http://www.mail.com/people/13200-edward-kennedy.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/13200-edward-kennedy.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066546-mass-gop-candidate-gomez.html BOSTON (AP) — Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez is on his own — at least for now. National Republican allies, conservative activists and major GOP donors outside Democratic-leaning Massachusetts are skeptical of Gomez's chances in the state's June 25 special election to replace former Sen. John Kerry. While local Republicans ar... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:06:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066546-mass-gop-candidate-gomez.html 2013-05-06T19:06:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2055132-markey-gomez-win-mass-us-senate-primaries.html BOSTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey and Republican former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez won their party primaries on Tuesday, setting up a race between a 36-year veteran of Washington politics and a political newcomer for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by John Kerry. Markey, of Malden, defeated fellow U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, of South Boston, i... Wed, 01 May 2013 04:01:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2055132-markey-gomez-win-mass-us-senate-primaries.html 2013-05-01T04:01:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027414-obama-honors-bombing-victims-boston.html BOSTON (AP) — Called upon to console a grieving city and reassure a shaken nation, President Barack Obama on Thursday promised that Boston would "run again" after deadly twin bombings at its famous marathon. More than 2,000 people rose in a standing ovation in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and sang "America the Beautiful." Obama's message of resolve in ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:49:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027414-obama-honors-bombing-victims-boston.html 2013-04-18T21:49:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015728-judge-denies-20m-severance-deal-amr-ceo.html DALLAS (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge has at least temporarily blocked a proposed $20 million severance payment for the CEO of American Airlines as part of the company's merger with US Airways. The judge ruled Thursday that the proposed payment to CEO Tom Horton exceeded limits that Congress set for bankruptcy cases in 2005. A spokesman for American sa... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:17:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015728-judge-denies-20m-severance-deal-amr-ceo.html 2013-04-12T18:17:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2003682-5000-nyc-pay-phones-will-take-you-to-1993.html NEW YORK (AP) — Want to journey to a grittier time in New York City's not-too-distant past, when the murder rate was sky-high, Times Square was a crossroads of crime and porn, Starbucks had yet to arrive, and hardly anyone owned a cellphone? A project designed to promote an art exhibit has turned 5,000 Manhattan pay phones into time machines that take cal... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:11:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2003682-5000-nyc-pay-phones-will-take-you-to-1993.html 2013-04-07T20:11:57Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1997788-apnewsbreak-hillary-clinton-book-expected-2014.html NEW YORK (AP) — So what does it all mean? Hillary Rodham Clinton has a deal for a memoir and policy book about her years in the Obama administration, Simon & Schuster told The Associated Press. The book has yet to be titled and is tentatively scheduled for June 2014, in time for the summer reading season and for the midterm elections, when a promotional t... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:46:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1997788-apnewsbreak-hillary-clinton-book-expected-2014.html 2013-04-04T16:46:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1995866-gop-win-without-hispanics-arizona.html PHOENIX (AP) — On the political map of the Southwest, Arizona stands out. Most of its neighbors — California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada — are independent-minded states that once leaned Republican but are trending Democratic, partly because of increasing numbers of Hispanic voters alienated from the GOP by its tough stance on illegal immigration. ... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:51:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1995866-gop-win-without-hispanics-arizona.html 2013-04-03T17:51:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983908-boston-mayor-announces-wont-seek-re-election.html BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, struggling to keep his emotions in check, told well-wishers gathered at historic Faneuil Hall on Thursday that he won't seek re-election to an unprecedented sixth term after nearly two decades in office. "I am here with the people I love, to tell the city I love, that I will leave the job that I love," Menino said... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:04:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983908-boston-mayor-announces-wont-seek-re-election.html 2013-03-28T22:04:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1962508-obama-nominates-justice-official-to-top-labor-slot.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama gave a glowing rollout Monday to Thomas Perez, his choice to lead the Labor Department after an aggressive stint as the nation's chief civil rights enforcer. But the nomination quickly ran into trouble as a Republican senator declared he would block the nomination until GOP concerns about Perez's Justice Department tenure are addresse... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:54:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1962508-obama-nominates-justice-official-to-top-labor-slot.html 2013-03-18T20:54:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1955444-jesuits-veterans-tense-times-with-vatican.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — While the Vatican has picked the highly disciplined Jesuits as advance men for planning papal pilgrimages and to run its worldwide broadcasting network, the notion of a Jesuit pope is still being absorbed in the Holy See. Before Pope Francis, no one from the nearly 500-year-old missionary order had been pope. Previous popes have punish... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:03:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1955444-jesuits-veterans-tense-times-with-vatican.html 2013-03-14T20:03:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1946646-obama-friend-foe-mccain-charts-course.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain is a walking contradiction, antagonizing President Barack Obama over foreign policy one minute, cooperating with the Democrat the next on immigration and the budget. So who is the real McCain? There's the national security expert pounding the Obama administration with words like "cover-up" and "incompetence" o... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:35:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1946646-obama-friend-foe-mccain-charts-course.html 2013-03-11T18:35:46Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1940258-warren-starts-taking-banks-regulators.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren rose to national prominence as an outspoken consumer advocate decrying Wall Street abuses and became the progressive movement's darling candidate in last fall's Senate elections. Like most freshman lawmakers, the Massachusetts Democrat has maintained a low profile during her first few months in office. That's starting to... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:10:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1940258-warren-starts-taking-banks-regulators.html 2013-03-08T09:10:35Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1907542-schenkkan-obrien-win-award-honoring-sen-kennedy.html NEW YORK (AP) — Dan O'Brien's "The Body of an American" and Robert Schenkkan's "All the Way" have been named the inaugural winners of a theater award honoring the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy. Columbia University on Friday said the playwrights will share the award and $100,000, one of the largest prizes given for dramatic writing. The Edward M. Kennedy P... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:36:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1907542-schenkkan-obrien-win-award-honoring-sen-kennedy.html 2013-02-22T05:36:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1862506-scott-brown-wont-seek-kerrys-senate-seat.html BOSTON (AP) — Former Sen. Scott Brown said Friday he would not run in a special Senate election in Massachusetts, dealing a setback to Republican hopes of winning the seat being vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry. Brown, who electrified his party with an upset win in a 2010 special election but lost his re-election bid in November, ended weeks of in... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1862506-scott-brown-wont-seek-kerrys-senate-seat.html 2013-02-02T03:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1856272-mass-govs-ex-aide-cowan-named-interim-us-senator.html BOSTON (AP) — Although his time in the U.S. Senate will be brief — less than five full months — William "Mo" Cowan could find himself in the thick of major policy debates from the federal budget to immigration reform and gun control. Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday appointed Cowan, his former chief of staff, to serve as the interim U.S. senator... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1856272-mass-govs-ex-aide-cowan-named-interim-us-senator.html 2013-01-30T21:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857352-senate-farewell-kerry-speaks-to-listen.html WASHINGTON (AP) — His voice quavering, Secretary of State-designate John Kerry bid farewell to the Senate after 28 years with a plea for comity and cooperation. "The political process works only when leaders are willing to listen," Kerry told his colleagues in his valedictory speech on Wednesday. More than a dozen Democrats and just a few Republicans list... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857352-senate-farewell-kerry-speaks-to-listen.html 2013-01-30T20:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1850308-immigration-overhaul-gop-dem-senators-vow-action.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Side by side, leading Democratic and Republican senators pledged Monday to propel far-reaching immigration legislation through the Senate by summer providing a possible path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people now in the U.S. illegally. The senators acknowledged pitfalls that have doomed such efforts in the past, but they s... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1850308-immigration-overhaul-gop-dem-senators-vow-action.html 2013-01-28T23:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846178-white-house-senators-launching-immigration-push.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will launch a campaign next week aimed at overhauling the nation's flawed immigration system and creating legal status for millions, as a bipartisan Senate group nears agreement on achieving the same goals. The proposals from Obama and lawmakers will mark the start of what is expected to be a contentious and emotio... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846178-white-house-senators-launching-immigration-push.html 2013-01-26T08:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1815538-shifting-landscape-brown-mulls-mass-senate.html BOSTON (AP) — Scott Brown was a little-known Republican state senator who shocked Massachusetts Democrats three years ago by winning a U.S. Senate seat in a special election that became a national rallying cry for the nascent tea party movement. Much has changed since then for Brown. In the Senate, he compiled a voting record more moderate than his one-ti... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1815538-shifting-landscape-brown-mulls-mass-senate.html 2013-01-12T20:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1799498-ex-rep-frank-senate-seat-in-governor.html BOSTON (AP) — Newly retired Rep. Barney Frank revealed on Friday that he would like to serve as a temporary successor to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the secretary of state nominee. Frank told The Associated Press that he asked Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint him to serve as the state's interim senator until a special election is held to fill Kerry's seat... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1799498-ex-rep-frank-senate-seat-in-governor.html 2013-01-04T18:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1783204-yet-senate-race-horizon-mass.html BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters weary from one of the nation's costliest and most divisive U.S. Senate races are all but certain to find themselves thrown back into another tumultuous election now that President Barack Obama has nominated Sen. John Kerry for secretary of state. If confirmed by the Senate, as expected, Democrat Kerry would have to resig... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1783204-yet-senate-race-horizon-mass.html 2012-12-22T18:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1782994-kerry-familiar-face-world-stage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's pick for secretary of state, is a familiar face to the world leaders vital to American interests. The son of a diplomat and Obama's unofficial envoy, Kerry spent hours walking around the palace in Kabul persuading Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to agree to a runoff election in fall 2009. The ... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1782994-kerry-familiar-face-world-stage.html 2012-12-22T07:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1777426-bork-nomination-fight-altered-judicial-selection.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives wanted Robert H. Bork on the Supreme Court. They wound up with Anthony Kennedy, the key vote in reaffirming a woman's right to an abortion. The fight over Bork's failed Supreme Court nomination redefined the Senate confirmation process and made him a symbol of the nation's culture wars. The political battle that erupted ove... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1777426-bork-nomination-fight-altered-judicial-selection.html 2012-12-19T20:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1776364-bork-whose-failed-nomination-history-dies.html MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Robert H. Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon's behest and whose failed 1987 nomination to the Supreme Court helped draw the modern boundaries of cultural fights over abortion, civil rights and other issues, has died. He was 85. Robert H. Bork Jr. confirmed his father died Wednesday at Virginia Hospita... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1776364-bork-whose-failed-nomination-history-dies.html 2012-12-19T19:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1765698-embattled-rice-bows-out-kerry-frontrunner.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Susan Rice, the embattled U.N. ambassador, abruptly withdrew from consideration to be the next secretary of state on Thursday after a bitter, weekslong standoff with Republican senators who declared they would fight to defeat her nomination. The reluctant announcement makes Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry the likely choice to be the nation... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1765698-embattled-rice-bows-out-kerry-frontrunner.html 2012-12-14T05:28:00Z