The Geek was talking about this...
http://www.thevbgeek.com/showthread.php?t=1439 . It is not out of date.... however there is one change needed for the latest V3 of CMPS, which is documented in the discussion thread. There is no easy way to get a topic image added to the default CMPS news module, however you should be able to get the result you want with this Add-On. The following pages are built as CMPS pages, fed by GARS... all built from modifications of this Add-On:
http://pdaphonehome.com (center column news)
http://pdaphonehome.com?page=info (center block at the top uses this module)
Pick any device from that list and you'll get a CMPS page... example -
http://pdaphonehome.com/?page=spec&d=blackjack ... same CMPS page is actually driving all those devices, based on data contained in a GARS article.... so it is dynamically built from GARS custom fields.