WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner dug in Wednesday on their already hardened positions on tax increases versus spending cuts as the outlines of another dire debt ceiling showdown emerged. Following a bipartisan meeti Full Article at FindLaw: AP News

(05-16) 12:29 PDT Boston, MA (AP) -- Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo has a message for former Harvard undergrad and billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg: Come home. DeLeo told reporters Wednesday that he has a vision of Facebook moving i Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle

The position is controversial — so much so that TED is refusing to post a talk that Hanauer gave on the subject. National Journal reports today that TED officials decided not to put Hanauer's March 1 speech up online after deeming his remarks "too politi Full Article at The Business Insider

American politics used to be fun: frequent political carnivals in the 19th century would mix parties, parades, and political speeches in an endless stream of local civic life. As a result, America had an astonishingly high turnout, between 70-90%, in pre Full Article at TechCrunch

This year's Cannes Film Festival has officially begun, with all of filmdom's glittery best descending on the south of France to smoke cigarettes, talk about George Clooney, and ogle or be ogled. But what about the actual movies? Let's take a look at seve Full Article at The Atlantic

E.L. James' novel "50 Shades of Grey" has gone from an underground hit to a major national bestseller on the power of its kinky sex. Much of the fictional sex between billionaire Christian Grey and college student Anastasia Steel took place in Grey's lux Full Article at Los Angeles Times

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Investors are reducing gold holdings for a third month, the longest stretch since 2004, and favoring the US dollar as a haven from Europe's debt crisis, even as Goldman Sachs predicts record prices for the metal. Bullion erased its gains for 2012 this we Full Article at The Age

WASHINGTON -- The push to raise unlimited contributions by a super PAC backing President Barack Obama's reelection has run into a number of hurdles since Priorities USA Action was set up by former White House aide Bill Burton in 2011. Major Democratic do Full Article at The Huffington Post

"I wana be a billionaire, so, so bad. Buy all of the things I never had. I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine..." Bieber sings to the Forbes staff as he shoots the June cover. Yes, you read that right. Bieber, dressed in a suit, will grace the June Full Article at Silicon Alley Insider

Video will begin in 5 seconds. Fears over Greece, compounded by sluggish Chinese economic growth, are hitting global markets hard, says business columnist Malcolm Maiden. INVESTORS nervous about Europe and the slowing global economy have wiped another $3 Full Article at The Age

Try as they might, many retail investors won't be able to get shares of Facebook in its first hours of trading. They may be better off waiting it out anyway. Buying at the closing price of the initial public offering day and holding on to your shares has Full Article at International Business Times

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge says prosecutors at an insider trading trial can play for jurors the only recording of a phone conversation between a former Goldman Sachs board member and a hedge fund founder. Federal Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan made Full Article at KHOU.com

The head of Britain's biggest employers' organisation on Wednesday night intensified the war of words between business and the government when he said it was time for ministers to deliver on their growth-friendly promises. Sir Roger Carr, the president o Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP, MI -- A bipartisan coalition of candidates called the “Township 2012 Group” are running to replace the current Township Board. Only Township Supervisor Bill Wester has filed to run for reelection from the five-member board that has se Full Article at MLive.com

A view of Earth taken from the International Space Station. Credit: ISS Expedition 7 Crew/EOL/NASA If Earth-bound adventures feel a little too familiar for your next vacation, why not join the small, but growing ranks of space tourists? Although the most Full Article at Discovery Channel

A bombshell of sorts has hit the Emerald City, as rumors have circulated that billionaire Paul Allen, who has owned the Seattle Seahawks since 1997 and helped keep the team in the Pacific Northwest, may be interested in selling the club. Dwight Jaynes of Full Article at Bleacher Report

Social Network writer signs on for Steve Jobs film Aaron Sorkin -- a writer for The West Wing , Sports Night , and HBO's upcoming The Newsroom -- has officially signed on to script Sony Pictures' forthcoming biopic about the late Steve Jobs. The film wil Full Article at Electronista

If you want to be an asteroid miner, you've got some stiff competition. Less than three weeks after officially unveiling its asteroid-mining plans, the billionaire-backed firm Planetary Resources has already received thousands of job applications, offici Full Article at The Huffington Post