http://www.mail.com/people/4186-james-webb.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/people/4186-james-webb.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761916-distant-galaxy-regains-title-oldest-universe.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A galaxy once considered the oldest has reclaimed its title, scientists reported Wednesday. Poring through Hubble Space Telescope photos, the team recalculated the galaxy's age and determined it is actually 13.3 billion years old — not a mere 13.2 billion. The dim galaxy filled with blue stars was first noticed last year by a different ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761916-distant-galaxy-regains-title-oldest-universe.html 2012-12-12T19:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745188-expert-panel-nasa-lost-space-goal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA, the agency that epitomized the "Right Stuff," seems lost in space and doesn't have a clear sense of where it is going, an independent panel of science and engineering experts said in a stinging report Wednesday. The one place the White House wants to send astronauts — an asteroid — doesn't seem to be getting the engines firing at... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745188-expert-panel-nasa-lost-space-goal.html 2012-12-05T22:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730122-senate-green-light-to-pentagon-green-energy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday gave the green light to the Pentagon's investment in green energy. By a vote of 62-37 on Wednesday, the Senate backed an amendment that would delete a provision in the defense bill prohibiting the military from spending money on alternative fuels if the cost exceeded traditional fossil fuels such as coal, natural ... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730122-senate-green-light-to-pentagon-green-energy.html 2012-11-28T23:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1722266-congress-fewer-moderates-deals-harder.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and 11 fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from the class of 2010 who sought a second term. Overriding those changes, though, is a thinning of pragmatic, centrist veterans in both parties. Among those leaving are some of the Senate's most pragmatic... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1722266-congress-fewer-moderates-deals-harder.html 2012-11-26T08:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1694226-deficit-cutters-to-pentagon-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a new reality — fewer dollars. The election accelerated an already shifting political dynamic that next year will pair a second-term Democratic president se... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1694226-deficit-cutters-to-pentagon-budget.html 2012-11-12T17:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1685624-faces-newly-elected-us-senators.html A look at the newly elected U.S. senators from Tuesday's election: ARIZONA Republican Jeff Flake, the congressman who won Arizona's open U.S. Senate seat, built his reputation on a fierce opposition to "earmarks," the special funding requests for roads, bridges and other local pet projects that are criticized as wasteful patronage. ... Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1685624-faces-newly-elected-us-senators.html 2012-11-08T06:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1675948-gop-pursues-chances-to-upend-senate-dems.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority after Tuesday's suspense-filled elections. In the final days of a caustic campaign marked by negative ads, more than $1 billio... Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1675948-gop-pursues-chances-to-upend-senate-dems.html 2012-11-03T22:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1591426-obama-pitch-to-veterans-military-families.html VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama has appealed to veterans and military families in defense-focused southeast Virginia, casting himself as a president who is ending foreign entanglements and aiding returning soldiers with educational opportunities. Obama chided rival Mitt Romney for saying, in secretly taped remarks months ago, that nearly... Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1591426-obama-pitch-to-veterans-military-families.html 2012-09-27T15:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1574538-romney-controversy-points-to-power-viral-video.html NEW YORK (AP) — After this, politicians everywhere should surely get the message. Mitt Romney's secretly recorded remarks at a Florida fundraiser — and the uproar that has followed — reinforce a key reality of the digital media era: the power of viral video to disrupt and potentially alter a high-stakes political contest. The amateur video of Romney casti... Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1574538-romney-controversy-points-to-power-viral-video.html 2012-09-20T05:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1573018-virginia-rivals-senate-talk-up-cooperation.html LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Democrat Tim Kaine talks a lot about Republicans — the ones in his family, the ones he's worked with and the ones he hopes will help him bridge the caustic political divide if he's elected to the U.S. Senate. "We can't have a functioning nation with a dysfunctional legislative branch," the former Democratic Party chairman says at a re... Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1573018-virginia-rivals-senate-talk-up-cooperation.html 2012-09-19T18:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1511908-gop-delegates-want-tough-talk-convention.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans heading to their party convention are eager to hear an earful about the shortcomings of President Barack Obama's record, the woeful U.S. economy and the competing visions of the two presidential candidates. What they aren't looking for is any mention of compromise, which most Americans say is necessary to get the nation back on track. ... Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1511908-gop-delegates-want-tough-talk-convention.html 2012-08-21T04:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1485088-senate-scraps-outside-the-capitol-session.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the historic Senate session that wasn't. The Senate was supposed to officially meet outside the Capitol building for only the second time in almost two centuries on Tuesday but a last-minute move by the rival House of Representative scotched plans for the 30-second pro forma session. Instead, plans to meet in ... Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1485088-senate-scraps-outside-the-capitol-session.html 2012-08-07T14:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1456744-analysis-us-dilemma-south-china-sea-response.html WASHINGTON (AP) — China has heightened tensions in the South China Sea with its new, remote island city and planned military garrison in a contested area viewed as a potential flashpoint for conflict in the Asia-Pacific. How might the United States respond? Criticize Beijing too strongly and the Obama administration will strain its relationship with the e... Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1456744-analysis-us-dilemma-south-china-sea-response.html 2012-07-28T13:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1451900-senate-oks-dem-tax-cut-bill-showdown-with-gop.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed a yearlong extension of tax cuts for all but the highest-earning Americans through the Senate on Wednesday, giving President Barack Obama and his party a significant political victory on a measure that is fated to go no further in Congress. Senators approved the Democratic bill by a near party-line 51-48 vote, with Vice ... Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1451900-senate-oks-dem-tax-cut-bill-showdown-with-gop.html 2012-07-25T21:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1454004-house-gop-rejects-obama-plan-offshore-drilling.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In an election-year swipe at President Barack Obama's energy policies, the Republican-led House on Wednesday voted to revoke Obama's five-year plan for offshore drilling, replacing it with its own plan that calls for more ambitious oil and gas development off the U.S. coast. The legislation will likely go nowhere in the Senate and the Wh... Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1454004-house-gop-rejects-obama-plan-offshore-drilling.html 2012-07-25T18:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1420194-pentagon-to-database-to-track-medal-awardees.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon plans to establish a searchable database of military valor awards and medals, hoping for a technological fix to the problem of people getting away with lying about earning military honors. Pentagon press secretary George Little said details have yet to be worked out, but the intention is to have a digital repository of recor... Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1420194-pentagon-to-database-to-track-medal-awardees.html 2012-07-10T19:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1404896-consensus-cracking-us-policy-toward-myanmar.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The rare Washington consensus behind Obama administration policy toward Myanmar is showing signs of cracks as American businesses grow impatient to invest there and human rights groups push back. Those fissures are becoming evident as the U.S. rolls back its long diplomatic isolation of the military-dominated nation also known as Burma a... Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1404896-consensus-cracking-us-policy-toward-myanmar.html 2012-07-03T15:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1392980-senators-press-us-myanmar-petroleum-investment.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican and a Democratic senators and American businesses are pressing the U.S. government to allow investment by oil and gas companies in Myanmar as the U.S moves to suspend economic sanctions against that country. Democrat Jim Webb and Republican James Inhofe made the appeal at a confirmation hearing Wednesday for the first U.S. a... Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1392980-senators-press-us-myanmar-petroleum-investment.html 2012-06-27T21:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1382568-va-senate-race-obama-emerging-key-figure.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The dominant figure in a Virginia Senate race that could determine the direction of Congress next year is President Barack Obama even though both candidates are former governors well-known to voters. Republican George Allen is trying to redeem his political career and win back the Senate seat he lost six years ago in a chaotic, slur-s... Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1382568-va-senate-race-obama-emerging-key-figure.html 2012-06-23T12:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1366114-us-shadow-wars-rely-drones-computers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. Drone aircraft spy on and attack terrorists with no pilot in harm's way. Small teams of special operations troops quietly train and advise foreign forces. Viruses sent from computers to foreign networks strike sil... Mon, 18 Jun 2012 05:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1366114-us-shadow-wars-rely-drones-computers.html 2012-06-18T05:10:00Z