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A JPMorgan Chase shareholder resolution to split the chairman and chief executive roles became a referendum on Jamie Dimon himself. It was a test he easily passed.    

President Mohamed Morsi said seven Egyptian security officers who were abducted nearly a week ago had been freed, ending increasing anxiety over the government’s grip on security in the region.    

Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the country's military spokesman said.    

The pharmaceutical quest to give women a better sex life.    

With low voter turnout, City Councilman Eric Garcetti beat City Controller Wendy Greuel, and takes over a city facing myriad problems.    

In states like Oklahoma and Missouri, tornadoes are a seasonal threat, but government regulation and the expense of shelters rankle.    

Leaders of the Tea Party movement hope outrage over the I.R.S. inquiry will rekindle grass-roots activism that in many places went dormant after Republican electoral defeats in 2012.    

In an address on Thursday, President Obama will attempt to lay out his justification for drone strikes, which have been in decline since 2010, and what they have achieved.    

A year ago, when the current Internal Revenue Service scandal that has swirled around President Obama first emerged, Washington — and, apparently, the White House — shrugged.    

The Cleveland Cavaliers, who won the lottery in 2003 and 2011, will have the first pick in the June 27 draft. The Orlando Magic will have the No. 2 pick.    

The National Weather Service said on Tuesday that the tornado was a category EF5, the most powerful category of tornado.    

A small community known as Miracle Village, surrounded by sugar cane fields in South Florida, has become a refuge for more than 100 registered sex offenders who seek to rebuild their lives.    

Officials said it was still too early to say precisely how many people had been killed by the tornado in Oklahoma, but the toll appeared to be significantly less than initially feared.    

In the convoluted world of corporate tax accounting, corporate money that is technically overseas is often held in American banks.    

Microsoft’s new game console also serves as a home entertainment hub, a response to the rising popularity of mobile devices for playing games.    

Manchester City and the Yankees teamed up to buy the New York City Football Club, a new Major League Soccer team that is expected to begin competing in 2015, but it has no home to move into.    

Other countries have long been annoyed by Irish tax laws, but the benefit to the struggling country’s economy means the rules are unlikely to change.    

A vetting panel rejected former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and an ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s.    

The devastation in Oklahoma again thrust the president into the role of national comforter, while on Capitol Hill calls for compassion and for spending discipline were heard.    

The Senate Judiciary Committee, voting 13 to 5 to approve a bill drafted by a bipartisan group of eight senators, agreed to hold off on an amendment that would have added protections for gay couples.