Opportunities in the region, particularly in the high country, will diminish with colder weather. Streams closed to trout fishing Oct. 31. ANTELOPE FLAT RESERVOIR: Opportunities for 12-14 inch rainbow trout are fair. Illegally introduced bullhead have had a negative impact on trout angling. CLEAR LAKE: No new reports.COLUMBIA RIVER FROM BONNEVILLE RESERVOIR TO JOHN DAY DAM: Bass fishing has been good in the main Columbia and backwaters. Anglers are reporting good catch rates of nice ... [full story]

By unleashing the XBOX 360 a year earlier than the competition, Microsoft has a head start on the next generation of console gaming. But Sony and Nintendo are now ready to enter the virtual boxing ring with their new consoles, the PlayStation 3 and the Wii. While Sony seems to be directly competing with Microsoft by trying to create the most technologically advanced gaming console ever created, Nintendo is going in another direction. Rather than ... [full story]

Every day, 8- to 18-year-olds spend, on average, nearly four hours watching TV or videos, more than an hour on the computer and 50 minutes playing video games. That amounts to nearly six hours a day in front of a screen. But health experts warn that too much screen time throws off a person's energy balance, making it hard to maintain a healthy weight. Energy balance is the balance between the amount of calories you ... [full story]

If you own a cash-value life insurance policy, you could have insurance agents pestering you to sell it. Behind the scenes, there are some powerful -- and sleazy -- reasons why some policyholders are being urged to swap their policies for cash. Many people aren't aware that they can sell their policies, but the fast-growing life settlement industry is determined to talk as many customers as it can into relinquishing their policies. Life settlement companies buy ... [full story]

On Dec. 2 and 3, more than 150 breeds of the world's most competitive and coiffed canines will compete for the "National Champion" title at the sixth annual AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in Long Beach, California. The event, which features thousands of dogs from around the world, is broadcast live by Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel, starting at 8 p.m. EST both nights. Hosted by Bob Goen and Leanza Cornett, this is the first time ... [full story]

General Motors builds so many variants of its full-size SUVs that the differences end up being six of one, a half-dozen of the other between those at GMC, Chevrolet and Cadillac. They're all pretty good truck-based SUVs, so it's more of a styling choice, whether Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban or the GMC Yukons.   2007 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV - The Cadillac Escalades stand out from the SUV pack due to their different exterior body panels, more soundproofing, leather and ... [full story]

Every chic woman (and lots of men, too) have a little black list of fashionable must-haves in their wardrobes that they always depend on to brighten up their days and, especially, their nights. Holiday nights are when black really shines. So it's no wonder that every year fashion designers reinvent our favorite classics. Here are some new items to put on your holiday fashion black list:   THE LIST - Every chic woman haa a little black list of ... [full story]

What hospitals do not tell you can make you sick; even kill you.  Enter if you must, but do not be naïve.  You have a one-in-twenty chance of contracting an infectious disease. That translates to two million infected patients per year, 90,000 of whom die; a death toll greater than automobile accidents and homicides combined.   And when a person dies from an infection, it may simply be charted as death “resulting from the complications of ... [full story]

Shorter days, cool temperatures and buck fever go a long ways toward calming many an avid angler's desire to put the boat in the water and go fishing for trophy bass. But for everyone of you who already has the tarp over the boat, the rods and reels in the closet and the remote control in your hand, know this: autumn -- especially mid-November to mid-December -- offers some terrific opportunities to catch bass. In ... [full story]

As Christian evangelicals in the United States grow their support for Israel, conversion of Jews to Christianity continues to be a thorny issue for both Christians and Jews. The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest U.S. Protestant denomination, has made the conversion of Jews official policy, while the San Francisco-based "Jews for Jesus" exists solely to convert Jews to Christianity. Bill McCartney, a former University of Colorado football coach who co-founded the evangelical Promise Keepers movement ... [full story]