
Mark Ingram took his first carry nearly 50 yards for Alabama. Marcell Dareus snuffed out Duke's first rushing play for a loss.

President Obama on Friday formally tapped Harvard Law Prof. Elizabeth Warren as a "special adviser" tasked with setting up a new consumer watchdog agency, sidestepping a thorny Senate confirmation battle and drawing the ire of Republicans.

College football teams traditionally have used September nonconference games to establish their identities, work out kinks and set themselves up for the big games in October and November.

One of Kay Monigold's first big headaches when she bought a small cable TV business in Illinois and Indiana in late 2007 was a startup cable channel specializing in Big Ten sports.
As Arkansas gets ready for a tough stretch that begins with its Southeastern Conference opener at Georgia, Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino has a few things he's concerned about.

Stevan Ridley wanted to make up for his two fumbles in LSU's season opener. Consider it done.
U.S. investigators have widened their probe of alleged kickbacks paid to Russian authorities by employees of a Hewlett-Packard Co. subsidiary in Germany.
THE PROBE: Authorities in Russia, Germany and the U.S. have been looking into allegations of kickbacks paid to Russian authorities by employees of a Hewlett-Packard Co. subsidiary in Germany.
TCU coach Gary Patterson may need to find some hate for a team that stirs up feelings of nostalgia for him.