FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012 photo provided by Red Bull Stratos, Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria celebrates after successfully completing the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, N.M.?Baumgartner's death-defying jump from a balloon 24 miles above Earth yielded important information about the punishing effects of extreme speed and altitude on the human body - insights that could inform the development of improved spacesuits, new training procedures and emergency medical treatment. (AP Photo/Red Bull Stratos, Balazs Gardi)
FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012 photo provided by Red Bull Stratos, Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria celebrates after successfully completing the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, N.M.?Baumgartner's death-defying jump from a balloon 24 miles above Earth yielded important information about the punishing effects of extreme speed and altitude on the human body - insights that could inform the development of improved spacesuits, new training procedures and emergency medical treatment. (AP Photo/Red Bull Stratos, Balazs Gardi)
Headlines about cyclist Lance Armstrong scroll above people in New York's Times Square, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity and Nike severed ties with him as fallout from the doping scandal swirling around the famed cyclist escalated Wednesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Pedestrians pass the Federal Reserve Building Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in New York. Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a Bangladeshi man they said was plotting to blow up the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, just blocks from the World Trade Center site. Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, was arrested in a sting operation Wednesday morning after he parked a van filled with what he believed were explosives outside the building and tried to detonate it in a suicide mission, authorities said. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT):
1. ARREST IN NYC FEDERAL RESERVE PLOT
The FBI's bombing plan was phony, but authorities say Quazi Nafis' admiration of Osama bin Laden and aspirations for martyrdom were not.
2. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PLAY POLITICS FOR LAUGHS
Obama and Romney quiet the hostilities to deliver some lighthearted fare at a white-tie gala in New York City, at 7:55 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively. Obama also tapes an appearance on "The Daily Show" at 3:30 p.m.
3. U.S. COLLEGE DEBT UP 5 PERCENT THIS YEAR
Two-thirds of the class of 2011 finished school with loan debt, and those who borrowed walked off the graduation stage owing $26,600 on average.
4. HERE COMES THE ROYAL BRIDE
The tiny country of Luxembourg prepares for a turn in the spotlight on Friday and Saturday when Prince Guillaume weds Belgian Countess Stephanie de Lannoy.
5. GET READY TO RUMBLE
Millions in the U.S. and several other countries will participate in an earthquake drill at 10:18 a.m.
6. SYRIA'S BUSINESS ELITE GROWING RESTLESS
Civil war and sanctions are taking a toll on the economy ? leading many of the nation's wealthy to lose faith in the Assad regime.
7. WHAT GOOD MIGHT COME FROM SKYDIVER'S RECORD LEAP
Data about the effects of extreme speed and altitude on the human body could lead to improved spacesuits and better emergency medicine.
8. HOW A GREEK SOCCER TEAM CAME UP WITH MUCH-NEEDED CASH
A pair of brothels is kicking in to help a squad in desperate need of sponsors.
9. WHY FLAVOR FLAV LANDED BEHIND BARS
The former hip-hop star threw his fiancee to the floor and threatened to kill her teenage son while brandishing a pair of knives, police say.
10. CORPORATE DEFECTIONS FOLLOW LANCE ARMSTRONG'S LIFETIME BAN
Nike, Anheuser-Busch and Trek Bicycle are among companies that decided to part ways with the cyclist.
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