Strictly business

Herbalife stock surges after Icahn grabs stake

Rediscovering real food

Food for Thought

This winter I find myself in an unhealthy quick food quagmire. Life is busy and the food I eat, simple. My vegetable garden is four months from producing, as the black soil and my physical activity lay dormant from lack of solar energy. I need the sun. Canned chili, frozen corn dogs, turkey subs, heat and serve pizza and an occasional blackened salmon Caesar is my diet. My belt tightens and my heart begins to ache suffering the agony of processed food. As my palate enters culinary Siberia, anything salty and processed satisfies - I'm in trouble.

Being creative with food

Food for Thought

Last summer I found myself in an unhealthy quick food quagmire. Life became busy and the food I ate, simple. With my garden two months from producing and my physical activity increasing, canned chili, frozen corn dogs, heat and serve pizza and an occasional blackened salmon Caesar became my diet. My belt tightened and my heart began to ache. As my palate entered culinary Siberia, anything salty and processed satisfied.

A review of home remedies

DEAR DR. GOTT: In a recent column, you referred to two possible cures for toenail fungus other than menthol salve. One was an over-the-counter product, and the other was a soaking agent. Could you please relate what these two potential cures are?

Going too far?

Judge questions necessity in hospital lawsuit

The cart before the horse?

Movie studios' view-everywhere system has soft launch

Controlled hunt drawing results online

Hunters who applied for elk, deer, pronghorn, fall turkey and black bear controlled hunts can check online to see whether they were successful in the recent computerized drawing.

Edible? Yes. Incredible? That's up to you.

If you want to know trends at the grocery store just ask a cashier. While many different items come through the checkout line, there is an old trend that is new again and in almost everyone’s basket. Here is your hint: they come by the dozen and shoppers are very particular about how they’re bagged. Yes, we’re talking about eggs!

Parting is such sweet sorrow

Shenanigans closing in wake of pandemic, Bear Paw Cookies to move in starting mid-June

No over-the-counter, nonresident deer, elk tags available this year

No over-the-counter nonresident deer, elk tags available this year Controlled hunt tags must be purchased this week or forfeited

A new fountain of youth?

Boomers will be spending billions to counter aging

NEW YORK - Baby boomers heading into what used to be called retirement age are providing a 70 million-member strong market for legions of companies, entrepreneurs and cosmetic surgeons eager to capitalize on their "forever young" mindset, whether it's through wrinkle creams, face-lifts or workout regimens.

Are online pharmacies legitimate?

If you think that you'll get a bargain from an online pharmacy, think again. According to a 2012 analysis of nearly 1,000 online pharmacies by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), which accredits online pharmacies and represents state pharmacy boards all over the United States, only around 3 percent appear to be legitimate. The NABP found that 85 percent of the online drugstores it looked into do not require a valid prescription from the consumer's physician, and nearly half provided foreign drugs or medications not approved by the FDA. While there are Canadian online pharmacies that are legitimately regulated, many websites that purport to be Canadian are not. Worse yet, you may not even get the drug you ordered.

Retailers getting desperate

Free necklaces and shipping for holiday shoppers?

NEW YORK - Retailers are so desperate this holiday season that they're willing to lose money to get you to spend yours.

WinEconomy III

Prices falling again?

Over the past months we had found that wine prices had begun a stabilization that would not only be welcomed by wineries and grape growers but to some degree was needed to ensure the financial health of the industry. In just the last couple of weeks though we have started to see broad based and very deep discounting at the wholesale price level that leads us to think we have some time to go when great wine can be had at compelling prices.

VOTERS: Don’t get gouged

Would you vote for someone who is wealthy because they hid price gouging fees in the 17 pages of fine print few people read before buying products from his company? Because you can if you want to, right here in Kootenai County, for a four-year term as county commissioner.

Doctors recommend early exposure to prevent peanut allergies

Review: Apps to make holiday shopping easier

Price matters for 2011 holiday season

Like ice cream? Thank China

Nothing like a green bean 'ice cream' on a hot July afternoon.

Consumers spend and earn more

Latest government data suggest an improving picture of the economy

WASHINGTON - Americans earned more and spent more last month, and the number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level in more than two years. At the same time, demand for long-lasting manufactured goods and new homes fell off.