Coeur d'Alene Press

June 24, 2011 9 p.m.

Harry Potter to be sold as e-books

LONDON - Harry Potter battled the forces of evil and now is set to conquer the web - coming to e-books in a groundbreaking deal that has delighted fans but alarmed the book industry that helped make creator J.K. Rowling a billionaire.

March 27, 2020 5 p.m.

People have two additional weeks to fill out the census, and local help to do it

While many Spokane events encouraging people to fill out the census have been put on hold or canceled, local leaders are hoping to use social media, food distribution and phone calls to get the word out about the 2020 census.

January 24, 2014 8 p.m.

Anything goes at Post Falls auction

POST FALLS - You never know what's going to crop up in the swampland, and that's how Will and Emily Behar want their new auction business to be as well.

July 23, 2010 9 p.m.

GM to pay $3.5B for auto financing company

DETROIT - General Motors Co. will buy AmeriCredit Corp. for $3.5 billion, a deal that allows the automaker to expand loans to customers with poor credit and offer more leases, key areas where GM must grow to accelerate its car sales.

November 20, 2016 8 p.m.

Buyers concerned with mortgage rates

Many months of low, low interest rates may have encouraged some complacency with groups of real estate buyers seeing no compulsion to act but that may have changed last week. Agents report hearing concerns of buyers who are feeling a sense of urgency due to an increase of four tenths of a percent in the 30-year mortgage interest rate over last month. Media reports used terms like “surge” or “jump” to fuel the angst felt by many who thought the lowest rates in history might go on forever.

January 14, 2011 8 p.m.

Mine owner has big plans

Silver Opportunity Partners anxious to get Sunshine operating

After buying out the Sterling Mining Co. for a cool $24 million in an April bankruptcy auction, Silver Opportunity Partners LLC (SOP) has rolled up its sleeves and isanxious to start drilling test holes.

March 27, 2020 9:10 a.m.

Restaurants, trying to stay afloat, revamp menus, operations

CINCINNATI (AP) — In the battle to keep their New York City restaurant going despite sharp restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak, the owners of Il Posto Accanto tried something Beatrice Tosti di Valminuta would have considered sacrilege in normal times.

January 21, 2018 midnight

Lessons from a tire man

I often use the expression, “One person can make all the difference in the world.”

January 5, 2011 8 p.m.

New Year's resolutions? Brain can sabotage success

Healthy Lifestyles

WASHINGTON - Uh-oh, the new year's just begun and already you're finding it hard to keep those resolutions to junk the junk food, get off the couch or kick smoking. There's a biological reason a lot of our bad habits are so hard to break - they get wired into our brains.

May 12, 2012 3:45 a.m.

Thrift store jackpot

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An unemployed Ohio man was browsing at his local thrift store for items he could restore and resell when he spotted a Picasso poster with the word "Exposition" written across the front, some French words, and the image of a warped round face. He handed over $14.14 for what he saw as a nice commercial print.

July 29, 2020 1 a.m.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — GEORGE BALLING: Consumption patterns

Consumer wine consumption has a natural rhythm to it. Varietals come and go in popularity, as does winemaking style. All but the most die-hard varietal loyalists will change their preferences with the seasons. There are also clearly times of the year when all of us will consume a bit more wine or add to our stock, as it is our prime time for entertaining. Add in how most every palate evolves as we go through life and sure enough, as a wine industry professional you can pick out the changes.