The Coyotes, winless in their past four games, are looking to turn things around and make a move in the Western Conference playoff race as they head into their last 25 games.

A few bad breaks prevented them from getting at least one point in Monday night's 2-1 loss to Dallas, but coach Wayne Gretzky is hoping his team gets back on track starting Thursday night against the Stars at Jobing.com Arena.

"Our guys are working really hard," Gretzky said. "We got a tough break where Z (Zbynek Michalek) goes to clear a puck and it goes over the wall, and they get a five-on-three. That hurt." .

A Different Kind of River Bend

Welcome to the River Bend Sportsman's Resort.



"Pheasant," screamed Hank Rogers.

All three hunters had just barely stepped into the field, guns casually shouldered when the raucous cackle of a ringneck erupted from the sage. Only one hunter managed a fleeting, and wayward shot as the big bird sailed out of sight.

"We're here to hunt boys, not sightsee," chided Rogers with a grin. He whistled, directing one of his many dogs back to the hunt. With head held high, the bird dog crisscrossed the field, in search of new scent, and new birds.

For someone who rarely gets the chance to see, and hear, the fury of a flushing pheasant, the drive to River Bend suddenly seemed very short. It was my first trip across I-40 through the mountains, exactly 4-and-a-half hours from Chattanooga to Fingerville, and the hospitality of this upscale shooting and hunting resort.

uBid.com Teams up With Mary Kay and CMA to Kiss Domestic Violence ...

CHICAGO, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- uBid.com (OTCBulletinBoard: UBHI) , one of the leading business-to-consumer and business-to-business online auction companies (http://www.uBid.com) has teamed up with Mary Kay, the official beauty sponsor of "The 41st Annual CMA Awards" to launch "A Kiss for Country," a philanthropic campaign dedicated to ending domestic violence.

uBid.com will host more than 30 different online auctions for one-of-a-kind framed kiss prints of Country Music artists like Reba McEntire, Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert, Tanya Tucker, George Strait and Martina McBride. The online auctions for the "kiss card" plaques all have a starting bid of $55 and run from November 6, 2007 to December 31, 2007. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation to help end domestic violence against women and children.