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Rider visits Fairfield following Leach’s 23-point showing

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Rider Broncs (8-14, 5-6 MAAC) at Fairfield Stags (13-9, 7-4 MAAC) Fairfield, Connecticut; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Stags -5; over/under is 149 BOTTOM LINE: Fairfield …

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Alabama lawmakers push sweeping gambling bill that would allow lottery and casinos

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A group of Alabama lawmakers unveiled a sweeping gambling bill Wednesday that could authorize a state lottery and 10 casinos across the conservative Deep South state as some Republicans look to get the question before voters in November. Alabama is one of few states without a state lottery, after lawmakers in 1999 rejected a proposal to …

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Google, Facebook take bigger share of ad spending, but economic slowdown could hurt growth

NEW YORK (AP) — Weak results from Google, Snap and other big sellers of online ads are raising concerns that Wall Street’s optimistic growth forecasts are setting investors up for a rude surprise this year. Google, which dominates the $270 billion digital advertising sector, recently disappointed Wall Street when its 8.9% fourth-quarter ad revenue growth fell short of expectations. Snap, …

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