Portland activists have kicked off their protest against President Bush early. Three protesters shinnied up a pine tree and unfurled a banner on the University of Portland campus where President Bush is scheduled to visit on Thursday. Police arrested the trio and two bystanders who refused to obey police commands The protesters climbed the 80-foot tree early Tuesday, prompting police and firefighters with a ladder to come to the scene and order them down. The banner depicted an evergreen tree and said: "United Against Bush." Joe Keating, one of the protest organizers, said the incident was meant to bring attention...