While the dog days of summer drag on and thoughts are more of surf and sun than shopping, one particular weekend in August has local retailers hoping people will change that mindset.

If the world were entirely fair, summer budgets could be blown on vacations, shopping and cocktails. But for many, wedding duty calls. Summer is prime time...

As part of a competition to find Camarillo's Mother of the Year, merchants at Las Posas Plaza read through thousands of entries from schoolchildren in the city who all thought their moms were the best. One entry from third-grader Jacob Kuettel stood out

Cities like to boast about their superlatives, such as the world's largest trading floor at the UBS AG investment bank in Stamford and Foxwoods, the nation's biggest casino in Ledyard.

Here in Southeast Louisiana, where the heat index can push temperatures into the triple digits, a cool glass of water is something we often take for granted.