From the Wires

REUTERS: Bass Pro Shops explores a takeover bid for popular hunting retailer.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Iconic fast-food chicken company testing new offering in California cities.

EarthFix: Canada’s tar sand oil expected to be transported somehow.

OREGONLIVE.COM: Premium tablet met with mixed reactions.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Popular app will be able to work without a data connection.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Toys have best year since 2005.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Embattled German automaker Volkswagen is sending $1,000 in gift cards and vouchers to owners of vehicles with a cheat device to fool emissions testers.

OREGONLIVE.COM: Western Illinois mock presidential election, which has never been wrong in the past, selects Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders to be the next commander-in-chief.

NPR: App prompts supporters to be more visible, active for the conservative candidate’s campaign.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Unemployment reaches depths unseen since 2008.