It's October and time to think pink. Start shopping for holiday gifts now and support breast cancer research by buying fashion merchandise that's in the pink. You can take a shower for the cure, tell time for the cure, get curls for the cure or hide from the rain for a cure. Just look for the pink ribbon at a store near you.   SPECIAL EFFORT - You can support breast cancer research in October by buying ... [full story]

About half of all Americans take prescription drugs for one reason or another, yet a recent study indicates that for many of them their doctors have failed to adequately explain the reason, duration and time of their regular doses. That was the conclusion of a study published in the Sept. 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. Some of the things doctors fail to explain is the potential side effects of pharmaceuticals and how long the ... [full story]

Klaus Schulten, an Illinois molecular researcher, and his team generate computer simulations of working human cell components in a process that starts with an expensive supercomputer. The computer crunches data for millions of atoms. When it's time to view the molecules interacting, the researchers turn to PCs with relatively inexpensive video cards - the same Nvidia and ATI cards that serious game players buy online or at electronic stores. "It's been a godsend, a gift ... [full story]

It's a buyer's market for consumers looking to simplify their fuel budget with an economy car. This B-segment of compacts and subcompacts has been bumped up this model year with such entries as the Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit, Dodge Caliber, a new Hyundai Accent and now the Nissan Versa. Most of these little cars are overachievers in their conveniences, attention to detail and do-all cargo capacity. And Versa is among them.   NISSAN VERSA - The Nissan Versa, ... [full story]

According to the 2006 Coldwell Banker® Home Price Comparison Index (HPCI), an “apples to apples” comparison of similar homes sold in typical, middle management neighborhoods, the average sale price of homes in Oregon is $384,097. Of the five Oregon markets evaluated, Bend, Oregon ranks as the most expensive with an average home price of $482,750 while Salem, Ore. ranks as the least expensive with an average price of $304,000. The 2006 Coldwell Banker HPCI evaluated home ... [full story]

Movie Review of "THE GUARDIAN" Film overboard! All hands on deck! Arrr, too late—this "Guardian" seems destined to sleep with the fishes. When the only upside to two-and-a-quarter hours of a sloggy, loggy swimfest are the oceanic rescue scenes, then it's time to call in a captain, any captain, be it Kangaroo, Crunch or Hook, to perform the requisite burial at sea.  The picture opens with the camera taking the audience on a dive down ... [full story]

Two bucks stood very still in a small clearing of the ponderosa pine forest. The hunter raised his rifle, taking aim at the larger of the two deer and squeezed the trigger. At only 50 yards, it should have been an easy shot but neither deer flinched. After two more shots, his partner also fired twice with the same result. Something wasn’t right with this situation.   Oregon State Troopers set up elk decoy to catch ... [full story]

Oregon State Police troopers are still on scene of today’s early morning fatal traffic crash on Highway 97 south of Sunriver. The highway remains closed and a detour is allowing traffic to get around the scene. Preliminary information provided by Oregon State Police (OSP) indicates that shortly before 7 a.m. September 29, a sport utility vehicle (SUV) with three occupants traveling northbound on Highway 97 near milepost 157 drifted across the centerline and crashed head-on ... [full story]

A simple stop for a traffic violation Wednesday afternoon led to the arrest of a California man for multiple drug charges and the seizure of about 4.5 pounds of methamphetamine found in a hidden compartment behind the glove box of his car, authorities said.   Eliseo Sanchez-Covarrubias, DCJ Photo A Bend Police officer stopped a Mazda driven by Eliseo Sanchez-Covarrubias, a 28-year old Sacramento resident, shortly before 5 p.m. September 27 in the 1600 block of northeast ... [full story]

A billboard contractor changing a sign along Wilson Avenue started a fast moving brushfire which threatened an apartment complex Thursday when his ladder touched an overhead power line, authorities said. Over two dozen personnel from the Bend Fire Department, Oregon Department of Forestry, United States Forest Service, Burlington Northern Railroad, and the Bend Police Department responded to 625 SE 9th Street, an area along railroad tracks south of Wilson Avenue, at about 3:30 p.m. September ... [full story]