WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is revealing it was close to launching fighter jets - and briefly discussed a possible shoot-down - after an errant Navy drone wandered into restricted air space near the nation's capital last month.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks extended their September rally Thursday after more encouraging news on the job market.

SEATTLE (AP) — Thursday marks the kickoff of the 2010 NFL season, and along with it, a renewed interest in fantasy leagues and video games that let Monday-morning quarterbacks feel as if they're part of the action.

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Japanese cult director Takashi Miike says he remade the 1963 classic "Thirteen Assassins" to help Japan's younger generation learn about the past.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are warning doctors that a class of injectable drugs used in MRI medical imaging scans can cause a rare and sometimes fatal condition in patients with kidney disease.

BOSTON (AP) — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was in a two-car accident near his home Thursday morning, but was unhurt and hours later practiced as usual with his team just days before the season opener.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The death toll from flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine could increase after authorities near San Antonio acknowledged Thursday that hopes were dim of finding alive two missing swimmers swept away by floodwaters.

VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian woman kidnapped at age 10 says she was repeatedly beaten, starved and forced to do housework half-naked during her 8 1/2 years at the mercy of a man who admired Hitler and considered himself an Egyptian god.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats are going to lose this fall if voters render judgment on the nation's sputtering economy. That's not the forecast of some political analyst or the wishful thinking of a Republican leader. It's the blunt acknowledgment from President Barack Obama himself.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Abracadabra, we'll turn all of you into toads!