http://www.mail.com/locations/4088-york.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/4088-york.html http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1763868-watson-returns-ryder-cup-captain.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Americans are bringing back Tom Watson as their Ryder Cup captain with hopes of ending two decades of losing in Europe. "We've got the right guy to lead our team," PGA of America president Ted Bishop said Thursday morning during a short segment on the "Today" show to introduce the new captain. A press conference was planned later Thurs... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1763868-watson-returns-ryder-cup-captain.html 2012-12-13T13:18:00Z 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/sports/football/1762020-mourners-gather-funeral-chiefs-belcher.html DIX HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — Jovan Belcher was remembered Wednesday for the accomplishments of a life that ended so suddenly and violently. Several hundred mourners gathered for the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker's funeral near his hometown on Long Island. The 25-year-old Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend on Dec. 1, then drove to the Chiefs' practice facili... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1762020-mourners-gather-funeral-chiefs-belcher.html 2012-12-13T01:21:00Z 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/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html NEW YORK (AP) — The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967. As captured in D.A. Pennebaker's documentary, some nodded along and smiled; Jimi Hendrix listened carefully. Others dozed, or chatted. A few hippies danced wildly, a... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html 2012-12-13T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1761446-heinicke-breitenstein-lead-ap-fcs-all-americans.html NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Heinicke passed his way through the record books on his way to becoming an All-American. Heinicke, the record-setting quarterback from Old Dominion, and fellow Payton Award finalists Eric Breitenstein from Wofford and Miguel Maysonet from Stony Brook were selected to The Associated Press FCS All-America team released Wednesday. ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1761446-heinicke-breitenstein-lead-ap-fcs-all-americans.html 2012-12-12T21:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1761914-bengals-recognize-eagles-quit.html The Philadelphia Eagles haven't completely given up on the season. They damaged Tampa Bay's playoff chances last weekend and get an opportunity Thursday night to do the same to the Cincinnati Bengals. It's a critical game for the Bengals (No. 16 in the AP Pro32). At 7-6, they are in the midst of the AFC wild-card race, tied with the Steelers and a game in... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1761914-bengals-recognize-eagles-quit.html 2012-12-12T20:03:00Z 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/entertainment/lifestyle/1761442-ny-charge-dropped-woman-wife-swap.html PEMBROKE, N.Y. (AP) — A prostitution charge in New York against a former teen pageant princess who once appeared on the reality TV show "Wife Swap" has been dropped. An attorney for Alicia Guastaferro (guhs-tuh-FEHR'-oh) says Genesee County prosecutors agreed to drop the charge during a court appearance Tuesday. The 21-year-old still faces misdemeanor dru... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761442-ny-charge-dropped-woman-wife-swap.html 2012-12-12T16:07:00Z 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/business/economy/1759656-delta-grabs-bigger-share-key-ny-london-route.html Delta Air Lines is grabbing a bigger share of the world's most important travel route: New York to London. The airline is paying $360 million for almost half of Virgin Atlantic, the swanky airline founded by Sir Richard Branson in 1984 as a cheaper and more stylish way to fly between the U.S. and London. Business travelers are hungry for flights on that r... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759656-delta-grabs-bigger-share-key-ny-london-route.html 2012-12-11T22:55:00Z 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/entertainment/lifestyle/1757550-peppermint-pigs-smashing-tradition-ny.html SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — A holiday tradition in this upstate New York resort town has a peppermint twist: pig-shaped hard candies are sold with little metal hammers to smash them at Christmas. The peppermint pigs, which can weigh up to a pound, are considered good luck charms by some. Family members will take turns whacking the piggy tokens of holida... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757550-peppermint-pigs-smashing-tradition-ny.html 2012-12-11T07:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757566-alan-alda-asks-scientists-to-explain-whats-time.html MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Professor Alan Alda has a homework assignment for scientists. Yes, that Alan Alda. The actor known for portraying Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce on the TV show "MASH" and more recent guest shots on NBC's "30 Rock" is also a visiting professor at New York's Stony Brook University school of journalism and a founder of the scho... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757566-alan-alda-asks-scientists-to-explain-whats-time.html 2012-12-11T07:03:00Z 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/news/us/1757400-ny-based-group-232-journalists-jailed-worldwide.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a report Tuesday that a record-number 232 journalists are imprisoned worldwide and that Turkey has the highest number with 49 journalists behind bars. The total is 53 more than the tally last year and is the highest number since the New York-based organization began conducting worldwide surveys ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1757400-ny-based-group-232-journalists-jailed-worldwide.html 2012-12-11T04:06:00Z 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