1.  DEFENSIVE LINE: Tony Casillas returns from Dallas on Monday to continue rehabilitation after back surgery and will miss at least one more month.

2.  Defensive tackle Chester McGlockton practiced for the second straight day and should be ready for Monday's opener.

3.  Defensive tackle Travis Hall still had his left knee wrapped, but the sprain he sustained Monday didn't keep him out of any segments. . . .

4.  Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark said Hodgman could return to the case as early as Monday.

5.  Deputy Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvydkoi offered a different answer Monday: "We were eager to show it in the past, but we couldn't."

6.  Dennis Eckersley became the first free agent to agree to a new contract, re-signing Monday with the Oakland Athletics.

7.  Dennis Erickson had called it a competition, but the winner Monday felt like the loser.

8.  Dennis Erickson sounded a little like Humphrey Bogart's "Casablanca" character Monday while rehashing the Seahawks' second lop-sided loss in as many games this season.

9.  Dennis Karl Fischer, 34, of the Los Angeles-area city of Paramount, was in jail Monday with bail set at $50,000.

10.  Dennis Moore, the deputy managing editor of the paper's Life section, where King's column appears each Monday, wasn't laughing when I spoke to him.