Fickell Says He Didn’t Know About NCAA Violations

Associated Press Sports updated 4:22 p.m. ET Oct. 14, 2011 MILAN (AP) -AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri says the struggling Serie A champion is not in crisis and believes the team will quickly get back to winning ways. Milan has just five points after as many games and will look for only its second win this season when it hosts… (more…)

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) ? U.S. authorities arrested 22 people in Florida on Friday, including pharmacists and doctors, in a crackdown against prescription drug abuse that officials say is the nation’s fastest growing drug problem. The arrests in Orlando and Tampa were the latest steps in successive operations by federal and local authorities to shut down so-called “pill mill” pain clinics,… (more…)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ? Lawmakers on Friday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a compromise bill that delays California’s effort to force online retailers such as Amazon.com to collect the state’s sales taxes while retailers lobby Congress for national rules governing online sales taxes. The state Assembly approved AB155 on a bipartisan, 59-8 vote in the final hours of this year’s legislative… (more…)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) ? An attempted sale of online video website Hulu has fallen through after months of difficult and complex negotiations between owners such as Walt Disney Co and potential buyers. Hulu’s owners, which also include News Corp, Comcast Corp’s NBC Universal and Providence Equity, said in a statement on Thursday they had decided against a sale of the… (more…)

(credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images) BARC, the City of Houston?s animal shelter, is fighting a capacity crisis. BARC is required by law to accept every animal brought to its doors by Houston residents, and also has the mandate to provide animal control services within Houston city limits. Animal activity such as roaming to breed tends to decrease during colder weather; unfortunately,… (more…)