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Obama signs major patent law change
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a major overhaul of the nation's patent system to ease the way for inventors to bring their pro…
UBS trader ordered held over fraud allegation
LONDON - The young trader who rocked Swiss banking titan UBS by allegedly gambling away $2 billion was charged Friday with fraud and false accounting dating ba…
Movers and Shakers September 17, 2011
Local jobless rate drops
Kootenai County's unemployment rate dropped from 11.8 percent in July to 11.6 percent in August, according to a report released on Friday by the Idaho Departme…
Threads for kids
COEUR d'ALENE - The goal is clothes well before winter.
This visitor isn't wanted
MULLAN - The Lucky Friday unit of Hecla Mining Company is beginning a new method of pest control for much of its land.
Cautious consumers pull back on spending
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumers grew more cautious last month amid wild stock market swings, zero job growth and heightened concerns that the economy has weakened.
Armrest wars: Flights are fuller than ever
NEW YORK - Don't expect much elbow room on flights this fall.
Movers & Shakers Sept. 14, 2011
Howell in her fourth,
Movers & Shakers Sept. 13, 2011
Center Partners employees relocate to Liberty Lake
Call center company Center Partners has moved 350 employees from its site on Ironwood Drive in Coeur d'Alene to Liberty Lake.
Judge warns Wash. union to halt illegal tactics
TACOMA, Wash. - Union activists aren't backing off demands to work at a new Washington state grain terminal after hundreds of Longshore workers stormed the fac…
Kicks that fly
PORTLAND, Ore. - Nike is going back to the future.
Workplace bullying is no bull
The playground isn't the only place where you'll run into bullies. Internet bullying has led to suicides. Office bullying is on the rise, and it's a deal-killer no matter what business you're in.
Orlando's reopens in Coeur d'Alene
You almost have to look for this one - no huge signs, no big windows, no tables.