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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military. Full storyFull story Updated 38 minutes ago

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Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her seventh Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She received her medal later in the mail at her Lorton, Va., home. But she couldn't bring herself to wear it until Saturday, when she and thousands of other athletes joined victims of the blast to run and walk the last mile of the race. Full storyFull story Updated 11:20 AM

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Counterterrorism police on Saturday questioned a friend of alleged Islamic extremist Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in a savage killing of a British soldier on a London street that has horrified the country. Full storyFull story Updated 12:01 PM

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In the legislative session’s final hours, competing interests jockeyed over rules to allow heavier loads in northern Minnesota. Full storyFull story Updated 10:03 PM