http://www.mail.com/people/16952-bill-nelson.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/16952-bill-nelson.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2001406-senator-nasa-to-lasso-asteroid-bring-closer.html WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator said Friday. The ship would capture the 500-ton, 25-foot asteroid in 2019. Then using an Orion space capsule, a crew of about four astronauts would nuzzle up next to the rock in 2021 for spacewalking explo... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:46:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2001406-senator-nasa-to-lasso-asteroid-bring-closer.html 2013-04-05T22:46:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000486-heitkamp-donnelly-support-gay-marriage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Two freshman Democratic senators from conservative states, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, have joined the growing chorus of lawmakers who say they support gay marriage. In separate statements released minutes apart on Friday, the senators said their views on the issue had evolved. They joined a rapidly growin... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:11:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000486-heitkamp-donnelly-support-gay-marriage.html 2013-04-05T16:11:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1974160-fla-marine-vet-fights-cancer-government.html SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Marine veteran Tom Gervasi has spent the last 10 years fighting cancer and the U.S. government. The 76-year-old Sarasota man has a rare form of breast cancer that he believes is due to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where he trained in the mid-1950s. On Friday, Gervasi went into the hospital so doctors... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:46:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1974160-fla-marine-vet-fights-cancer-government.html 2013-03-22T21:46:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1920802-medicare-paid-51b-poor-nursing-care.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Medicare paid billions in taxpayer dollars to nursing homes nationwide that were not meeting basic requirements to look after their residents, government investigators have found. The report, released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general, said Medicare paid about $5.1 billion for patients to stay ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:55:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1920802-medicare-paid-51b-poor-nursing-care.html 2013-02-28T21:55:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1885542-senate-panel-approves-hagel-pentagon-chief.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness and challenged his patriotism. On a party-line vote of 14-11, the Armed Services Committee voted to send th... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1885542-senate-panel-approves-hagel-pentagon-chief.html 2013-02-12T23:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1829932-21-invasive-pythons-killed-fla-contest.html IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES (AP) — The man known as "Alligator Ron" has a lifetime of experience in the Florida Everglades, a fleet of airboats at his disposal and knows the habitats of furry prey for large reptiles. He still couldn't lead a pack of hunters to a single Burmese python. That's the catch in Florida's "Python Challenge": Even experienced hunter... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1829932-21-invasive-pythons-killed-fla-contest.html 2013-01-18T16:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1805788-gop-senator-threatens-delay-cia-nomination.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice of John Brennan to be the next CIA director hit a snag Tuesday as a Republican senator threatened to delay the nomination until the Obama administration provides answers on the deadly assault in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. Sen. Lindsey Graham, whose opposition helped sc... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1805788-gop-senator-threatens-delay-cia-nomination.html 2013-01-08T21:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1806712-us-senator-israel-worry-hagel.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A prominent member of the U.S. Senate said Tuesday Israel should not worry about President Obama's choice for U.S. defense secretary. Some in Israel view Chuck Hagel as unsympathetic to Israel because his positions on Iran and the Palestinians seem to be at odds with those of the Israeli government. But U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, a Democra... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1806712-us-senator-israel-worry-hagel.html 2013-01-08T17:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1783022-mexico-frees-ex-marine-jailed-bringing-gun.html MIAMI (AP) — A Marine veteran jailed for months in Mexico after trying to carry a family heirloom shotgun across the border has been freed, U.S. officials and his lawyer said late Friday. The attorney for 27-year-old Jon Hammar tweeted Friday night that his client had been released from a detention center in Matamoros, Mexico. "Jon is out, going home!" Ed... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 03:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1783022-mexico-frees-ex-marine-jailed-bringing-gun.html 2012-12-22T03:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1775792-hearing-voting-rights-turns-partisan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans sparred Wednesday over whether voter ID laws, attempts to purge voter rolls and restricted early voting were legitimate efforts to stop fraud or mainly Republican strategies to hold down Democratic votes. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a onetime Republican who recently tu... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1775792-hearing-voting-rights-turns-partisan.html 2012-12-19T21:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759464-parents-fight-release-son-jailed-mexico.html MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida family is fighting to get their son, a Marine veteran, released from a prison in a dangerous area in Mexico while facing charges that he carried across the border a shotgun with a barrel that's an inch too short. Jon Hammar and his friend were on their way to Costa Rica in August and planned to drive across the Mexican border ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759464-parents-fight-release-son-jailed-mexico.html 2012-12-11T23:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753478-floridas-crist-again-gop-ready.html TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Now that former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is a Democrat, pretty much everyone in Florida's political world expects him to seek his old job. "I will consider it, and I will think about it," Crist told The Associated Press by phone while boating off of Miami and before a planned dinner Saturday evening with former Democratic gov... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753478-floridas-crist-again-gop-ready.html 2012-12-08T21:29:00Z