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Hair of the Dog: Pelosi Makes Sense on Taxes?! Plus, Ryan vs. Goolsby Economic Showdown (VodkaPundit)

"Guest numero uno on Meet The Press was the Republican hottie who makes all the smart girls swoon, Paul Ryan" -- Steve Green

Iran Threatens Israel, and Facebook's Zuckerberg Gets Hitched (PJ News Break)

"Asked how it feels to escape an oppressive leftist regime that squelches conflicting ideas, Chen reportedly said 'Wait, I'm not going to NYU?'" -- Scott Ott

Ed Klein on 'The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House' (PJTV Special)

"Bill said he had done a secret and private poll showing that hillary could beat Hillary" -- Ed Klein

Ron Paul Calls it Quits: What Will His Lasting Influence on the GOP Be? (Front Page with Allen Barton)

"If they can constructively link Ron Paul to the GOP and to its future, it would be a very positive thing for the Republicans." -- Terry Jones

Obama Slams Capitalism, Again: Private Equity in the Era of Liberal Iniquity (Front Page with Allen Barton)

"It's interesting they don't talk about all the success stories that have come out of private equity." -- Elan Journo

Rotten Tomatoes New Release Update: Sasha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator" and "Battleship" (POLIWOOD)

"The general consensus seems to be that it's loud and lots of explosions, but mostly kinda stupid. " -- Matt Atchity

Nothing Says Mother Like Abortion: Liberals Politicize Mother's Day (Members Only) (Trifecta)

"i have never seen so much damn politics in American life before" -- Bill Whittle

Facebook IPO: Facebook Co-Founder 'Escapes' U.S. Taxes (Front Page with Allen Barton)

"[Chuck Schumer] is the face of friendly fascism... He thinks there's not aspect of your life that's too small for him and his cronies to control." -- Terry Jones

Obama "Friends" Banks and Facebook Billionaires, But "Unfriends" the Rich (PJ News Break)

"Breitbart…rocked the political world...with the revelation that Barack Obama's literary agent claimed…the future president was born in Kenya" -- Scott Ott

'The Avengers' -- Has Hollywood Rediscovered Patriotism? (POLIWOOD)

"I miss Simon Cowell" -- Lionel Chetwynd

Like My Status? The Facebook IPO and Role of Social Media in the 2012 Elections (Members Only) (Trifecta)

"We have taken over twitter. We are winning" -- Stephen Green

Literary Bio Claims Obama Born in Kenya (PJTV Special)

"What this booklet does is vindicate the Birther effort. It doesn't vindicate their theory. " -- Jack Cashill

In-Depth Interview with Dennis Prager: What Are American Values? (PJTV Special)

"If America is strong there is less suffering on earth" -- Dennis Prager

WSJ.com: What's News US

Yahoo in Deal on Alibaba Stake

Yahoo struck a deal to sell up to half of its stake in Alibaba Group back to the Chinese company for $7.1 billion, final...

Rivals Strike $11.8 Billion Merger

Eaton agreed to buy electrical-equipment supplier Cooper Industries in an $11.8 billion cash-and-stock deal that would s...

Opening Salvos Fired at Gupta Trial

Prosecutors told jurors that former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta repeatedly broke the law by leaking inside inform...

MetLife, ManuLife Target ING Assets

MetLife, Manulife Financial, AIA Group and Korea Life Insurance are all bidding in ING Groep's auction of its Asian life...

Corzine Pay Plan Topped $8 Million

Former MF Global Chief Executive Jon S. Corzine received more than $8 million in cash and stock options in the months le...

Simon Property CEO Pay Rejected

Shareholders in Simon Property rejected an eight-year compensation package awarded to Chief Executive David Simon, which...

Cable Firms to Share Wi-Fi

Comcast, Time Warner and three other large cable operators agreed to give customers access to each other's wireless Inte...

Dialysis Firm Bets on Branching Out

Dialysis provider DaVita agreed to buy doctor-network operator HealthCare Partners in a cash-and-stock deal valued at ab...

Sequoia Head Reduces Role Due to Health

One of Silicon Valley's best-known investors, Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital, is stepping back from managing the vent...

U.S. Stocks End Losing Streak

The Nasdaq Composite index rose the most since December as hopes of political progress in Greece and talk of government ...

J.P. Morgan Suspends Share Buybacks

J.P. Morgan is suspending share repurchases in the wake of $2 billion-plus in trading losses, CEO Dimon said at an inves...

CEOs Who Delivered the Most, Least Bang for the Buck

Some CEOs delivered more bang for the buck, while others were well rewarded despite poor results.

FDIC Targets Banks Over Soured Mortgage Debt

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is suing several big banks over soured mortgage securities that were purchased by fa...

No Resolution on Euro Bonds

EU leaders headed for a potential showdown this week after France and Germany appeared no closer to a compromise on revi...

Best Buy Hires Recruiter for CEO Search

Best Buy Co. hired recruiting firm Spencer Stuart to run its search for a new chief executive, citing the firm's experie...

Barclays to Sell Entire BlackRock Stake

Barclays said that it intends to sell its $6.1 billion stake in BlackRock, as the U.K. lender seeks to redeploy cash to ...

For Campbell's, Another Weak Soup Season

Campbell's profit fell 5.4% as soup sales dropped 3% in the U.S. Continued weakness in soup was offset with better resul...

Lowe's Posts Tepid Sales

Lowe's fiscal first-quarter earnings rose 14% on a calendar shift and unusually warm weather but the retailer slightly l...

Thompson Resigns From Splunk's Board

Scott Thompson has stepped down from the board of data-analysis provider Splunk, his second such departure in the past w...

Walking a Treasury Tightrope

Investors in U.S. Treasurys stand a good chance of losing money over time. And yet they can't seem to get enough of Uncl...

Denver Post Breaking News

Facebook stock plummets on second day of trading

http://business-news.thestreet.com/mercury-news/story/facebook-stock-plummets-second-day-trading/1(hidethestreet) After Facebook stock narrowly stayed above the initial public offering.

Texas jury gets airline exec's child porn case

BROWNSVILLE, Texas—Jurors have convicted the founder of a Texas-based cargo airline on child pornography charges.

Fort Hood bomb plot suspect wears mask in court

WACO, Texas—A soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops in a restaurant last summer wore a mask in court for the first time Monday as a jury was selected in his federal trial.

Letter carrier mauled in northwest Denver

A letter carrier suffered a "particularly gruesome attack" by two dogs today in northwest Denver.

Lawsuit claims a central Colorado FASTER surcharge violates TABOR

A 2009 law that raised car registration fees to pay for road improvements imposes unconstitutional taxes to pay for bridge repairs, a lawsuit filed today alleges.

Woman beaten in Wheat Ridge after following two fleeing suspects

A 50-year-old woman was beaten by two men in an attempted carjacking in Wheat Ridge when she followed them as they fled from an attempted vehicle break-in nearby.

Where are Facebook's friends? Stock down after IPO

NEW YORK—Facebook was supposed to soar. Instead, it plunged. After the social network's stock fizzled on Friday in its long-awaited debut, its stock fell 11 percent on Monday, even as the re...

Carlos Miguel's Mexican Bar & Grill to pay $73,000 in back-wages at Colorado restaurants

Carlos Miguel's Mexican Bar & Grill will pay $73,132 in minimum and overtime back wages to 58 current and former cooks and dishwashers, the U.S. Labor Department said today.

Prosecutor launches new Strauss-Kahn rape probe

PARIS—A French prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kah...

Mistrial declared in DJ Williams' DUI case

DENVER—Denver Broncos linebacker D.J. Williams' trial on driving under the influence and traffic charges ended in a mistrial just hours after it began Monday after his lawyer objected to

Travel perks pervasive for Colorado lawmakers, fiscal disclosures show

Rep. Doug Lamborn went on five trips last year — to Budapest, Hungary; Panama City; Tel Aviv, Israel; Lexington, Ky.; and Los Angeles — thanks to his congressional connections, a perk...

CSU Rams hire Ryun Williams as women's basketball coach

Colorado State on Monday hired Ryun Williams as its women's basketball coach, the school said. Williams resigned as South Dakota coach and immediately took the Rams' job.

Hand-beaded Volkswagen rolls into Denver airport

Making its last stop in the United States before heading to Europe, the Vochol — a 1990 Volkswagen Beetle hand decorated with more than 2 million glass beads — rolled into Denver

Children's Hospital Colorado adding Highlands Ranch branch

Children's Hospital Colorado will add a full-service "South Campus" hospital in the heart of Highlands Ranch, joining the boom in health facility construction up and down the Front Range.

After NATO summit, questions about protest mindset

CHICAGO—For activists, the NATO summit in Chicago served as one big stage from which to air a broad range of grievances—not just the war

4 arrested after man's beating at Dodger Stadium

LOS ANGELES—A minor fender bender in a Dodger Stadium parking lot over the weekend led to the beating of a driver and the arrest of four people more than a year after a San Francisco Giants fan ...

Market breaks losing streak, with China's help

NEW YORK—Forget Facebook. This is still Apple's stock market. Apple—the world's most valuable company—climbed nearly 6 percent on Monday, helping propel major U.

Egypt's election to decide army's political future

CAIRO—This week's landmark presidential election should end six decades of effective military rule in Egypt, but it remains unclear how much authority the generals who took over from Hosni Mubar...

California lettuce grower expands recall across nation

A California lettuce grower has expanded a recall of some bagged salads after routine sampling detected listeria contamination.

Watchdog group goes after anti-Obama pastor in Ky.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—An eastern Kentucky Baptist pastor troubled by President Barack Obama's views on gay marriage violated federal law when he urged his followers to vote the president out of office...

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Another Magnificent Moment in the World of Government Stimulus Every so often, we see stories about absurd waste, such as the $423,000 study to find out that men don’t like to wear co...	Democrats' Leftward Drift Is Blocking Tax Reform The comments by Harvard University’s Lawrence Summers, arguably the most important economist on the Democratic side for ...
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Conrad: Worst Budget Chair in Senate History “By the way, Harry Reid crushed the Democratic budget chairman, a good man, a fiscal hawk. And there are good, fiscal h...	Congress Not Standing Ground on 2nd Amendment Are gun voters being taken for granted? Republicans control the House and self-styled pro-gun Democrats abound in the Se...
Will Christie Volunteer You for Obamacare's Tax Hikes Even if you support Obamacare, there’s no point in creating an exchange today when the Supreme Court could strike down t...	Obama Pursues Higher Tax Rates, Growth Be Damned In the run-up to this weekend's G-8 summit at Camp David, journalists have unfavorably compared European "austerity" wit...

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Booker Helped "Sabotage" Obama Campaign Chris Matthews, MSNBC	Seven Reasons Why the Facebook IPO Was a Bust Rich Karlgaard, Forbes Facebook‘s shares have been dead in the water for the last 12 mont...
Obama's Roots Explain Left-Wing Presidency Paul Mirengoff, Power Line The Washington Post has obsessed over an incident in which Mitt Romney a...	What Romney Should Have Learned at Bain Ezra Klein, Washington Post Booker, the Democratic mayor of Newark, N.J., appeared on Sunday&rs...
Rev. Wright & the "Vetting" Obsession Paul Waldman, American Prospect When the Washington Post story about Mitt Romney's high school...	Europe & the Trouble With Socialism Ralph Reiland, Pitt Tribune-Review Greece, Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Italy (and California). In ...
DC Must Give Up Illusion of a Grand Bargain Gordon & West, The Atlantic Washington needs to stop searching for a grand bargain and start wo...	Behind the Rise of Chris Christie David DesRosiers, Washington Times “Chris Christie: The Inside Story of His Rise to Power...
Bain Attacks Get More Awkward for Obama Chris Stirewalt, FOX News "To me, it's just we're getting to a ridiculous point in A...	Can Obama Beat Back Anti-Incumbent Fervor? Paul Begala, Daily Beast It stinks to be an incumbent officeholder these days. British Prime Minist...
The GOP's Dukakis Problem Theo Anderson, In These Times Republicans gloat that President Obama’s days are numbered&...	The Economy Election: 5 Groups Form 2 Camps Susan Page, USA Today The political mantra for 2012 sounds familiar: It's all about the econom...
Europe Driving Full Tilt Into a Brick Wall Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph I see the G8 has a brilliant solution to the problems of the eurozon...	Obamanomics: Growth Be Damned Michael Barone, Washington Examiner In the run-up to this weekend's G-8 summit at Camp David, ...
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