| Local News | Check-off box delays thousands of voter registrations A tiny box is causing big headaches for thousands of Coloradans who thought they were registered to vote and who now have just three weeks to get the problem fixed. FULL STORY | | | Triangle may have cost boy his life Running from his wife's former lover, Thomas Crookham heard three shots and instantly felt a burning sensation in the hand he was using to carry his son. Then the boy went limp. FULL STORY | | | MORE HEADLINES |  | | | | Business | Banks to get billions The U.S. government is dramatically escalating its response to the financial crisis by planning to invest $250 billion in the country's banks. FULL STORY | | | US stocks set to extend Monday's huge rally NEW YORK—Wall Street is gearing up for another surge following the Dow Jones industrial average's historic 936-point jump, with investors encouraged by the U. FULL STORY | | | MORE HEADLINES |  | | | | Local Politics | Check-off box delays thousands of voter registrations A tiny box is causing big headaches for thousands of Coloradans who thought they were registered to vote and who now have just three weeks to get the problem fixed. FULL STORY | | | Undecided Colo. voters hard-prezzed to pick After three debates, a global economic crisis and a slew of negative ads and personal attacks, some undecided Colorado voters are almost ready to throw up their hands and vote for none of the above. FULL STORY | | | MORE HEADLINES |  | | | | National News | Gay couples rush to wed ahead of Calif. vote Same-sex couples from around California and the nation are feverishly tying the knot ahead of Election Day to avoid missing out if voters approve a ballot initiative aimed at banning gay marriage. FULL STORY | | | Bristol Palin's beau speaks of fatherhood, marriage Levi Johnston, who's having a baby with Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter, can't believe all the things he's hearing. FULL STORY | | | MORE HEADLINES |  | | | | Opinion | Editorial: All for one in financial crisis FULL STORY | | | Guest Commentary: No more freebies for Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently completed another triumphant jaunt to New York. This time the Middle East's most notorious soon-to-be nuclear bully, who previously called for wiping "the stinking corpse" of Israel off the map and denied the Nazi Holocaust, turned his sights on world Jewry. FULL STORY | | | | Entertainment | Party man sees corner as right spot for a night spot Nightclubber Bill Ward is taking his party vision to Cherry Creek. This week, he'll sign a lease for the space at 2623 Second Ave. — in the garden-level space that held Bene Gourmet Pizza, beneath the old Village Inn at Second and Columbine. FULL STORY | | | "Swan Lake" a standout beauty Maria Mosina and Igor Vassine have given area audiences many memorable moments on stage during their lengthy tenures with the Colorado Ballet, but their exquisite performances in a newly opened production of "Swan Lake" reach a new high. FULL STORY | | | MORE HEADLINES |  | | | | Lifestyle | The $25 Haiku In tribute to the ever-tempting apple, entrants to the Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest sent us bushels of descriptions of our favorite fall snack. FULL STORY | | | Dead men walking up mall Horror-movie buffs have a new way to stagger, lurch and scream up some fun when zombies invade the 16th Street Mall on Saturday evening. FULL STORY | | | MORE HEADLINES |  | | | | Movies | New on DVD Harrison Ford hits the right notes of arch delivery and still-agile energy in the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones adventures, which began back in 1981 with "Raiders of the Lost Ark." FULL STORY | | | "Nightmare" fine fare for Halloween Each October when I was a child, as pumpkins went on sale and ghosts started appearing on catalogs and magazines and in TV ads, I settled into an annual Halloween reverie. FULL STORY | | | | Music | CDs out today Mushy, piano-driven U.K. soft-rockers Keane switch gears on their third album by plowing the fertile ground of '80s throwback pop. FULL STORY | | | | Theater | "Noises Off" is right on target Review: Comedy isn't hard. It's grueling. The Denver Center Theatre Company puts on an exhaustive demonstration on the art of physical comedy, precision timing and synchronized chaos with its impressive, funny and, yes, long new production. Rating: ***1/2 FULL STORY | | | "Mr. Marmalade" Rating: *** Noah Haidle's black comedy asks: How early does a girl begin to absorb all of those terrible messages that it's OK for men to mistreat women? And that women are expected to tolerate it? Rating: *** FULL STORY | | | MORE HEADLINES |  | | | | Sports | Forecast: Skiing set to begin Friendly competition. That's how everyone involved with the Loveland and Arapahoe Basin ski areas describes the mad race to be the first North American ski area to open each season. FULL STORY | | | Casey Coons School: Arvada West Wildcats, Class 5A Big 8 League. FULL STORY | | | MORE HEADLINES |  | | | | Avalanche | Budaj can't delay good goalie play Here's the chilling quote from Sunday: "The reason we won the game was our goalie outplayed their goalie, and when that happens you can get away with a stinker." FULL STORY | | | Avs loose after losses "'Rid-er pride!" Avalanche captain Joe Sakic bellowed Monday upon entering the visitors' dressing room at the Pengrowth Saddledome. FULL STORY | | | | Broncos | Dallas loses quarterback for a month Never has a fractured right pinkie finger caused so much concern. FULL STORY | | | Big plays subdue Giants Through weeks of frustration, injuries and a quarterback change that nearly happened, the Cleveland Browns never lost hope in this season. FULL STORY | | | MORE HEADLINES |  | | | | College | Big Sky honors UNC's Hewitt Northern Colorado sophomore safety Max Hewitt was named the Big Sky Conference co-defensive player of the week Monday. FULL STORY | | | Freshman QB returns to field Freshman quarterback Tim Jefferson, who left Air Force's 35-10 win at San Diego State during the second half after a helmet-to-helmet collision, participated in the Falcons' practice Monday afternoon. FULL STORY | | | MORE HEADLINES |  | | | | Nuggets | Weight? Here's the real skinny It took only three months for Nuggets coach George Karl's edict to have a sleeker basketball team to become an on-court reality. FULL STORY | | | Anthony expects to play Wednesday The injured finger that has kept Carmelo Anthony out of the Nuggets' first two preseason games will not keep him from playing Wednesday in Denver's game against Utah. FULL STORY | | | MORE HEADLINES |  | | | | | Rockies | Pierre always prepared Dodgers center fielder Juan Pierre has been traded and benched, but the low point came Sept. 9. He was insulted, even if he would politely deny it. FULL STORY | | | Every at-bat a blessing for Baldelli Rocco Baldelli is the miracle man of the Tampa Bay Rays' miracle season. FULL STORY | | | MORE HEADLINES |  | | | | |