that she would be arrested if she left the car again.

As the test continued, "Mrs. Witherspoon began to hang out the window and say that she did not believe that I was a real police officer. I told Mrs. Witherspoon to sit on her butt and be quiet," Trooper First Class J. Pyland writes.

Toth, 42, was then placed under arrest. He was charged with driving under the influence and failure to maintain the lane.

At that point, the report says, Witherspoon got out and asked the trooper what was going on. After being told to return to the car, she "stated that she was a `US Citizen' and that she was allowed to `stand on American ground,'" the report states.

The trooper then began to arrest Witherspoon. The report says Witherspoon was resistant at first but was calmed down by her husband.

Toth and Witherspoon were then taken to jail.

News of the arrest broke shortly before Witherspoon arrived on the "Mud" red carpet.

"I can't say anything because I don't know," said director Jeff Nichols. "I literally – the first guy on the press line to say something was the first time I heard about it so I gotta go figure it out."

Matthew McConaughey, who plays the lead role in "Mud" and is represented by Toth, said "I'm not going to comment on that because it's too fresh."

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AP writers Sandy Cohen in Los Angeles and Lauri Neff in New York contributed to this report.