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The Hit List: The snow season has arrived
A few more Colorado resorts have joined Loveland and Arapahoe Basin in opening early this weekend. Copper Mountain opens today with the fifth-annual Lift-Off Festival, and Wolf Creek Ski Area opened with more than four feet of snow. Full Story

HBO gets inside Obama campaign
Pivotal presidential campaigns are frequently defined in retrospect by documentaries. "The War Room" chronicled Bill Clinton's political operation in 1992, adding a phrase to the political lexicon in the process. Full Story

Masked, not invisible: Five things not to do on Halloween
Lucky for you, Halloween is the one time where Sunday's walk of shame can work in your favor. Just pretend it's a costume. Full Story

Microsoft offended, dumps 'Family Guy' deal
Fans of "Family Guy" are chortling about Microsoft's belated discovery that a "Family Guy" special might not jibe with the software giant's corporate image. Full Story

Review: 'Big Bang Theory' goes supernova (VIDEO)
"The Big Bang Theory" has definitively won me over. The show, which has made many smart corrections in its three seasons, has evolved into one of the most enjoyable comedies on the air. Full Story

Review: 'Bowie: A Biography'
David Bowie knows what he's singing about when he performs "Changes." After making a big splash in the early 1970s as Ziggy Stardust, he went on to become the Thin White Duke, an artsy Berlin angst rocker, the "straight" Bowie of "Let's Dance" and more recently the distinguished rock elder who goes to fashion events with his model wife, Iman. Full Story

'Eating the Dinosaur' review: Chuck Klosterman riffs on Cobain, Unabomber
Chuck Klosterman has a theory. A lot of them, actually. He has a theory about why grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain was like the late cult leader David Koresh, why the read-option offense signifies something deep and meaningful about football, why ABBA will never reunite, and why Garth Brooks created that goofy alter ego a decade ago. Full Story

AP: Shepard Fairey lied about Obama 'HOPE' poster
In court papers filed by The Associated Press, the news organization said Shepard Fairey concocted the story that he was mistaken about which photo he used to create the famous Obama HOPE poster and disputed his contention that he has not personally profited from the iconic red, white and blue image. Full Story

Book review: 'Blood's a Rover' by James Ellroy
'Blood's a Rover' Alfred A. Knopf, 636 pages, $28.95, by James EllroyJ ames Ellroy, the mad genius of American letters, snarls and spits at you from the page in this jaw-dropping conclusion to his paranoid "Underworld USA" trilogy. Full Story

John 'Hippieman' Novosad: Peace, love and punch lines
With his wild hair and offbeat appearance, John "Hippieman" Novosad created an aesthetic that mirrored his unique personality, and audiences responded. Always interested in current events and politics, he incorporated cultural criticism into his comedy, tackling topics like legalized marijuana, government corruption and American corporatization with his quick, twisted delivery.  Full Story

Planning a creative weekend in Boulder and Denver
Don't be intimidated by art. The Boulder and Denver have some pretty cool spots that house local artists and designers, all that is fashionable and trendy and -- of course -- the weird. Full Story

Greenlight radio: Boulder pirates try to beat the system
Boulder's airwaves aren't new to poaching. Boulder Free Radio, KBFR, has been stirring up the scene since 2000, in between the FCC occasionally shutting down the signal. KBFR, started by a notably more antagonistic voice known as Monk, touted "B.S. Free Radio," with unedited, uncensored -- and uncommercialized -- music and opinions.  Full Story

Ahoy me hearties! Five tips to reign on Talk Like a Pirate Day
Arrrrrrrr! Avast, tha' nineteenth of September 'tis International Talk Like A Pirate Day, ye landlubbers! Full Story

Dan Brown: 'The Lost Symbol' review
Could 1514 A.D. be just an important date in the age of Leonardo, Machiavelli and Copernicus? Is Eight Franklin Square just the address of another nondescript building in northwest Washington, D. Full Story

Time Warp Comics celebrates 25th anniversary of local ownership
Boulder's Time Warp has battled its share of economic villains for a quarter of a century, but owner Wayne Winsett says a digital revolution in comics would break the store's back. Full Story

3 Things: Boulder weekend entertainment (Sept. 4)
Tuesday, the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., hosts another recording of "etown," featuring guests Warren Haynes, above, of jam-rockers Gov't Mule and the maddeningly-hip folk singer Langhorne Slim. Full Story

'Surviving Distaster's' Cade Courtley hails from Boulder
Former Boulder Panther and former Navy SEAL Cade Courtley has a new credit: host of Spike TV's "Surviving Disaster," which premieres next week.  Full Story

Fall TV: 10 new series to watch
In sizing up the new series on tap for fall, it's worth remembering that a new show usually premieres with its pilot episode. And a pilot isn't always representative of the series that will follow.  Full Story

'Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters': Jane Austen meets Jules Verne
Ben H. Winters never expected to end up writing collaboration with Jane Austen. In "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters," Winters take Jane Austen's 1811 classic novel and infuses it with horror-movie seasoning. Full Story

'Dawson's Creek' creator launches 'Vampire Diaries'
Television has been kind to the teeth that fed it from "The Night Stalker," to "Moonlight" to "True Blood," to the newest resurrection, "Vampire Diaries," premiering Sept. 10 on the CW.  Full Story