Winner will keep this medal...Clinton's bleak assessment...Stocks post big gains

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BOSTON (AP) — When he won his first Boston Marathon two years ago, Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa (leh-LEE'-sah deh-SEE'-sah) didn't have much time to celebrate. A few hours after he crossed the finish line, two bombs went off, killing three people and wounding 260 others. And Desisa would go on to donate his winner's medal to the city in memory of the victims. Today, he won his second Boston Marathon medal -- and this one, he plans to enjoy.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A prosecutor describes six Minnesota men as "focused men who were intent on joining a terrorist organization." The six have been charged with terrorism, after being accused of trying to get to Syria to join the Islamic State group. The Somali-Americans are the latest people from Minnesota to be charged in an investigation into the recruitment of westerners by the Islamic State.

KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton has a bleak assessment of the U.S. economy. She says it's "stalled out." Campaigning for president, Clinton toured a wood furniture factory in Keene, New Hampshire, today. It's her first visit to the early primary state since she launched her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton is highlighting struggles of "everyday Americans" even if her remarks undercut the message of President Barack Obama, a fellow Democrat who sees the economy in a brighter light.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks have finished the day with some solid gains, rebounding from Friday's big slump. The Dow is more than 200 points higher. Some good first-quarter earnings reports gave the markets a boost.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Country music star Willie Nelson has announced plans to roll out his own brand of marijuana. It'll be called "Willie's Reserve" and will be grown and sold in Colorado and Washington state, where recreational pot is legal.