AP PHOTOS: Virus revives demand for traditional French soap

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Amid the rapid spread of the new coronavirus across Europe, the hallmark Marseille tradition of soap-making is enjoying a renaissance, as the French rediscover an essential local product.

Sports Briefs October 18, 2010

Spain's Beatriz Recari won the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge in Danville, Calif., on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, overcoming soggy conditions and a late bogey for a one-stroke victory over France's Gwladys Nocera.

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Hecla project uses insects to control invasive plant species

MULLAN - The Lucky Friday unit of Hecla Mining Company is beginning a new method of pest control for much of its land.

Federal appeals court to live stream proceedings

U.S. Supreme Court does not allow cameras

Renee Henriette Moe-McCarley, 94

Renee Henriette Moe-McCarley died at the age of 94 on the evening of Tuesday, December 6, 2022 while in residence at the Life Care Center in Post Falls, Idaho.

Guest opinion: Are newspapers an 'essential' service? Yes - especially now

San Francisco and six Bay Area counties, with a combined population of nearly 7 million, are under “shelter-in-place” orders directing everyone to basically stay inside their homes for the next three weeks in hopes of suppressing the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the region.

Feeling feverish?

We have all been educated to think that 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is the average body temperature of humans and that anything above that reading indicates a fever. However, it's not really that simple. Rectal temperature, which most accurately reflects true internal body temperature, varies from 97.9 degrees F. (morning) to 100.4 degree F. (late afternoon). Oral, armpit and ear temperatures, which are less accurate and can be influenced by external factors, can be as low as 94.5 degrees F. To determine your personal "normal" temperature, take three readings (morning, noon and night) at any one of the four sites, and calculate your average temperature for each of the three times of day. Use those numbers as your base temperature.

Migraine medication may increase birth-defect risk

Cleft lips and palates occur when the mouth does not fully form, which leads to a split lip or hole in the upper palate. While such oral birth defects are relatively rare in the United States, it has been found that an epilepsy drug used to help prevent migraines can increase the risk of these defects in babies born to mothers who take the medication. According to the FDA, expectant mothers who take the drug topiramate (Topamax) are about 20 times more likely to have infants with cleft lips or cleft palates than women not taking the medication. Women of childbearing age should know that the defects occur during the first three months of pregnancy, often before a woman knows she is pregnant.

Inspectors arrest 15 in prescription drug case

Opiates originated from Tijuana pharmacies

SAN DIEGO - U.S. border inspectors are not only seizing drugs coming into the country from Mexico - they're making arrests for drug smuggling that's going the other way.

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Hospitals and breweries team up to make hand sanitizer

When its regular operations winding down at the end of the day, the pharmacy staff for Idaho Falls Community Hospital and Mountain View Hospital begins work making hand sanitizer.

No San Francisco treat

Cable cars, buses stall as workers call in sick

Randy Scott Shinneman, 51

Randy Scott Shinneman, 51, of Post Falls, Idaho, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. He was born Feb. 5, 1959, in San Fernando, Calif.

Alan Douglas Kohal, 64

Beloved husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, son-in-law and brother-in-law, Alan Douglas Kohal, 64, of Pinehurst, passed away March 23, 2013, at the Shoshone Medical Center in Kellogg. He was born March 19, 1949, in Sandpoint. Alan was the son of Donald Douglas and Lesley “Marleen” (Mooney) Kohal.

Life in San Francisco area screeches to a halt amid shutdown

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — First, people were advised to avoid large gatherings.

Frontier king a rebel

On this date in 1786 Tennessee legend Davy Crockett was born. While commonly seen as a fringe-wearing frontiersman in a raccoon hat, Crockett was also a politician, serving in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1827 to 1831, then again from 1833 to 1835.

Gay marriage bans struck down in Idaho

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld gay marriage in Idaho and Nevada, saying bans on the practice in those states violate same-sex couples' equal protection rights.

Francis “Marilyn” Dooling Wofford Hayes, 90

Francis “Marilyn” Dooling Wofford Hayes passed away on January 20, 2022 in Hermitage, Pennsylvania.

The snoring bear: Final

So, this patient reported back to the sleep doctor’s office. He had his oral device with him. He felt great thinking that the oral device worked. He was dreaming now. He couldn’t remember dreaming before. Remember, we always dream in stage 5 of sleep known as REM — rapid eye movement. The severity of the initial condition of the patient kept him from getting into REM and therefore he didn’t dream.

Cultural kaleidoscope

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