LOS ANGELES – Actress Stockard Channing (search) pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge stemming from an incident last year on the Hollywood Freeway. Channing, 61, who won an Emmy for her role as the first lady on NBC’s “The West Wing,” (search) was ordered to pay a …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – The United States and Britain jointly criticized Syria on Sunday and called for international action to be taken over a U.N. investigation that implicated Syrian officials in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (search). Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice didn’t discuss any specific actions …

Sometimes it can be a very bad thing to share the love. New York cops charged a randy couple with a lewd act after a leafy October sex romp along a block in Brooklyn, according to the New York Post. Police caught Caitlin Clonan, 21, bare-bottomed with boyfriend Philip Conlon, …

LONDON – Iraq’s former deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz (search), has agreed to testify against Saddam Hussein in his upcoming trial, a British newspaper reported Sunday. Aziz’s lawyer, however, dismissed the claim. The Sunday Telegraph reported that, in return for his cooperation, Aziz could be freed from prison soon after …

A quick break from the news about the indictments of Lewis Libby in order to talk about my favorite topic these days: The annual war on Christmas. As you may have heard, I wrote a book about it called “The War on Christmas” and in it I go over a …

WASHINGTON – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless aid dipped by 2,000 last week, defying Wall Street (search) expectations for a larger fall, as the aftermath of Gulf Coast hurricanes continued to weigh on the U.S. job market, the government said on Thursday. First-time claims for state …

NEW YORK – ABC News (search) is drawing fire for using college interns (search) in an investigative report that alleges lax security at nuclear reactors on 25 U.S. college campuses. The “Primetime Live (search)” report examines how close those interns were able to get to the reactors, theorizing the facilities …

BOSTON – The Rev. Walter Waldron’s homily usually earns a smattering of amens, but his latest talk from the pulpit at St. Patrick Church got him a round of applause. Waldron rallied support Sunday for a petition that calls for banning gay marriage in Massachusetts. At the end of Mass, …

WASHINGTON – A presidential panel says tax breaks that promote homeownership and encourage businesses to give workers health insurance should be changed to help more middle income families. “Clearly, under present law, the higher income folks benefit the most from those two aspects of the tax code,” former Sen. Connie …

This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” October 24, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Baghdad was rocked today by three massive vehicle bombs. Let’s take a look. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) (SOUNDS OF EXPLOSIONS) (SOUNDS OF GUNFIRE) (END VIDEO CLIP) HANNITY: The U.S. military …