The race is over as far as Ireland's biggest bookmaker is concerned.

Given Google Inc.'s reputation as a trend setter on the Web, I expected great things from its first mobile phone - especially since it is emerging more than a year after Apple Inc. launched the enormously popular iPhone.

Two new IRS computer systems that will eventually cost taxpayers almost $2 billion are being put into service despite known security and privacy vulnerabilities, a Treasury watchdog said in a report coming out Thursday.

A suspected U.S. missile strike killed a purported foreign militant Thursday in a Pakistani tribal area considered a haven for the Taliban and al-Qaida, while a suicide bombing left four security personnel dead, officials said.

Millvina Dean was only 2 months old when she was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat from the doomed Titanic. Now 96, the last survivor of the tragic sinking is selling mementos of the disaster to help pay her nursing home fees.

A top general tells CBS' Lara Logan the enemy has increased its forces up to 30% in the last year.

The nation's Treasury Secretary says he laments the inept regulation, but Henry Paulson insists the government's rescue plan will work.

A man who went to buy cigarettes in a gorilla suit to win a bet with his girlfriend is now being accused of receiving stolen property. Altoona police said they noticed a 20-year-old man walking down the city's Sixth Avenue just after midnight on Wednesday dressed as an ape.

An 88-year-old Massachusetts woman wants a refund after learning that she's been paying taxes for nearly four decades on land she doesn't own.

Joe the Plumber's story sprang a few leaks Thursday. Turns out that the man who was held up by John McCain as the typical, hard-working American taxpayer isn't really a licensed plumber. And court documents show he owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes.

A stock market as difficult to fathom as it is volatile pulled off another stunning U-turn on Thursday, transforming a 380-point loss for the Dow Jones industrials into a 401-point gain. Was it the government's bailout beginning to have an effect? The credit markets finally beginning to loosen up? Investors looking for a bottom in stocks?

Democrat Barack Obama extended his front-running campaign into West Virginia, a bastion of white, middle-class voters who rejected his primary season appeals, and confidently broached the subject of victory in a presidential contest playing out on Republican turf.

The Kansas Fever Committee celebrated Thursday it's 115th anniversary of Sheldon Kindergarten at the Capitol Building. Sheldon Elementary was the first black kindergarten west of the Mississippi.

Washburn University Business School is earning high marks. The school was named an outstanding business school by the Princeton Review in its 2009 edition of "Best 296 Business Schools." David Sollars, Dean of the School of Business, says they are pleased to have received such a high rating.

A 20-year-old Manhattan man will be sentenced November 21 for the gruesome killing of his former roommate last year. A Riley County jury Wednesday found Kevin Hernandez guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying and dismemberment of Adam Hooks in June 2007.

Local children were warmed with love Thursday along with big fluffy coats. As part of the Sharefest celebration, workers were at Quincy Elementary School donating coats for the children.

Topeka police are asking for your help in identifying the suspect involved in a burglary, theft, and unlawful use of a credit card. Police say the robbery occurred on August 21st around 11:20 p.m. A woman told police her purse was stolen from her un-locked parked car in the 2000 block of SW Western.

Topeka police are investigating a Wednesday night robbery. Police say they received a call around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night that a woman had been robbed at gunpoint on SW Lydia.

Topeka police are investigating a home invasion that happened early Thursday morning. Officers received a call just before 3:00 a.m. that an acquaintance of the victim had broken into his home on SW Washburn.

A retail re-development district is one step closer to happening in Emporia. City commissioners approved a change Wednesday to the Emporia City Comprehensive Plan, to allow use of the area known as Peak Trust , according to our radio partner KVOE.

A Republican County official's e-mail linking Barack Obama to Muslim extremism is drawing Democratic protests. Geary County Treasurer Kathy Tremont forwarded the e-mail to her staff last week.

Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Boyda raised less than half as much money since mid-July as her Republican challenger, Lynn Jenkins. That's according to campaign finance reports filed this week by the two nominees in the 2nd congressional district.

Michelle De La Isla was named Kansas Woman Business advocate of the year, Thursday.

There's a new pizza joint in town. The Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday at the newest Glory Days Pizza location near Lake Shawnee.

On Thursday, Capitol Federal announced a contribution of more than a quarter million dollars to the United Way.