Watch “Hannity & Colmes” at 9 p.m. ET tonight! TOMORROW: We’re LIVE from the Daytona 500 for a SPECIAL EDITION of Hannity & Colmes with Nascar superstars Dale Jarrett and Jamie McMurray! Thursday, Feb. 17: President Bush’s social security plan is getting a boost from one prominent American senior… Art …

WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats peppered Homeland Security Secretary nominee Michael Chertoff (search) with questions Wednesday about his tenure as a top Justice Department prosecutor, focusing on whether he had a role in approving improper interrogation methods for terror suspects. Chertoff, now a federal appeals court judge in New Jersey, maintained …

This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” February 24, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) RANDALL TERRY, FIGHTING FOR TERRI SCHIAVO: This guy is the Dr. Kevorkian of law, and he has dragged Michael Schiavo down the path of his own agenda! (END VIDEO …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (search) said Saturday a string of attacks killing more than 50 Iraqis in two days were failed attempts to sow sectarian strife and destabilized the country. Clinton, a New York Democrat, and Sen. John McCain (search), R-Ariz., were part of a five-member congressional …

ATLANTA – A man fatally shot his wife in her second-floor intensive care hospital room and then killed himself Monday morning, authorities said. The incident took place around 6:15 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Hospital (search), said Victor Azar, operations manager for Fulton County Emergency Services (search). Azar said officers were …

TAMPA, Florida – Former baseball star Dwight Gooden (search), sought by police since he fled a DUI traffic stop three days ago, turned himself in at a county jail Thursday, police said. Gooden, 40, showed up at the jail warrants facility about 5 p.m., police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. He …

CRAWFORD, Texas – From the window of his limousine, President Bush (search) got a motorcade view of more than 100 anti-war protesters camped outside his ranch as he rode to a political fund-raiser Friday near his spread. Bush did not stop. Law enforcement agencies used their cars to block two …

LONDON – Green Day (search) was named the best band on the planet and best live act at the Kerrang! music awards (search). Green Day — which has had several notable singles, including “When I Come Around” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” — took top honors at the annual event, …

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has blocked the Bush administration’s plans to overhaul personnel and pay rules at the Department of Homeland Security, saying the government-wide change of labor rules fails to protect workers’ right to bargain collectively. The decision Friday by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer (search) is a …

Watch “The Big Story” weekdays at 5 p.m. ET A new report reveals the Pentagon has drafted its first-ever war plans to counter or respond to any new terror attacks on U.S. soil. We’ll get the lowdown on the terror response plans from Jed Babbin, former deputy undersecretary of defense. …