Morning headlines from DenverPost.com

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Today's Front Page News

3 dead, 56 injured in horrific Reno air show crash
A vintage World War II-era fighter plane plunged into the grandstands Friday during a popular annual air show, killing at least three people, injuring more than 50 spectators and creating a horrific scene strewn with body parts and smoking debris.  

• Colorado loses 1,800 nonfarm jobs in August
• Sick-pay initiative to cost Denver $690,500 a year, says city analysis
• Cantaloupe from Colorado farm confirmed by DNA tests as source of listeria
• At U.N. next week, Obama will urge Mideast talks, not Palestinian statehood
• Unlike Willow, perfect endings rare for lion's share of lost cats

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Today's Local Politics

Colorado Capitol dome restoration to use gold mined in Cripple Creek
The state Capitol's dome will be getting a new coating of gold soon, and this time, the shiny stuff is guaranteed to come from Colorado.  

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Today's Business

Report: Gaylord complex would boost region's appeal
The $824 million Gaylord hotel and conference center proposed for Aurora would boost the region's appeal among meeting planners nationwide, according to a report the company released Thursday.  

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Today's Sports Headlines

Rockies' Gonzalez wants to finish season on a tear
Carlos Gonzalez is sitting on a .295 batting average with 26 home runs and 92 RBIs. In a game that's all about the numbers, .300-30-100 is more what CarGo had in mind.  

• Scouting report: CSU vs. CU
• Jared Meschke helps Monarch topple rival Broomfield
• Mayweather favored to remain unbeaten in bout against Victor Ortiz
• Rapids notebook: Colorado at Toronto FC
• Nicklaus believes Woods could still break his record for major wins

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Today's Entertainment

Creede Rep lets its pants down in Lone Tree
Review: There are at least two good reasons for theatergoers to check out the Creede Repertory Theatre's visiting production of "Unnecessary Farce" at the Lone Tree Arts Center. It's a chance for Denverites to see one of the state's best theater companies, and first peek at a new arts jewel in Douglas County. Rating: ***  

• Denver's sound underground brings speaker systems out of the bars, into the streets
• Movie review: Stylish "Drive" hauls action-movie conventions into unfamiliar emotional territory
• Second City comic's first-class dating advice
• Best Bets: Mexican independence celebration, Baroque Chamber's "Art of Violin" and more
• People: Rapper T.I. goes to halfway house -- again

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Today's Opinion

Editorial: Gessler fund-raiser still a bad idea
We're glad to see that Secretary of State Scott Gessler has given up on the idea of being dunked for dollars to raise cash for the Larimer County Republican Party. But he seems to have missed what the big splash was all about.  

• Editorial: Don't mess with electoral votes
• Carroll: Hit the books, Gov. Perry
• Germaphobes and desk zeroes
• Sirota: University of Hypocrisy
• Facts sack Tebow critics