Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NIOVX36JIJUQ (Updates with Japanese government official in third paragraph.) (Bloomberg) — A Japanese hostage was shown killed in a purported Islamic State video after a deadline passed for Japan to pay a $200 million ransom, according to the Japanese government and a terrorist-monitoring group. Haruna Yukawa, a

©2015 Bloomberg News NO085L6KLVRG (Bloomberg Politics) — Wanted: Elephants suspected of bilking American taxpayers. Arizona Senator John McCain released a report Thursday “highlighting, naming and shaming outrageous pork projects funded with your taxpayer dollars,” and it singled out those profligate pachyderms for the $50,000 grant they—or, presumably, those who research