Oil prices plunged below $90 a barrel Monday, coming within reach of year-ago levels as a widening financial maelstrom spreads overseas and crimps global demand for energy.

$700B Bailout Fails To Ease Worries As Dow Plunges Record 800 Points Before Recovering.

After a series of changes designed to draw more people to its online marketplace, eBay Inc.'s latest alteration is aimed at its own employees. The auction site operator said Monday it will cut about 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of its work force, in its largest round of dismissals ever.

Citigroup Inc. said Monday it has filed a complaint in New York Supreme Court against Wachovia, Wells Fargo and the directors of both companies seeking more than $60 billion in damages for interfering with the bank's planned takeover of Wachovia's banking operations.

A fire at a newly renovated brewing and bottling plant will delay a major expansion planned by Free State Brewing Co.

USD 501 is in the final stage of negotiations for the purchase of 128 acres from the State of Kansas, located at the state hospital grounds near Hummer Park.

Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife, nurse Linda Schneider, are charged in a 34-count indictment with directly causing four deaths and contributing to 21 others. The indictment links their Haysville clinic to 58 accidental overdose deaths.

Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.

The Legislative Research Department reports a host of signs that businesses and individuals are earning less income than expected. That could make budgeting next year more difficult.

Ann Burke saw signs of trouble with her daughter's boyfriend. He'd incessantly call her at night, keep her from her family, and, ultimately, physically abuse her during a tumultuous relationship that ended with her death three years ago.

Supporters say he's a model prisoner who committed only one, horrible crime. Fresquez's family testified that Crocker should stay in jail.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius reported for jury duty Monday morning in Shawnee County District Court. She's sitting with other potential jurors in a fourth-floor courtroom, waiting to watch the standard video giving potential jurors background on jury service.

A man went on trial for murder Monday in the death of a 3-year-old girl whose headless body was found in the woods and nicknamed "Precious Doe."

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday it is delaying a decision on whether to allow EnergySolutions Inc. to import the largest-ever amount of nuclear waste into the U.S.

Evel Knievel never denied his scrapes with the law - the late motorcycle daredevil often reveled in them. But even he objected to a 1970s FBI investigation of whether he was involved in a string of beatings.

Denny Hamlin was held Sunday night at a Birmingham hospital Sunday for further evaluation after a tire failure led to a hard crash at Talladega Superspeedway.

Maxine Bermudez combines a simple camera for complicated and beautiful results. One of the featured artists at the Aaron Douglass Art Fair, Maxine dove in to the industry after taking a few classes at Washburn University, just for fun.

The American Mustache Institute is looking for the country's best 'stache. The St. Louis-based tongue-in-cheek group on Monday opened voting for its ``Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year'' award, naming 16 finalists.

A casino-bound charter bus with an invalid license plate drifted off the road and then swerved back, sending it tumbling into a ditch and ejecting passengers as it rolled, police said. Ten people were killed and dozens injured.

The Supreme Court is refusing to disturb a $74 million judgment against Dish Network Corp. for violating a patent held by TiVo Inc. involving digital video recorders.

Wall Street is shaky after the $700 billion bailout package. The Dow fell below 10,000 in trading early Monday.

European governments struggled to find a coordinated approach to the crisis sweeping financial markets, as Denmark became the latest country to guarantee bank deposits, putting more pressure on Britain and other countries to follow.

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is criticizing Barack Obama's ties to his incendiary former pastor and a 1960s-era radical. In an interview in The New York Times published Monday, Palin spoke about Obama's relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who made anti-American comments even though John McCain had said talk of Wright was off limits.

Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets — or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter — because of risks for disease.

More children have died from flu because they also had staph infections, according to a new government report that urges parents to have their kids get the flu shot.