http://www.mail.com/people/2810-andrew-cuomo.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/2810-andrew-cuomo.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1853698-chris-cuomo-leaving-abc-news-cnn.html NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Cuomo is leaving ABC News to host a new morning show at CNN, where new boss Jeff Zucker is moving fast to try to turn around the cable news pioneer that has fallen on hard times. Network managing editor Mark Whitaker announced he was quitting Tuesday, officially Zucker's seventh day on the job as CNN Worldwide president. Longtime pol... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1853698-chris-cuomo-leaving-abc-news-cnn.html 2013-01-29T16:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842906-top-white-collar-crime-prosecutor-to-lead.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Mary Jo White, a former U.S. attorney who built a reputation prosecuting white-collar criminals, terrorists and mobsters, to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission. The agency has a lead role in implementing changes on Wall Street. Obama also named Richard Cordray to stay on as head of th... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842906-top-white-collar-crime-prosecutor-to-lead.html 2013-01-24T19:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1838880-biden-meets-with-democrats-stoking-2016-chatter.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden in 2016? The inauguration is barely over but the vice president already is dropping plenty of hints that he might have another political act. Biden packed his schedule with events and receptions attended by party stalwarts throughout the long weekend of inauguration festivities, stoking speculation he may be laying the groundwo... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1838880-biden-meets-with-democrats-stoking-2016-chatter.html 2013-01-23T03:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1837750-40-years-roe-v-wade-abortion-foes-march.html TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision Tuesday with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on the rights established by the Supreme Court in the landmark ruling that still defines one of the nation's most intractable debates. Many in the anti-abortion movement looked to Kansas, where Republican... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1837750-40-years-roe-v-wade-abortion-foes-march.html 2013-01-22T22:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1832348-thousands-rally-stricter-gun-control-us.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gun advocates — some with rifles slung across shoulders or pistols holstered at the hip — have rallied peacefully in state capitals nationwide against President Barack Obama's sweeping federal gun-control proposals. Summoned via social media for the "Guns Across America" event, participants gathered Saturday for protests large and sma... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1832348-thousands-rally-stricter-gun-control-us.html 2013-01-20T14:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1832060-roe-v-wade-40-years-deep-divide-legacy.html NEW YORK (AP) — By today's politically polarized standards, the Supreme Court's momentous Roe v. Wade ruling was a landslide. By a 7-2 vote on Jan. 22, 1973, the justices established a nationwide right to abortion. Forty years and roughly 55 million abortions later, however, the ruling's legacy is the opposite of consensus. Abortion ranks as one of the mo... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1832060-roe-v-wade-40-years-deep-divide-legacy.html 2013-01-19T19:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1832190-ny-gun-control-law-limits-access-to-permit-info.html WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — New York's new gun control law may be the nation's toughest, but it also includes broad new privacy provisions allowing would-be gun owners to shield their identities from reporters and the public. It is part of the swift reaction to a suburban New York City newspaper's publication last month of an interactive map with the names ... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1832190-ny-gun-control-law-limits-access-to-permit-info.html 2013-01-19T16:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1831166-ny-newspaper-removes-handgun-permit-holder-data.html WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A suburban New York newspaper that outraged gun owners by posting the names and addresses of residents with handgun permits removed the information from its website Friday. The Journal News took down the data just three days after the state enacted a gun control law that included privacy provisions for permit holders. The provisi... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1831166-ny-newspaper-removes-handgun-permit-holder-data.html 2013-01-18T23:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1829104-nyc-union-trade-harsh-words-plan-impasse.html NEW YORK (AP) — The city and its teachers' union can't agree on how to evaluate the educators, an impasse that has put the nation's largest school district at risk of losing up to $450 million and reinvigorated the debate over whether teachers should be judged by student test scores. The two sides blamed each other while Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted a midni... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1829104-nyc-union-trade-harsh-words-plan-impasse.html 2013-01-18T14:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1828254-nyc-union-deadline-teacher-eval-plan.html NEW YORK (AP) — New York City and a union representing the city's 75,000 teachers missed a deadline Thursday for a teacher evaluation plan, putting the city at risk of losing up to $450 million in state aid and grants. The two sides blamed each other while Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted a midnight Thursday deadline for a plan — required from each of the state... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 05:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1828254-nyc-union-deadline-teacher-eval-plan.html 2013-01-18T05:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1823792-gun-enthusiasts-decry-controls-passed-ny.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As New York lawmakers approved the nation's toughest gun control laws, the first since the Connecticut school shooting, gun enthusiasts lined up to criticize the state for what they called an overreach driven by political ambition. Signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday, the New York legislation tightens a ban on assault-style... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1823792-gun-enthusiasts-decry-controls-passed-ny.html 2013-01-16T07:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1821338-obama-proposing-gun-limits-faces-tough-obstacles.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching the nation's most sweeping effort to curb gun violence in nearly two decades, urging a reluctant Congress to ban military-style assault weapons as well as the kinds of high-capacity ammunition magazines used in last month's massacre of 20 elementary school children in Newtown, Conn. The broad package O... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1821338-obama-proposing-gun-limits-faces-tough-obstacles.html 2013-01-16T03:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1822884-house-approves-505-billion-sandy-aid.html WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.5 billion in emergency relief for the victims Tuesday night as Republican leaders struggled to close out an episode that exposed painful party divisions inside Congress and out. The vote was 241-180, and officials said th... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1822884-house-approves-505-billion-sandy-aid.html 2013-01-16T01:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1821266-ny-passes-us-gun-control-law-massacre.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Jumping out ahead of Washington, New York state enacted the nation's toughest gun restrictions Tuesday and the first since the Connecticut school massacre, including an expanded assault-weapon ban and background checks for buying ammunition. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the measure into law less than an hour after it won final p... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1821266-ny-passes-us-gun-control-law-massacre.html 2013-01-15T21:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1821296-sandy-aid-package-moving-toward-house-votes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The House moved toward action Tuesday on a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeast lawmakers hoped could be approved despite attempts by fiscal conservatives to eliminate unrelated projects and to gain offsetting spending cuts to cover the costs of the bill. Amendments offered by opponents of full funding set up a faceoff on the emergency ... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1821296-sandy-aid-package-moving-toward-house-votes.html 2013-01-15T19:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1821264-conn-group-starts-anti-violence-effort.html NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Parents of children slain in the Connecticut school massacre called for a national dialogue to help prevent similar tragedies as New York moved to become the first to state to pass stricter gun control laws and politicians worked to confront gun violence. Members of the newly formed group Sandy Hook Promise spoke out Monday, saying t... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1821264-conn-group-starts-anti-violence-effort.html 2013-01-15T07:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1818856-conn-group-launches-anti-violence-initiative.html NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Parents of children slain in the Connecticut school massacre held photos of their sons and daughters, cried, hugged and spoke in quavering voices as they called for a national dialogue to help prevent similar tragedies. "I do not want to be someone sharing my experience and consoling another parent next time. I do not want there to b... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1818856-conn-group-launches-anti-violence-initiative.html 2013-01-15T05:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1819930-ny-poised-to-1st-to-pass-post-massacre-gun-bill.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Days after calling for an overhaul of gun control in New York following the Connecticut school shooting, Gov. Andrew Cuomo worked out a tough proposal on gun control with legislative leaders who promised to pass the most restrictive gun law in the nation. The measure passed the Senate 43-18 on the strength of support from Democrats, ma... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1819930-ny-poised-to-1st-to-pass-post-massacre-gun-bill.html 2013-01-15T03:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1820642-conservatives-chip-50b-sandy-aid-package.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House conservatives opposed to more deficit spending tried Monday to chip away at the $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package by requiring offsetting spending cuts to pay for recovery efforts and by stripping money for projects they say are unrelated to the Oct. 29 storm or not urgently needed. The push by budget hawks for amendments ... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1820642-conservatives-chip-50b-sandy-aid-package.html 2013-01-15T01:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1815738-critics-complain-sandy-aid-tied-to-projects.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week. Their complaint is that lots of the money that lawmakers are considering will actually go toward recovery efforts for past ... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1815738-critics-complain-sandy-aid-tied-to-projects.html 2013-01-14T18:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1815446-ny-storm-commission-urges-flood-walls-subways.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A commission formed to examine ways to guard against storms like Sandy released a report Friday that calls for flood walls in subways, water pumps at airports and sea barriers along the coast. The final report was first obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. The findings were officially released Friday by the office of Gov. Andrew C... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1815446-ny-storm-commission-urges-flood-walls-subways.html 2013-01-12T04:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1810538-nys-cuomo-sets-sights-high-gun-control.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fiery State of the State speech pushed the state onto the national stage over gun control and other progressive issues that some observers said better positioned the governor for a possible 2016 run for president. "The tragic events of just the last few weeks in Newtown, Conn., and West Webster, N.Y., have ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1810538-nys-cuomo-sets-sights-high-gun-control.html 2013-01-10T07:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1808204-biden-pledges-urgent-obama-action-gun-control.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden vowed urgent action against gun violence in America Wednesday, pledging steps by the Obama administration that he said could "take thousands of people out of harm's way" and improve the safety of millions more. But a day ahead of a meeting with the National Rifle Association, which has sunk past gun control effor... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1808204-biden-pledges-urgent-obama-action-gun-control.html 2013-01-09T23:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809688-conn-moves-cautiously-guns-newtowns-wake.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A month after the Newtown school tragedy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is moving cautiously on gun control in Connecticut, a relatively liberal Northeastern state that nevertheless has a strong gun culture and is home to some of the nation's best-known firearm makers. Gun control advocates and their allies in the state General Assembly wan... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809688-conn-moves-cautiously-guns-newtowns-wake.html 2013-01-09T22:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1807450-officials-talk-guns-hold-buybacks-shootings.html The national gun debate swelled Tuesday as Arizona and the country commemorated the shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., two years ago that killed six people and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords injured — an anniversary that came on the heels of the mass killing at a Connecticut elementary school. Here's how some state and local leaders are taking action: __ AR... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1807450-officials-talk-guns-hold-buybacks-shootings.html 2013-01-09T05:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1807416-sandy-report-details-nys-storm.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Floodgates for tunnels, subways and airports, as well as a network of safe havens like old civil defense shelters, should be among quick, simple preventive measures that New York installs ahead of future storms, according to a report by an expert panel examining Superstorm Sandy's effects. The 205-page report obtained by The Associated... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1807416-sandy-report-details-nys-storm.html 2013-01-08T23:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1807594-christie-nj-will-stronger-than-ever.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie promised in his annual State of the State address Tuesday that New Jersey will be back stronger than ever after Superstorm Sandy and will do it without returning to the "old ways of wasteful spending and rising taxes." His speech, which focused on New Jersey's recovery from its most costly natural disaster, was mor... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1807594-christie-nj-will-stronger-than-ever.html 2013-01-08T23:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1799134-congress-approves-97-billion-sandy-flood-aid.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Congress on Friday rushed out $9.7 billion to help pay flood insurance claims to 115,000 people and businesses afflicted by Superstorm Sandy, two days after New Jersey's governor and other Northeast Republicans upbraided Speaker John Boehner for killing a broader package for state and local governments in the storm's path. The bi... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1799134-congress-approves-97-billion-sandy-flood-aid.html 2013-01-04T21:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1796994-2016-politics-display-congress-ends-term.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP's 2012 vice presidential candidate, voted for the "fiscal cliff" compromise that raised taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul voted against it. And Vice President Joe Biden helped broker the deal with GOP leaders in the Senate. As Congress closed out its term this week, New ... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1796994-2016-politics-display-congress-ends-term.html 2013-01-03T06:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1796844-obamas-hawaii-vacation-day-1.html KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) — How President Barack Obama spent the first day of his holiday vacation in Hawaii on Wednesday: — REJOINING THE FAMILY: Obama arrived in Honolulu early Wednesday morning after spending the time between Christmas and New Year's Day in Washington as Congress moved toward passing a bill to address the so-called fiscal cliff. His wife and... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1796844-obamas-hawaii-vacation-day-1.html 2013-01-03T01:50:00Z