http://www.mail.com/locations/4086-york-city.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/4086-york-city.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763348-911-concert-musicians-turn-sandy.html NEW YORK (AP) — Call the "12-12-12" benefit show "The Concert for New York City" 2.0. Eleven years after the benefit concert in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was held at Madison Square Garden, many of the same top musicians came together to raise money for those suffering from Superstorm Sandy, including Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, The Who, E... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763348-911-concert-musicians-turn-sandy.html 2012-12-13T12:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763820-short-hosting-snl-mccartney-musical-guest.html NEW YORK (AP) — "Saturday Night Live" is welcoming two prominent up-and-comers to this week's show. Guest hosting the special Christmas edition will be a brilliant Canadian-born comic, Martin Short. The musical guest? Breakout singer-songwriter Paul McCartney. "I think he's from Europe," Short ventured, tongue-in-cheek, at the mention of McCartney's name.... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763820-short-hosting-snl-mccartney-musical-guest.html 2012-12-13T12:18:00Z 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/business/markets/1763170-gimmicky-boost-lovelorn-las-vegas.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas, land of the quickie wedding, is in the midst of a serious love recession, and chapels in the city accustomed to playing the numbers were not about to let the latest money-making opportunity — Wednesday's auspicious 12/12/12 date — pass without a marketing push. They worked for months to turn the day into a major payout, luring ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1763170-gimmicky-boost-lovelorn-las-vegas.html 2012-12-13T05:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1760352-nj-man-denies-killing-ny-boy-who-vanished-1979.html NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with killing a 6-year-old boy who infamously vanished in 1979 while walking to catch a school bus pleaded not guilty Wednesday as his lawyer insisted his confession to police was false. Pedro Hernandez, 51, answered "not guilty" at the hearing in the case of Etan Patz, whose disappearance helped spawn the movement to publiciz... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1760352-nj-man-denies-killing-ny-boy-who-vanished-1979.html 2012-12-13T03:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761466-broadway-faces-potential-holiday-labor-headache.html NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing hundreds of Broadway theater cleaners, porters, elevator operators and bathroom attendants voted Wednesday to authorize its leaders to call a strike if a new contract isn't approved by the end of the month, potentially throwing a wrench into a busy holiday season. Members of the 250-person 32BJ union voted during a n... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761466-broadway-faces-potential-holiday-labor-headache.html 2012-12-13T00:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1762804-dodgers-track-to-pass-yanks-2013-payroll.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are on track to become only the second major league team with a $200 million payroll and could end the New York Yankees' streak of 14 years as baseball's biggest spender. The Dodgers are at $214.8 million for 21 signed players next season, according to a study of their contracts by The Associated Press. That follows... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1762804-dodgers-track-to-pass-yanks-2013-payroll.html 2012-12-13T00:20:00Z 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/sports/baseball/1759882-ap-source-youkilis-yankees-reach-1-year-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Youkilis is about to get a different look at the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry. The hard-nosed Youkilis, who helped personify Boston's championship teams over the past decade, on Tuesday became the latest former Red Sox star to switch sides and land in Bronx. The free agent reached a deal that filled New York's immediate need for a third b... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1759882-ap-source-youkilis-yankees-reach-1-year-deal.html 2012-12-12T09:35:00Z 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/sports/basketball/1760066-anthony-scores-45-knicks-rally-to-beat-nets.html NEW YORK (AP) — Now, this Knicks-Nets rivalry is really on. If it hadn't started when the Nets left New Jersey and set up shop in the Knicks' city, it surely arrived when Jason Kidd delivered the tiebreaking 3-pointer Tuesday night, making himself an enemy of his former franchise. "I hate him," Nets guard Deron Williams said. Williams ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1760066-anthony-scores-45-knicks-rally-to-beat-nets.html 2012-12-12T03:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1759676-ny-6-suing-epa-drilling-methane.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — Seven Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states announced plans Tuesday to sue the Environmental Protection Agency, saying it is violating the Clean Air Act by failing to address methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, which has boomed in nearby states such as Pennsylvania and West Virginia. New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1759676-ny-6-suing-epa-drilling-methane.html 2012-12-11T22:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1757606-hsbc-to-pay-19b-to-settle-money-laundering-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — British bank HSBC has agreed to pay $1.9 billion to settle a New York based-probe in connection with the laundering of money from narcotics traffickers in Mexico, U.S. authorities announced Tuesday. The move avoids a legal battle that could further savage the bank's reputation and undermine confidence in the global banking system. The anno... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1757606-hsbc-to-pay-19b-to-settle-money-laundering-case.html 2012-12-11T16:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758632-nys-top-court-nyc-gang-member-terrorist.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Street gangsters who commit assaults and killings are not terrorists under the statute enacted after hijackers crashed jets into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, New York's highest court ruled unanimously Tuesday. There's no indication New York lawmakers passed the law to elevate gang-on-gang street violence to the status of terrori... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758632-nys-top-court-nyc-gang-member-terrorist.html 2012-12-11T16:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1757546-strauss-kahn-nyc-hotel-maid-settle-lawsuit.html NEW YORK (AP) — When a settlement ended the last legal fallout from the sexual assault allegation that sank his political career, Dominique Strauss-Kahn kept his distance. The former International Monetary Fund leader, once seen as a promising French presidential candidate, stayed in Paris and stayed mum as a New York judge announced the settlement Monday... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1757546-strauss-kahn-nyc-hotel-maid-settle-lawsuit.html 2012-12-11T09:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1756858-apnewsbreak-sotomayor-book-offers-personal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says in her upcoming memoir that her lifelong battle against diabetes and the fear that she might die early played a big part in her decision not to have children. The 58-year-old Sotomayor says in an unusually personal book for a Supreme Court justice that she feels an occasional tug of regret at no... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1756858-apnewsbreak-sotomayor-book-offers-personal.html 2012-12-11T06:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1755244-judge-strauss-kahn-nyc-hotel-maid-settle-suit.html NEW YORK (AP) — Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a hotel maid settled her lawsuit Monday over sexual assault allegations that sank his political career and spurred scrutiny of his dealings with women on two continents. The housekeeper, Nafissatou Diallo, looked composed and resolute as state Supreme Court Justice Dougla... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1755244-judge-strauss-kahn-nyc-hotel-maid-settle-suit.html 2012-12-11T02:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1756552-jenni-rivera-soulful-troubled-mexican-music-star.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jenni Rivera launched her career hawking cassette recordings of her songs at flea markets, but a powerful voice, soulful singing style and frank discussion of personal troubles powered her to the heights of a male-dominated industry, transforming her into the one of the biggest stars of the genre known as grupero. Her life was cut short... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1756552-jenni-rivera-soulful-troubled-mexican-music-star.html 2012-12-11T00:19:00Z 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/entertainment/lifestyle/1755226-ny-nj-ponder-boardwalks-without-boards.html SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — Coastal areas of New Jersey and New York that lost their boardwalks to Superstorm Sandy's surge are racing to rebuild them in time for tourist season — in some places, without the boards. For reasons both practical and environmental, some communities are proposing to replace their wooden boardwalks with more durable synthetic ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1755226-ny-nj-ponder-boardwalks-without-boards.html 2012-12-10T18:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1755756-springsteen-lady-gaga-join-stones-concert-nj.html NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga and The Black Keys will join the Rolling Stones on Saturday for the final concert marking the band's 50th anniversary. The concert will be held at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The band said Monday the concert will be telecast live on pay-per-view. The Stones have played in London and New York on their ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1755756-springsteen-lady-gaga-join-stones-concert-nj.html 2012-12-10T13:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1754350-numb-hopeful-families-endure-post-sandy-recovery.html It's been more than a month since Sandy, the superstorm combining a hurricane, a nor'easter and surging full-moon tides, tore through the Northeast, leaving billions of dollars in damage in the New Jersey-New York-Connecticut corridor. Now as survivors dig out and try to regroup from the Oct. 29 storm even as wintry weather moves in, some are coping bette... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1754350-numb-hopeful-families-endure-post-sandy-recovery.html 2012-12-10T07:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1754284-nyc-suit-strauss-kahn-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — Her side said she was seeking justice after prosecutors gave up on her sexual assault case. His said she slandered him in a grab for money. But a hotel housekeeper's lawsuit against former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn may soon end without a jury ever saying who is right. The maid, Nafissatou Diallo, is expected... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1754284-nyc-suit-strauss-kahn-deal.html 2012-12-10T01:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1754440-phillies-confirm-trade-inf-michael-young.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michael Young's leadership skills were as attractive to the Philadelphia Phillies as his hitting ability. The Phillies acquired the seven-time All-Star infielder from the Texas Rangers for two relief pitchers, filling a void at third base. The deal was announced Sunday, a day after Young agreed to waive his no-trade clause. ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1754440-phillies-confirm-trade-inf-michael-young.html 2012-12-09T19:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1753966-ap-photos-stones-rock-brooklyn.html NEW YORK (AP) — "Hey, hey, you, you, Get Off Of My Cloud!" And with that the Rolling Stones steamrolled through a 23-song set celebrating a staggering 50 years as a rock band. "People say, why do you keep doing this?" mused Mick Jagger, 69, before launching into "Brown Sugar." ''Why do you keep touring, coming back? The answer is, you're the reason we're ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 10:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1753966-ap-photos-stones-rock-brooklyn.html 2012-12-09T10:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1753912-set-list-rolling-stones-brooklyn.html NEW YORK (AP) — Set list for the Rolling Stones concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday night: Get Off Of My Cloud I Wanna Be Your Man The Last Time Paint It Black Gimme Shelter (with Mary J Blige) Wild Horses Going Down (with Gary Clark Jr.) All Down The Line Miss You One More Shot Doom And Gloom ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1753912-set-list-rolling-stones-brooklyn.html 2012-12-09T08:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1752952-rolling-stones-rock-brooklyn-anniversary-gig.html NEW YORK (AP) — It sure didn't feel like a farewell. The Rolling Stones — average age 68-plus, if you're counting — were in rollicking form as they rocked the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for 2½ hours Saturday night, their first U.S. show on a mini-tour marking a mind-boggling 50 years as a rock band. And although every time the Stones ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1752952-rolling-stones-rock-brooklyn-anniversary-gig.html 2012-12-09T08:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1753274-hanukkah-festivities-with-candle-lighting.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Jews around the world ushered in the eight-day Hanukkah festival Saturday evening, lighting the first candles of ceremonial lamps that symbolize triumph over oppression. In Israel, families gathered after sundown for the lighting, eating traditional snacks of potato pancakes and doughnuts and exchanging gifts. Local officials lit candles ... 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