JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of Palestinian protesters hurled eggs and shoes at the convoy of the visiting Canadian foreign minister Sunday in a show of defiance toward Canada's perceived pro-Israel stance.

John Baird was visiting Ramallah to meet Palestinian…

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(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday suspended a program that allows its inspectors to skip security checkpoints on the job after one of them was arrested with a firearm in his carry-on bag, according to officials and media reports.

The arrest at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Tuesday also prompted FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta to ramp up security training of…

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The U.S. now ranks not first, not second, not third, but 12th among developed nations in terms of business startup activity.

Countries such as Hungary, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, Israel and Italy all have higher startup rates than America does.

We are behind in starting new firms per capita, and this is our single most serious economic problem. Yet it seems like a secret.

You never see it mentioned in the media, nor hear from a politician that, for the first…

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Banking giant JPMorgan Chase used to be the golden child of Wall Street.

But the company disappointed investors Wednesday by reporting fourth quarter profits and revenue that was below forecasts -- largely due to increased legal costs.

And CEO Jamie Dimon continues to show resentment about how much scrutiny his bank has come under from various government agencies.

During a conference call with reporters, Dimon said that the bank was "under assault" by regulators. When…

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Reuters) - The girlfriend of a man shot dead by police while he was holding a BB gun at an Ohio Walmart has died in a car accident, a lawyer for the man's family said on Friday. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/04/john-crawford-girlfriend-_n_6413418.html



Tasha Thomas, 26, who had accompanied John Crawford to the Beavercreek store where he was killed by police in August, was pronounced… Continue

(Reuters) - Two men were under arrest on Tuesday in the shooting of two New York plainclothes police officers who were fired upon while responding to an armed robbery, authorities said.
http://news.yahoo.com/two-york-city-police-officers-shot-wounded-042430640.html
The officers' injuries were not life-threatening, and they were in stable condition