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                October 14, 2008 | Denver, Colorado
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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

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Undecided voters hard-prezzed to pick
Cracking the CoDA: liberal web effective
Discord over DPS plan
Jeffco nets ire from "satire"
Grandview High deemed safe after SUV crashes in

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

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Bush announces billions for banks
The crashes and the comebacks
Restaurants may alter menus, prices as their food costs rise
The rally heard around the world
Gates says recession will be "fairly significant"

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

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Jeffco nets ire from "satire"
Rivals clash at spirited debate
U.S. Senate rivals vie for support in south

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

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Two die as fires near L.A. rage on
Law gives foster kids get a boost
Sudan to conduct own trials on Darfur
Suspects held in bomb attacks
Zimbabwe leader irks opposition

Opinion
Editorial: All for one in financial crisis

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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

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CDs out today
New on DVD
"Nightmare" fine fare for Halloween
"Crusoe" buckles on a swash that's borrowed
Actors move fast to learn musical numbers on "Eli Stone"

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

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"Runway" down to final cut
Beaus learn: Clothes often do make the man
After death, they live in your heart
Whither "Project Runway"?
Fashion Calendar

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

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"Nunsensations" entertains, if you're not especially picky
A complete rundown

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
Ferries ran away to find fame
Second-guessing for a rebound
Whap! Madden spikes Tampa trip
Hubris before potential
Phils flash power

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

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Eye on ... The Patriots
Chargers' long road lies ahead
Jones-Drew gashes the Broncos' "D"
Torain may play after bye week
Stokley has concussion "8 or 10"

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

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Tommy Bowden steps aside early
Farris takes charge after tough defeat
Big 12 flexing muscle in rankings
Air Force-Army football gametime set
'Horns not a No. 1 team, coach says

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

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Big man Camby is L.A.'s big gain

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

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Rays bash Boston with four homers
Big-leaguer who was minor favorite









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