http://www.mail.com/locations/12572-manhattan.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/12572-manhattan.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763232-ny-police-la-mans-killer-silent-cool-precise.html NEW YORK (AP) — The shooter in the daylight slaying of a Los Angeles man on a midtown Manhattan street was so cool and precise that New York City police officials believe he left no doubt that he's killed before, possibly as a professional hit man. A security video — not made public — shows the gunman walking up behind Brandon Lincoln Woodard and, without... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763232-ny-police-la-mans-killer-silent-cool-precise.html 2012-12-13T08:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1761310-music-comedy-strike-defiant-tone-sandy-concert.html NEW YORK (AP) — Musicians were so intent upon helping victims of Superstorm Sandy that they didn't seem to want their benefit concert in New York to end. The final notes of Alicia Keys' "Empire State of Mind" closed the star-studded show at 1:19 a.m. Thursday, nearly six hours after Bruce Springsteen set a roaring tone with "Land of Hope and Dreams." In b... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1761310-music-comedy-strike-defiant-tone-sandy-concert.html 2012-12-13T07:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1761154-nypd-getaway-car-slaying-calif-man.html NEW YORK (AP) — Police revealed Wednesday that they found a getaway car used in an execution-style daylight slaying of a Los Angeles man on a busy Manhattan street — a possible break in a case that has defied easy answers. No motive or suspects have been identified in the shooting of Brandon Lincoln Woodard. But New York Police Department officers located... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1761154-nypd-getaway-car-slaying-calif-man.html 2012-12-12T18:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761718-sandy-nyc-eyes-moving-power-gear-higher.html NEW YORK (AP) — A major push is on to move New York City's electrical infrastructure to higher ground or upper floors after Superstorm Sandy sent seawater pouring into low-lying substations and skyscraper basements and plunged half of Manhattan into darkness for four days. The effort, likely to be enormously costly, will center partly on two old weaknesse... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761718-sandy-nyc-eyes-moving-power-gear-higher.html 2012-12-12T17:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1758664-police-suspect-la-man-was-lured-nyc-ambush.html NEW YORK (AP) — Someone wanted Brandon Lincoln Woodard dead — bad enough to apparently lure him to a midtown Manhattan block for what looked like a professional hit. But who shot Woodard in the back of the head and why remained a mystery on Tuesday as police studied security videotape of the unidentified gunman and delved into Woodard's checkered past for... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1758664-police-suspect-la-man-was-lured-nyc-ambush.html 2012-12-12T04:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1756266-4-years-in-madoff-trustee-pursuing-assets.html NEW YORK (AP) — When he was first told in 2008 about Bernard Madoff's epic Ponzi scheme, attorney David Sheehan had a response that now sounds inconceivable. "Who," he wondered, "is Bernie Madoff?" Four years after Madoff's arrest, Sheehan has been thoroughly educated about the disgraced financier. Irving Picard, the trustee appointed to recover funds for... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1756266-4-years-in-madoff-trustee-pursuing-assets.html 2012-12-10T21:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753026-ny-ignored-reports-warning-superstorm.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than three decades before Superstorm Sandy, a state law and a series of legislative reports began warning New York politicians to prepare for a storm of historic proportions, spelling out scenarios eerily similar to what actually happened: a towering storm surge; overwhelming flooding; swamped subway lines; widespread power outages. The Rockaway peni... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753026-ny-ignored-reports-warning-superstorm.html 2012-12-08T20:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1753332-lenox-lounge-jazz-landmark-to-close-nyc.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Lenox Lounge, a cabaret in New York City's Harlem neighborhood with a supercool, Art Deco style that made it a favorite of jazz greats like Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, is closing its doors on New Year's Eve. Longtime owner Alvin Reed says that with rents rising, he can no longer afford the lease on the jazz landmark.... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1753332-lenox-lounge-jazz-landmark-to-close-nyc.html 2012-12-08T19:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1751952-teo-manziel-hit-manhattan-with-heisman-hopes.html NEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o was looking forward to a break after a five-city-in-five-days tour, during which he has become the most decorated player in college football. "I'm just trying to get a workout in and get some sleep," he said Friday about his plans for the night. Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel seemed to have more energ... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1751952-teo-manziel-hit-manhattan-with-heisman-hopes.html 2012-12-08T00:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1744024-ny-subway-victims-daughter-whats-done.html NEW YORK (AP) — The daughter of a man pushed in front of a subway train and photographed a split-second before his death said Wednesday after a suspect was arrested that it "would have been great" if someone had helped her father up but "what's done is done." A freelance photographer for the New York Post was waiting for a train Monday afternoon when he s... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1744024-ny-subway-victims-daughter-whats-done.html 2012-12-06T06:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1743510-nyc-synagogue-bomb-plot-suspect-pleads-guilty.html NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man pleaded guilty Tuesday to rare state-level charges that he plotted to blow up city synagogues, saying he had wanted to "send a message of intimidation" to the city's Jewish community. Ahmed Ferhani, 27, was one of two men arrested in a May 2011 weapons-buying sting. Authorities called him a home-grown terrorist out to avenge... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1743510-nyc-synagogue-bomb-plot-suspect-pleads-guilty.html 2012-12-05T04:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1743282-nyc-breaks-ground-26-acre-hudson-yards-project.html NEW YORK (AP) — Work to transform the largest undeveloped property in Manhattan from a railroad storage yard into a sleek new neighborhood of spiky high-rises and graceful parks got a formal start Tuesday, with developers and officials heralding it as the next big thing in a city known for them. The $15 billion project, called Hudson Yards, calls for angu... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1743282-nyc-breaks-ground-26-acre-hudson-yards-project.html 2012-12-04T20:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1742616-aldridge-victorias-secret-model-full-time-mom.html NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, her job involves parading in lacy underwear and her husband is a rock star. But Lily Aldridge says she does the same things on a given day as millions of other women: She fed her baby daughter, talked to her mom on the phone, kissed her husband before she left for work. Aldridge says her work on the Victoria's Secret runway is a job ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1742616-aldridge-victorias-secret-model-full-time-mom.html 2012-12-04T17:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1736586-funeral-held-boxer-macho-camacho-nyc.html NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds mourned Hector Camacho on Saturday in the landmark East Harlem church the fighter attended as a boy, and hundreds more cheered and shouted "Macho!" when his coffin was carried out and loaded into a hearse afterward. "Hector lived the American dream, to come from simple beginnings and to be known by thousands of people," the Rev. F... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1736586-funeral-held-boxer-macho-camacho-nyc.html 2012-12-02T05:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1734556-attorneys-strauss-kahn-deny-settlement-reached.html NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys for Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Friday denied that the former International Monetary Fund chief has reached a settlement with a New York City hotel maid who accused him of trying to rape her. William Taylor III and Amit Mehta said in a statement issued Friday that the parties have merely "discussed a resolution." A person familiar ... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1734556-attorneys-strauss-kahn-deny-settlement-reached.html 2012-11-30T18:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1731044-nypd-officers-kindness-sparks-online-sensation.html NEW YORK (AP) — A tourist's snapshot of a New York City police officer giving new boots to a barefoot homeless man in Times Square has created an online sensation. Jennifer Foster, of Florence, Ariz., was visiting New York with her boyfriend on Nov. 14, when she came across the shoeless man asking for change in Times Square. As she was about to approach h... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1731044-nypd-officers-kindness-sparks-online-sensation.html 2012-11-29T23:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1730582-empire-building-surprises-ny-with-lights.html NEW YORK (AP) — In the middle of the night, as most of New York slept, something big and bright lit up the Manhattan skyline for just seconds — a tightly kept secret to all but a handful of people. It was a tiny test for the huge public surprise four days later: the flipping of a switch at the Empire State Building to turn on its dancing new LED lights. T... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1730582-empire-building-surprises-ny-with-lights.html 2012-11-29T10:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1728620-ny-nanny-pleads-guilty-2-kids-knife-deaths.html NEW YORK (AP) — A nanny accused in the stabbing deaths of two children in her care at their upscale home near Central Park pleaded not guilty Wednesday inside a hospital room where she's been treated for self-inflicted stab wounds. Yoselyn Ortega, lying handcuffed in her hospital bed in silence, her right hand trembling, entered the plea through her defen... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1728620-ny-nanny-pleads-guilty-2-kids-knife-deaths.html 2012-11-28T21:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1726258-fla-man-sues-ex-elmo-puppeteer-claims-ny-abuse.html NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man on Tuesday sued a former Elmo puppeteer who resigned amid sex abuse allegations, saying the voice actor met him in New York a dozen years ago after trolling gay telephone chat lines seeking underage boys for sex. The lawsuit, seeking unspecified damages, was filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan by a man who remains anony... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1726258-fla-man-sues-ex-elmo-puppeteer-claims-ny-abuse.html 2012-11-28T12:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1724204-ap-impact-nyc-flood-protection-wont-easy.html NEW YORK (AP) — Inside tunnels threading under a Houston medical campus, 100 submarine doors stand ready to block invading floodwaters. Before commuters in Bangkok can head down into the city's subways, they must first climb three feet of stairs to raised entrances, equipped with flood gates. In Washington, D.C., managers of a retail and apartment complex need just two hours... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1724204-ap-impact-nyc-flood-protection-wont-easy.html 2012-11-26T20:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1722562-ap-impact-will-nyc-to-block-future-surges.html Think Sandy was just a 100-year storm that devastated New York City? Imagine one just as bad, or worse, every three years. Prominent planners and builders say now is the time to think big to shield the city's core: a 5-mile barrier blocking the entryway to New York Harbor, an archipelago of man-made islets guarding the tip of Manhattan, or something like ... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1722562-ap-impact-will-nyc-to-block-future-surges.html 2012-11-26T14:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1723302-sandy-lower-manhattan-limps-to-life.html NEW YORK (AP) — The hum of massive mobile generators, boilers and pumps emerges blocks from Manhattan's Financial District and turns into a steady din south of Wall Street — the now-familiar sound of an area laboring to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Other parts of the city have gotten mayoral visits and media attention after the Oct. 29 storm killed doze... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1723302-sandy-lower-manhattan-limps-to-life.html 2012-11-26T07:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1718624-black-friday-creeps-thursday.html NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's shoppers put the turkey down to take advantage of an early start to the holiday shopping season. Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's named Black Friday because that is when they traditionally turn a profit for the year. But Black Friday openings have crept earlier and earl... Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1718624-black-friday-creeps-thursday.html 2012-11-23T05:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1718068-sandy-victims-cheered-nycs-thanksgiving-parade.html NEW YORK (AP) — Victims of Superstorm Sandy in New York and elsewhere in the Northeast were comforted Thursday by kinder weather, free holiday meals and — for some — front row seats to the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. "It means a lot," said Karen Panetta, of the hard-hit Broad Channel section of Queens, as she sat in a special viewing section se... Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1718068-sandy-victims-cheered-nycs-thanksgiving-parade.html 2012-11-23T00:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1716946-book-gift-guide-20-picks-season.html NEW YORK (AP) — Louise Erdrich is more than this year's winner of the National Book Award for fiction. She's a bookstore owner and has some ideas for what customers might pick up as holiday gifts. The four other finalists: "This Is How You Lose Her," by Junot Diaz; "A Hologram for the King," by Dave Eggers; "The Yellow Birds, by Kevin Powers; and "Billy L... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1716946-book-gift-guide-20-picks-season.html 2012-11-21T19:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1715924-expert-sees-gathering-storm-top-fund-manager.html NEW YORK (AP) — The arrest of a former hedge fund portfolio manager in what prosecutors are calling one of the most lucrative insider trading schemes ever indicates that prosecutors may be setting their sights higher — toward a wealthy business leader the suspect's firm was connected to, an expert says. Mathew Martoma made an arrangement to obtain secret,... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1715924-expert-sees-gathering-storm-top-fund-manager.html 2012-11-21T11:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1714216-ex-hedge-fund-trader-charged-276m-insider-ploy.html NEW YORK (AP) — A former hedge fund portfolio manager was arrested Tuesday in what prosecutors called perhaps the most lucrative insider trading scheme of all time — an arrangement to obtain secret, advance results of tests on an experimental Alzheimer's drug that netted more than $276 million for his fund and others. The case also led authorities to inve... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1714216-ex-hedge-fund-trader-charged-276m-insider-ploy.html 2012-11-20T23:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1715202-ex-marcos-aide-charged-ny-with-art-conspiracy.html NEW YORK (AP) — A former secretary to Imelda Marcos was charged Tuesday in New York with conspiracy to sell valuable artworks that disappeared during the collapse of Marcos' husband's regime in the Philippines. Vilma Bautista, 74, was indicted on charges of conspiracy, tax fraud and offering a false instrument for filing. Two of her nephews, Chaiyot Janse... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1715202-ex-marcos-aide-charged-ny-with-art-conspiracy.html 2012-11-20T21:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1706566-ill-lawyer-convicted-ny-24b-refco-fraud.html NEW YORK (AP) — A Chicago area lawyer whose first conviction was overturned on appeal was convicted again Friday in a $2.4 billion fraud that led to the collapse of what was once the nation's largest independent commodities firm. Joseph P. Collins was convicted of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and other offenses including securities fraud and wire... Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1706566-ill-lawyer-convicted-ny-24b-refco-fraud.html 2012-11-16T21:49:00Z