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It’s a major shakeup as seven new teams join before the state quarterfinals.

There are nearly 30 area teams hoping to pick up a fifth victory this week and a spot in the Illinois High School Association state playoffs,

With the increased demand for innovative medical products and services, the medical research industry is poised for robust growth. Therefore, three medical research stocks Laboratory Corporation of America (LH), Qiagen N.V. (QGEN), and Lantheus Holdings (LNTH) could be solid buys for this week. Keep reading….

On this day, Boston drafted Cedric Maxwell and Kevin McHale, Earl Shannon and Ben Clyde were born, Al Brightman passed, and Game 3 of the 2008 NBA Finals was lost.

John D. Murphy, a former Augustinian priest, isn’t on any public list of abusers. The attorney general’s investigation didn’t name him. The Archdiocese of Chicago settled claims over Murphy but doesn’t include him on its list. And his Catholic religious order hasn’t named abusers — but said…

Lawmakers were assured that outsourcing management of foster care services would fix the state’s troubled child welfare agency. But the rollout of the new model, set to be completed by 2029, has been complicated by setbacks.

Sports betting evolved into a vocation for the 70-year-old Cokin, who made book in Rhode Island and bolted to Vegas in 1981.

Mike Napoleon won his 951st game in April. Through Wednesday, he was at 954 and counting.

There have been plenty of big names on the move in recent weeks. Which programs hit on their hires?