Connecticut officials are launching an investigation into a website set up by Lillie Holliday, the mother of a man who killed eight employees at a Manchester beer distribution warehouse on August 3, 2010.

Holliday's controversial site functions as a memorial to her son and solicits donations to fight institutionalized racism. Holliday says she plans to use the funds donated to the site to conduct an independent investigation into the shootings.

On Early Start this morning, Holliday joins Ali Velshi to explain why she set up the site and to explain why she does not want to take the website down despite public pressure for its removal.

Wall Street Journal editor Christopher John Farley talks about Donna Summers' career and explains how the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame responded to the news of her death.

Larry Charles discusses Sacha Baron Cohen's characters and explains whether or not he's worried about offending audiences attending his new film, "The Dictator."

Christine Romans looks at how the Facebook IPO compares to past IPOs, from Microsoft in 1986 to General Motors in 2010.

Writer and director Larry Charles sits down with Zoraida Sambolin to discuss his recent collaboration with Sacha Baron Cohen on the movie, "The Dictator," and his work on famous television shows such as "Seinfeld" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

He's the man behind some of the most outrageous television and film comedies of the last 10 years. Larry Charles is an award-winning writer, producer and director of such comedy classics as "Seinfeld," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Entourage," "Borat," "Brüno," "Religulous" and now "The Dictator."

Charles sits down with "Early Start" anchor Zoraida Sambolin to talk about the dictator, his beard, and his career in comedy.

In this web teaser, Zoraida asks Charles about the importance of his beard, and if he's ever had to cut it off for a project.

Watch the full interview on "Early Start" Friday at 5am Eastern.

Chest hair trimming, beard shaping, waxing your back - it all falls under the category of 'manscaping.'

The market research firm NPD Group, which looks at buying trends, says one in four men now use some sort of facial-skin care product like face wash or moisturizer. Last year, department stores sold $84.7 million worth of male skincare products. That's up 13% from the year before. All this spending is in an effort from men...to look good.

It's all detailed in the new documentary "Mansome" by director Morgan Spurlock. He explains why he chose to explore men's grooming habits.

Ali Velshi details how anyone can buy shares of Facebook by Friday's IPO.

There's a second chilling diagnosis of a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Lana Kuykendall, a 36-year-old new mother in South Carolina, contracted the rare flesh-eating bacteria shortly after giving birth this month to twins.

It comes as a Georgia grad student, 24-year-old Aimee Copeland, fights for her life after being infected.

Senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen explains how the new case was contracted.

There's a mysterious flying object in the skies above Colorado that almost caused a mid-air crash.

Earlier this week, a corporate jet pilot reported seeing a "large remote-controlled aircraft" near his plane while flying over Denver. Investigators say the object did not show up on radar, but radio transmissions between the cockpit and air traffic control captured the moment. The FAA is now investigating.

The question is: Was it an unmanned drone or a remote controlled aircraft?

Aviation safety expert and former FAA official Steven Wallace explains.