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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, is among GOP leaders insisting on binding changes in the short term to discretionary spending and in the long term to entitlement spending. The federal government hit its debt limit on May 16. (AP Photo)
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Rick Welts, 58, president and CEO of the Phoenix Suns, is the first high-ranking executive in a men's major team sport to publicly disclose his homosexuality.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, waits to be arraigned Monday in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of rape, sex abuse and other counts after a maid at a Times Square hotel said she was attacked in his penthouse suite.
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In this photo released by ABC, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is interviewed Sunday in ABC's "This Week" in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn (second from right), managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is led from a New York police station where he was being held on Sunday, May 15, 2011, on charges of sexually assaulting a hotel maid. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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A trader laughs as he works May 12 with colleagues on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. A loss of momentum on Wall Street, dropping commodity prices and worries over Europe's debt problems caused world stock markets to sag Monday. (Associated Press)
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CBS NEWS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Republican Speaker of the House John A. Boehner answers questions about solving fiscal problems during a prerecorded Sunday interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" with host Harry Smith. Mr. Boehner said everything should be on the table except raising taxes because that would hurt the economy and the ability to create jobs at home.
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** FILE ** Dominique Strauss-Kahn (right), managing director of the International Monetary Fund, arrives for a meeting with Tharman Shanmugaratnam (center), International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) chairman, and John Lipsky (left), IMF first deputy managing director, in Washington on Saturday, April 16, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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** FILE ** Former International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. (Associated Press)
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Specialist Jim Ahrens (left) and trader Michael Urkonis work Thursday on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Associated Press)
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ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES John Watson, chief executive officer of Chevron Corp. (left); Marvin Odum, U.S. president of Shell Oil (second from left); H. Lamar McKay, chairman and president of BP America Inc. (third from left); James Mulva, chief executive officer of Conoco Phillips (second from right); and Rex Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corp., testify during a Senate hearing on oil- and gas-tax incentives and rising energy prices on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
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ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva (left) and ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson gather their things on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, May 12, 2011, after testifying before the Senate Finance Committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Antonio Banderas kisses Salma Hayek while promoting "Puss in Boots." "If Salma was beautiful in two dimensions, imagine her in three dimensions," Mr. Banderas said while wearing 3-D glasses.
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Raj Rajaratnam, billionaire co-founder of Galleon Group, is surrounded by photographers Wednesday as he leaves Manhattan federal court in New York. The former Wall Street titan was convicted Wednesday of making a fortune by coaxing a crew of corporate tipsters to give him an illegal edge on blockbuster trades in technology and other stocks, in what prosecutors called the largest insider trading case ever involving hedge funds. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this photo from Feb. 8, 2008, provided by Altria Group, Philip Morris International Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Louis C. Camilleri is shown. CEO Camilleri told a cancer nurse Wednesday that while cigarettes are harmful and addictive, it is not that hard to quit. (Associated Press/Altria Group, Todd Rosenberg)
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Wearing a medical boot from foot surgery, billionaire co-founder of Galleon Group Raj Rajaratnam (right) enters Manhattan federal court Wednesday with his attorney, John Dowd, in New York. Jury deliberations entered a third week Wednesday with Rajaratnam facing insider trading and conspiracy charges accused of gaining $63 million trading on illegal stock tips. (Associated Press)
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WORKING TOGETHER: Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan wait as documents are exchanged during a signing ceremony on Tuesday in the Cash Room of the Treasury Department in Washington during the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue meetings. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential long shots include former New Mexico Gov. Gary E. Johnson (above) and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. Both are libertarian-leaning iconoclasts. Mr. Johnson has argued for the legalizing, regulating and taxing of marijuana, while Mr. Paul has advocated abolition of the Federal Reserve Board.
