National News

	Paulson endorses bank stock purchase plan Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the administration will move ahead with a plan to buy stock in financial institutions.
	OJ Simpson seeks new robbery trial in Las Vegas Lawyers for O.J. Simpson are citing judicial errors and insufficient evidence as they seek a new trial.
	Wild ride on Wall Street Wall Street has capped its worst week ever.
	NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009 NASA has decided to press ahead with plans to launch a big new rover to Mars next year.
	Suicide-prevention net under Golden Gate endorsed A stainless steel net may soon hang underneath the Golden Gate Bridge to stop people from attempting suicide by jumping off.
	Same-sex marriages to be legal in Connecticut later this month Connecticut's attorney general says the state Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage will take effect on October 28th. He says there will be no appeal of the ruling.
	Federal regulators clear Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal Federal antitrust regulators say they have cleared Wells Fargo's $11.7 billion acquisition of troubled bank Wachovia Corp.
	Bush says anxiety feeding market instability President Bush says the government's financial rescue plan is aggressive enough and big enough to work, but anxiety about the markets is feeding on itself and making that hard to see.
	One dead, one hurt, after balloon hits power lines One man is dead, and another has been critically hurt, after a balloon slammed into power lines during the annual hot air balloon fiesta today in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
	Colin Powell praises Stevens at corruption trial Some high-profile friends are coming forward in defense of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens at his corruption trial.