http://www.mail.com/people/17216-chris-christie.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/17216-chris-christie.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086512-prince-harry-ends-us-visit-with-conn-polo-match.html GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry helped lead a polo team to victory in a charity match before a society crowd Wednesday in Greenwich, wrapping up a weeklong visit to the United States in which he also toured areas devastated by Superstorm Sandy and avoided the kind of salacious headlines stirred by his last American tour. The prince scored a... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:45:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086512-prince-harry-ends-us-visit-with-conn-polo-match.html 2013-05-15T21:45:03Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083566-prince-harry-tours-storm-damaged-nj-shore.html SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry toured two New Jersey shore communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy, shaking hands with emergency personnel and construction workers before spending Tuesday afternoon in New York City at events promoting tourism, entrepreneurism and philanthropy. He even got a chance to play a little baseball. In Seas... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:21:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083566-prince-harry-tours-storm-damaged-nj-shore.html 2013-05-14T21:21:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2076348-spire-installed-wtc-tower-making-1776-feet.html NEW YORK (AP) — The World Trade Center's rebirth has long revolved around creating a centerpiece of unsparing symbolism: a skyscraper 1,776 feet tall, its height an homage and a bold statement about looking forward. The new 1 World Trade Center reached that height with the lowering of a silvery spire from a crane on Friday, officially taking its place as ... Fri, 10 May 2013 21:27:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2076348-spire-installed-wtc-tower-making-1776-feet.html 2013-05-10T21:27:23Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2069648-christies-surgery-highlights-weight-loss-options.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Weight-loss surgery such as the type that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie underwent may not just improve people's waistlines, but their health. Obesity causes or worsens myriad health problems, from diabetes to heart disease, severe sleep apnea to arthritic knees. Christie has revealed that after struggling with his weight for 20 years an... Wed, 08 May 2013 14:17:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2069648-christies-surgery-highlights-weight-loss-options.html 2013-05-08T14:17:41Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2070518-guide-to-nj-gov-christies-weight-loss-surgery.html New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who is seen as a possible presidential candidate for 2016, said Tuesday that he underwent a procedure in February to have a band implanted around his stomach in February in an effort to lose weight. A look at the procedure, his decision, and what it might mean: THE SURGERY... Wed, 08 May 2013 06:49:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2070518-guide-to-nj-gov-christies-weight-loss-surgery.html 2013-05-08T06:49:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2068128-bit-slimmer-christie-weight-loss-surgery.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie, who once famously called himself "the healthiest fat guy you've ever seen," disclosed Tuesday he had secretly undergone weight-loss surgery, a major new step by the potential Republican presidential contender to address both his health and a political vulnerability. The stakes are high for Christie, with medical pr... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:52:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2068128-bit-slimmer-christie-weight-loss-surgery.html 2013-05-07T22:52:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066502-nj-governor-saves-children-spider.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn't in a pardoning mood when an itsy, bitsy spider crawled on his desk while he spoke to a group of schoolchildren. The students spotted the arachnid near the governor's phone on Friday. Speaking softly, Christie gave the spider a smack down. The governor told the students that one fun part of being g... Mon, 06 May 2013 17:45:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066502-nj-governor-saves-children-spider.html 2013-05-06T17:45:52Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2058182-nj-gov-signs-overdose-law-bon-jovi-applauds.html PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Just a few months after his daughter survived a drug overdose, Jon Bon Jovi joined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Thursday for the signing of a law to encourage reporting of overdoses so victims don't end up dead. Bon Jovi called the law a lifesaver and encouraged other states to do the same. "I hope that Governor Christie's actions ... Fri, 03 May 2013 01:37:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2058182-nj-gov-signs-overdose-law-bon-jovi-applauds.html 2013-05-03T01:37:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2055342-local-setbacks-vex-gop-governors-eyeing-2016-race.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican governors are often seen as innovative policymakers and potential presidential candidates, but a few are struggling with political or ethical problems that might crimp their ambitions. Two governors eyeing possible White House bids — Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana — suddenly find themselves fending off... Wed, 01 May 2013 14:22:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2055342-local-setbacks-vex-gop-governors-eyeing-2016-race.html 2013-05-01T14:22:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2051462-christie-obama-kept-promise-storm-aid.html HIGHLANDS, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that President Barack Obama "has kept every promise he's made" about helping the state recover from Superstorm Sandy. Hours later, Obama's housing secretary approved New Jersey's plans to spend $1.83 billion in federal money to help the state rebuild and recover from the storm. Speaking on MSNBC's "Mo... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:50:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2051462-christie-obama-kept-promise-storm-aid.html 2013-04-29T18:50:21Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2007278-rutgers-to-deeper-problems-with-coach.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers University is pledging to get to the bottom of how a basketball coach who kicked and shoved players and used gay slurs as he yelled at them was allowed to stay on the job — and to make sure the same thing isn't happening in other sports. The university said Monday that the school's Board of Governors would meet Thursday to disc... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:45:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2007278-rutgers-to-deeper-problems-with-coach.html 2013-04-09T06:45:58Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2004700-rutgers-reviewing-sports-practice-videos.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers officials are scrutinizing practice videos of all sports to see if any coach engaged in behavior like the type that cost men's basketball coach Mike Rice his job, the university president announced Monday. The inquiry into Rice and how university officials responded is also going deeper as the school announced that it plans to... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:36:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2004700-rutgers-reviewing-sports-practice-videos.html 2013-04-09T01:36:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2006600-nevada-bill-would-expand-sports-gambling.html CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Private investment groups could place sports wagers on behalf of investors under a proposed law in Nevada that would allow the state to reap millions of dollars in untapped revenue. The bill received its first hearing in a Senate committee Monday as a leading gambling executive projected that Nevada sports books could see action n... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:38:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2006600-nevada-bill-would-expand-sports-gambling.html 2013-04-08T21:38:26Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2002244-rutgers-scandal-grows-ad-pernetti-resigns.html NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — The burgeoning basketball scandal has cost Rutgers more than a popular, young athletic director, an interim general counsel, two coaches and a lot of embarrassment. The state university of New Jersey is in danger of losing some of its biggest donors in tough economic times. The school's woes only mounted on a day that started wi... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:34:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2002244-rutgers-scandal-grows-ad-pernetti-resigns.html 2013-04-06T07:34:19Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1999074-guide-to-firing-rutgers-basketball-coach.html Rutgers University fired men's basketball coach Mike Rice this week after the public airing of video showing him berating players. An at-a-glance look at the facts in the case: THE VIDEO The edited clips of practices from 2010 through last year were made public by Eric Murdock, a former basketball program employee at... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:09:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1999074-guide-to-firing-rutgers-basketball-coach.html 2013-04-05T00:09:38Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1996810-rutgers-fires-basketball-coach-abuse-taunts.html PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Once the video went viral, Mike Rice's coaching days at Rutgers were over. Now the question is whether anyone else will lose their jobs — including the athletic director who in December suspended and fined Rice for the abusive behavior, and the university president who signed off on it. Rice was fired Wednesday,... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:56:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1996810-rutgers-fires-basketball-coach-abuse-taunts.html 2013-04-04T01:56:58Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1995354-rutgers-fires-coach-mike-rice-video-release.html PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Fueled by outrage from even the governor when the video went public, Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after deciding it didn't go far enough by suspending and fining him for shoving, kicking and throwing balls at players along with spewing gay slurs. Athletic director Tim Pernetti was given a copy of the tape b... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:38:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1995354-rutgers-fires-coach-mike-rice-video-release.html 2013-04-03T17:38:34Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1994028-reaction-to-rice-video-rutgers-reconsidering.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers officials had already seen the video showing coach Mike Rice shoving, grabbing and throwing basketballs at players during practice and yelling gay slurs at them before it was aired by ESPN on Tuesday. The school punished Rice in December, suspending him for three games and fining him $50,000. Now that the video has gone viral, ... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:29:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1994028-reaction-to-rice-video-rutgers-reconsidering.html 2013-04-03T07:29:44Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1988558-kentucky-women-hold-delaware-69-62.html BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell has his team one victory away from the school's first Final Four. The Wildcats had to overcome an incredible effort by Elena Delle Donne to get there. Jennifer O'Neill scored 19 points and A'dia Mathies added 16 to help Kentucky hold off the Blue Hens 69-62 on Saturday in the Bridgeport regional sem... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:38:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1988558-kentucky-women-hold-delaware-69-62.html 2013-03-30T20:38:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1983480-source-zuckerberg-forming-political-group.html NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with Facebook says CEO Mark Zuckerberg is forming a political group to address issues such as education reform, immigration and scientific research. The person says the group will formally launch in the coming weeks. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is not public. The San Francisco Chroni... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:03:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1983480-source-zuckerberg-forming-political-group.html 2013-03-27T23:03:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983268-nj-to-probe-response-boy-with-gun-photo.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie has asked his attorney general to investigate the state's visit to the home of a man who had posted online a photo of his son holding a military-style rifle, saying news reports raised "troubling questions" about how the case was handled. The state's child welfare agency and local police went to the Carneys Point h... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:17:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983268-nj-to-probe-response-boy-with-gun-photo.html 2013-03-27T21:17:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1982560-gop-ponders-long-list-names-policies-2016.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans' search for a way back to presidential success is drawing a striking array of personalities and policy options, creating a wide-open self-reassessment of the party. GOP activists may need three full years to decide which candidate and which philosophy will serve them best in 2016. Rival factions are trying to tug the party le... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:02:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1982560-gop-ponders-long-list-names-policies-2016.html 2013-03-27T18:02:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1979414-business-usual-menendez-amid-investigations.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Beyond the investigations, it's business as usual for Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez. The new Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman presides over hearings on North Korea and counterterrorism, travels to Afghanistan and Pakistan and meets privately with foreign ministers and ambassadors. The two-term New Jersey sen... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:32:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1979414-business-usual-menendez-amid-investigations.html 2013-03-26T07:32:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1977720-wwe-helps-launch-superstars-sandy-relief.html NEW YORK (AP) — WWE is joining with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Hollywood celebrities and professional athletes to launch Superstars for Sandy Relief. Fans can bid on hundreds of items in an online auction, including attending a NASCAR race with WWE superstar John Cena, meeting Tyra Banks on the set of "America's Next... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:58:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1977720-wwe-helps-launch-superstars-sandy-relief.html 2013-03-25T13:58:38Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1968256-america-to-air-atlantic-city-sept-15.html ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Miss America pageant will be broadcast from Atlantic City on Sept. 15. Gov. Chris Christie announced the broadcast date Wednesday and said the pageant will be held at the place where it began in 1921. The pageant had been held in Las Vegas the past six years. The entire pageant will span 13 days from the end of Labor Day wee... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:29:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1968256-america-to-air-atlantic-city-sept-15.html 2013-03-20T21:29:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1968498-shore-kids-wowed-govs-copter-white-house-pals.html STONE HARBOR, N.J. (AP) — The fact that their school recently became the first one to reopen after having been shuttered by Superstorm Sandy didn't faze a group of kindergartners at the Jersey shore. Nor did the fact that a man who might someday run for president was standing in front of the floor rug where they have story time. While it was nice that Rep... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:11:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1968498-shore-kids-wowed-govs-copter-white-house-pals.html 2013-03-20T21:11:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959196-game-on-early-gop-auditions-2016-election.html OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The auditions have begun. Just two months into President Barack Obama's second term, Republican leaders are lining up to diagnose the GOP's ills while courting party activists — all with an eye on greater political ambitions. They have danced around questions about their White House aspirations, but the die-hard conservatives are alr... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:48:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959196-game-on-early-gop-auditions-2016-election.html 2013-03-16T23:48:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955116-nj-governor-asked-to-apologize-race-remark.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie has been asked to apologize for referring to the first black female leader of the state Assembly by race and gender, not by name, during a church-hosted meeting. Christie, who's white, told an audience Tuesday that an "African-American female speaker of the Assembly" is blocking a vote on a school vouche... 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