In Washington, clergy are not mandated reporters. After a similar bill died last year, new language would offer exemptions for sacramental confessions.
The new coach starts to turn around one of the country's most moribund football program, losing the opener to L.S.U. but almost looking like the better team.
Mossback, despite his aversion to TV, might want to stop by to the author's six-TV home for the must-see show of Mariners, Seahawks, Sounders, and Mercer Island Little Leaguers
Time for the anything-could-happen cliches, with the team still within hailing distance of making the wild-card. Puzzle of the week: pitcher Jason Vargas.