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To be able to fight fatigue and boost your energy levels, you have to know WHY you are fatigued in the first place.

The Exhausted Dad: Birthdays deserve a ‘bro-cation’

The baby of the family turned 7 this past week.

FTC's antitrust inquiry turns up heat on Google

SAN FRANCISCO - Google may be entering a make-or-break phase in its colorful history now that U.S. regulators have opened an investigation into whether the company has been abusing its dominance of Internet search and advertising to stifle competition.

McEUEN: Cost is key to approval

Now we have the projected costs for the McEuen Park, and that is a step forward for a rational look at the proposed elements of the project.

GM stock rises on second day

DETROIT (AP) - General Motors' stock rose the second day it traded as it rebounded from an early swoon.

U.S. rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 3.51 percent

How foods fight cancer

On a weekly basis, we are bombarded with information about the latest, greatest cancer-fighting super food or supplement. While many of the featured items may not do all they're cracked up to, there is some truth to the message: food really can make a huge difference in the prevention and fight of cancer.

Acupuncture to improve fertility

Acupuncture to improve fertility and the chance of having a healthy baby is not new. It is one of the oldest fertility treatments ever. It has been practiced for thousands of years. It still is, because it works.

Are your medications causing nutrient depletion?

Many people taking long-term medications are unaware that those medications may be depleting them of vitally important nutrients that are essential for health and wellbeing. Most of us already struggle to get the RDA (recommended daily allowance) of vitamins and minerals, so if you are also taking medications that can deplete them more rapidly than usual, it is important to give yourself extra nutritional support, because deficiencies of certain vitamins and minerals and other micronutrients can even contribute to the development or worsening of chronic disease states.

Don't fret - there's help for holiday travel

Destination: Everywhere

Do you think holiday travel is miserable? It doesn’t have to be.

Panic buying leaves retailers scrambling to restock

NEW YORK (AP) — Grocers big and small are hiring more workers, paying overtime and limiting purchases on certain high demand items as they scramble to restock shelves that have been wiped out by panic shopping in response to the global viral pandemic.

Biden angers France, EU with new Australia, UK

President has alienated numerous allies with a go-it-alone approach on key issues

Master Gardener: Amending the vegetable garden soil in fall

Feed Your Soil This Fall!

Powell brothers push harp guitar into spotlight

SANDPOINT - At first glance, the harp guitar appears to be an unwieldy way to make music. True to its name, the instrument looks as if a standard six-string guitar collided with the low end of a harp, with both somehow surviving the incident and coming out the better for it.

Apply for moose, sheep, goat tags by Sunday

Controlled hunt drawing results will post online in early June

A reminder to big game hunters that Sunday, April 30, is the deadline to apply for any moose, bighorn sheep and mountaingoat-controlledd hunts. Folks can apply for one of these three species in a year, and those who apply for a moose, sheep or goat hunt are ineligible for most deer, elk and pronghorn-controlled hunt drawings.

Pope dolls, bobble heads up for sale months before U.S. visit

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Pope Francis is a doll. No, really.

Discounts crimp retailers' profits

NEW YORK - The 2011 holiday shopping season will go down in the record books as the year the Grinch stole stores' profits.

Good news

Last week we saw home loan interest rates reach an all time low. Rates for 30-year conventional loans hit 3.82 percent. That is the lowest rate since these long-term loans were first offered in the 1950s. This is great news for homebuyers looking for the best deals. Many, still waiting for the "bottom" of the market may find they have missed it if the preliminary April figures from the Coeur d'Alene Multiple Listing Service prove accurate.

Drivers catch a break as gasoline prices fall

NEW YORK - A summer road trip may not be such a bad idea after all.

Linda Lee Brown Appel, 71

Linda Lee (Brown) Appel passed unexpectedly at her home in Coeur d'Alene on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014.