Morning headlines from DenverPost.com

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Today's Front Page News

Zombie zeal: The undead are living large this Halloween
The National Retail Federation's recent survey of costumes found that more than 2.6 million Americans planned to dress as zombies this year. And although final sales figures aren't in yet, the 600-store Party City chain, too, predicted the fake undead will overtake vampires as top sellers.  

• Search for Denver's new chief kept going back to Louisville
• Denver mayor Hancock appoints reformer Lindsay Neil to head Office of Education and Children
• Attorney applies for "Occupy Denver" trademark
• Allegations mount in Adams County paving scandal
• Firing of two Denver cops not justified, supervisors testify at hearing

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Today's Business

Entrepreneurs profit from Occupy protests, but some keep fist raised for the cause
People, not profits! Fight corporate greed! Buy a T-shirt! Predictably, entrepreneurs are beginning to occupy the Occupy Wall Street space.  

• Whirlpool to cut 5,000 jobs to reduce costs

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Today's Sports Headlines

St. Louis embraces local boy Freese
His exit off the field Friday told the story eloquently. David Freese, his parents in tow, raced behind home plate through the exit to the media interview room.  

• Renck: Hard to enjoy World Series the moment when knee-deep in game
• Menard, D'Evelyn hold on to beat Holy Family, 17-14
• Columbine blocks field goal on final play to defeat Mullen 24-21
• Hansley-led Highlands Ranch defeats Regis Jesuit 37-28
• Tebow's QB education with Broncos an ongoing process

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Today's Entertainment

Theater review: Is "Church" wholly spoof or holy spirit?
Review: When a playwright scripts an interactive revival meeting as a play, you assume you're in for a comic parody. But Young Jean Lee wrote "Church" as an earnest and open-minded attempt to reconcile her life-long struggle with Christianity. TheatreWorks' staging will test the faithful and unfaithful alike. Rating: **1/2  

• Taking down Shakespeare
• "The Road to Mecca" a long, satisfying trek
• Movie review: "Anonymous" rewrites identity of the Bard
• With OpenAir, Colorado Public Radio puts its own spin on indie rock
• Clubs: So many Halloween club choices around Denver, it's scary

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Today's Style

Spooky Halloween magic for kids in the kitchen
How can you have a Halloween party without Goblin Goo? Or Magic Potion? Or fake blood? That's the message from Liz Heinecke, a.k.a. the Kitchen Pantry Scientist of Edina, Minn., who creates her magical concoctions at home with her three children, ages 5, 9 and 10. A former medical researcher who has a master's in bacteriology, she now cultures more germs than ever, as she notes on her website, kitchenpantry scientist.com.  

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Today's Opinion

Lobbyist money? No, of course not
President Barack Obama is, by the numbers, possibly the greatest political fund-raiser of all time.  

• Editorial: Is the national pastime past its time?
• Robinson: Have and have-not nation
• Carroll: Insanity beyond a reasonable doubt
• Parker: Herman Cain's smoking gun