Reuters - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will seek a change in the law so he can run for a third term in 2009, arguing on Thursday that the financial crisis demands a leader of his business acumen.

Reuters - Crews searched an eastern California mountain range for the remains of adventurer Steve Fossett after finding the wreckage of a small plane thought to be the one he was piloting when he disappeared in September 2007, police said on Thursday.

Reuters - Lawyers for Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska urged a judge Thursday to dismiss the corruption case against him because they said prosecutors had withheld evidence helpful to their defense.

Reuters - Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden share the same stage in a vice presidential debate on Thursday, but the spotlight will be on the untested Palin as she tries to ease doubts about whether she is up to the job.

Reuters - Shockwaves from the global credit crisis spread on Thursday, hitting industry and jobs worldwide and putting pressure on the U.S. Congress to finish up a $700 billion bailout of the U.S. financial sector.

Reuters - Stocks extended losses on Thursday as tight credit markets and a spate of bleak economic data left investors even more anxious about the economy's health a day before release of the crucial payrolls report.

AP - A review of the NBA's officiating program found no evidence of illegal activity by any referee other than Tim Donaghy, though it recommended significant changes for monitoring gambling and game integrity.

AP - The world's most obese man is getting hitched. Manuel Uribe says he will wed longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis on Oct. 26 in Monterrey, Mexico. The two will be married in a civil ceremony at a location still to be decided.

AP - Hollywood mom Salma Hayek is lending her star power to a UNICEF campaign to eradicate tetanus in mothers and babies around the world within four years.

AP - The judge and lawyers for both sides in the O.J. Simpson kidnapping and armed robbery case are meeting behind closed doors to work on jury instructions, and plan to present them before closing arguments later Thursday.

AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is giving up on winning Michigan.

AP - The government's high-profile prosecution of Sen. Ted Stevens appeared in jeopardy Thursday after his lawyers persuaded a judge to suspend the senator's corruption trial for the day and consider throwing out the charges.

AP - Searchers found the wreckage of Steve Fossett's plane in California's rugged Sierra Nevada just over a year after the millionaire adventurer vanished on a solo flight, and the craft appears to have hit the mountainside head-on, authorities said Thursday.

AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin enters her debate Thursday night with Democratic rival Joe Biden as many voters harbor serious doubts about her readiness for the nation's highest office.