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Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Chicago on Thursday.Associated Press

Hillary Clinton steps onto a stage again

CHICAGO — Seeking to reclaim the political stage she left more than four years ago to become the nation's top diplomat, Hillary Rodham Clinton laid out a policy agenda Thursday that plunged her into the heart of the conversation about the country's future. In a speech delivered to a crowded ballroom where her husba …

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  1. At trial, hit man accuses Bulger

    Nation

    BOSTON — An ex-gangster who admitted killing 20 people was unemotional Monday when describing his line of work at the murder trial of his former partner, James "Whitey" Bulger, but called himself heartbroken when he learned that Bulger had become an FBI informant.

    James Bulger
  2. Naval Academy players to face rape charges

    Nation

    Naval Academy players to face rape charges

  3. Turkish official says army may have to end protests

    World

    ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkey's deputy prime minister on Monday raised the possibility that the army could be called in to help quell the continuing civil unrest, the latest sign of the government's impatience and officials' hardening stance against a nearly three-week-old protest movement.

    Demonstrators shout antigovernment slogans during a rally by labor unions in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday. A day earlier, riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannons to prevent antigovernment protesters from returning to Taksim Square.
  4. Komen breast cancer charity names new CEO

    Nation

    BY THE NUMBERS

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    Percent of adult Americans who said they smoked in 2012, down from 19 percent a year earlier, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Susan G. Komen gets new CEO

  5. Snowden says more secrets to be released

    Nation

    WASHINGTON — Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden vowed Monday to release more secrets about U.S. intelligence surveillance systems that he described as "nakedly, aggressively criminal."

    A banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor who revealed sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, is displayed Monday in Hong Kong, where he has been hiding.