http://www.mail.com/people/4502-ronald-reagan.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/4502-ronald-reagan.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2100132-carol-burnett-to-win-top-us-humor-prize-dc.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Carol Burnett, who became famous for playing a variety of characters in sketch comedy routines on her namesake television show, was named the winner of the nation's top humor prize on Tuesday. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said Burnett will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Oct. 20 in Washington. A gala perf... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:06:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2100132-carol-burnett-to-win-top-us-humor-prize-dc.html 2013-05-21T15:06:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091258-second-court-invalidates-obama-recess-appointment.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A second federal appeals court has found that President Barack Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the National Labor Relations Board. The ruling by the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia came on the same day that a Senate panel considered a slate of five nominees for full terms on t... Thu, 16 May 2013 21:28:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091258-second-court-invalidates-obama-recess-appointment.html 2013-05-16T21:28:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090854-obama-walking-familiar-path-irs-allegations.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Nor is it the first time that political and social advocacy groups have searched for and exploited loopholes and fine points in the federal tax code. Over the ... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:25:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090854-obama-walking-familiar-path-irs-allegations.html 2013-05-16T19:25:35Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2078598-control-towers-149-small-airports-to-stay-open.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is keeping open for now the 149 control towers at small airports that were slated to close as the result of governmentwide automatic spending cuts imposed by Congress. The towers, which are operated by contractors for the FAA at low-traffic airports, had been scheduled to close June 15. They will now r... Sat, 11 May 2013 07:41:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2078598-control-towers-149-small-airports-to-stay-open.html 2013-05-11T07:41:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2075388-senate-oks-honor-birmingham-bombing-victims.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Four victims of a deadly Alabama church bombing at the height of the civil rights movement are now just a presidential signature away from receiving Congress' highest civilian honor. The Senate on Thursday approved by voice vote a measure that would posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, C... Thu, 09 May 2013 23:02:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2075388-senate-oks-honor-birmingham-bombing-victims.html 2013-05-09T23:02:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073424-democrats-scandal-benghazi-deaths.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats. History suggests it might be a tough lift. The issue is complex, the next presidential election is more than three years... Thu, 09 May 2013 16:22:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073424-democrats-scandal-benghazi-deaths.html 2013-05-09T16:22:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061572-south-carolina-center-stage-early-2016-talk.html COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mere months after the 2012 election, South Carolina is a buzz of political activity with a slate of potential presidential candidates already looking ahead to the state's "first in the South" primary — still three years away. Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a tea party favorite with nation... Sat, 04 May 2013 14:38:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061572-south-carolina-center-stage-early-2016-talk.html 2013-05-04T14:38:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2058896-2016-rare-same-state-pairings-early-stages.html MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The early stages of the 2016 presidential race feature an unusual cluster of high-powered potential candidates hailing from the same states, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Rep. Paul Ryan among them. Walker gained Republican Party cult-figure status when he beat back a labor union attempt to oust him from office last year. A few weeks... Thu, 02 May 2013 18:15:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2058896-2016-rare-same-state-pairings-early-stages.html 2013-05-02T18:15:27Z 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/2042434-house-oks-honoring-birmingham-ala-victims.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Four young victims of a deadly Alabama church bombing that marked one of the darkest moments of the civil rights movement are one step closer to receiving Congress' highest civilian honor. By a 420-0 vote, the House on Wednesday passed a measure that posthumously would award the Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Carole Rober... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:35:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2042434-house-oks-honoring-birmingham-ala-victims.html 2013-04-24T20:35:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2040982-30-years-later-nation-remains-educational-risk.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren't adept at new technology. America's economy will suffer if schools don't step up their game. "A Nation at Risk," the report issued 30 years ago by President Ronald Reagan's Education Department, was meant as a wake-up call for the country. It spelled out wher... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:35:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2040982-30-years-later-nation-remains-educational-risk.html 2013-04-24T07:35:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2029532-obama-victims-families-overcome-gun-owners.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Four months ago, President Barack Obama promised a grieving nation he would do everything in his power to change gun laws after 26 students and staff were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Turns out his power and the impassioned pleas of devastated families were no match for the force of gun rights advocates in Congress and across the nation. ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:06:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2029532-obama-victims-families-overcome-gun-owners.html 2013-04-18T22:06:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2026522-appeals-court-hears-challenge-to-gay-therapy-ban.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's novel law seeking to ban licensed counselors from trying to turn gay teens straight is boiling down to a question over whether the therapy is free speech or a medical treatment that can be regulated by government. It's the "pivot point" of the legal debate, Judge Morgan Christen of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sa... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:59:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2026522-appeals-court-hears-challenge-to-gay-therapy-ban.html 2013-04-17T22:59:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022332-role-reversal-gop-blasts-obama-plan-to-sell-tva.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a political role reversal, Republicans are blasting President Barack Obama's plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, an icon of the New Deal long targeted by conservatives as an example of government overreach. Obama's 2014 budget proposal calls for a strategic review of the TVA, the nation's largest public utility wi... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:15:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022332-role-reversal-gop-blasts-obama-plan-to-sell-tva.html 2013-04-16T07:15:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2021360-carnival-will-pay-us-disabled-ships.html MIAMI (AP) — Carnival Corp. said Monday it will repay the U.S. government an unspecified amount for the costs to taxpayers of responses to disabling accidents on its Triumph and Splendor cruise ships, both of which left thousands of passengers stranded at sea for days. The world's largest cruise line company said the payments were being made voluntarily t... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:22:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2021360-carnival-will-pay-us-disabled-ships.html 2013-04-15T22:22:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2020660-sen-lugar-to-knighted-british.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. Richard Lugar is being knighted on orders from the Queen of England, joining a select list of Americans to receive the distinction. The Indiana Republican, who this year left the Senate after serving 36 years, will receive the rank of honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire during a ceremon... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:16:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2020660-sen-lugar-to-knighted-british.html 2013-04-15T16:16:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2015152-ap-source-immigration-bill-exclude.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A promised path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally may leave out hundreds of thousands of them. Bipartisan Senate legislation would make legalization and ultimately citizenship available only to those who arrived in the U.S. before Dec. 31, 2011, according to a Senate aide with knowledge of the proposals. ... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:20:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2015152-ap-source-immigration-bill-exclude.html 2013-04-13T00:20:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012862-than-2000-invited-to-thatcher-funeral.html LONDON (AP) — Invitations to Margaret Thatcher's funeral are going out to more than 2,000 celebrities, dignitaries, colleagues and friends of the late British leader — from former U.S. presidents to "Dynasty" star Joan Collins and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. Invitations were being printed Thursday and will be mailed out on Friday, the government said. T... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:57:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012862-than-2000-invited-to-thatcher-funeral.html 2013-04-11T16:57:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2012474-reagan-son-urges-nyc-gop-to-carrions-mayor-bid.html NEW YORK (AP) — It sounds like a mismatch: An illustrious Republican president's son supporting a Democrat-turned-independent, ex-Obama administration official in his quest to run for New York City mayor on the GOP line. But conservative commentator Michael Reagan is urging city Republican leaders to give Adolfo Carrion Jr. permission to run in the primar... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:17:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2012474-reagan-son-urges-nyc-gop-to-carrions-mayor-bid.html 2013-04-11T07:17:58Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2011544-obama-budget-hints-sale-largest-public-utility.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Obama administration's 2014 budget is calling for a strategic review of the Tennessee Valley Authority, opening the possibility that the largest U.S. public utility could be sold. TVA officials seemed to have been caught off guard by the budget proposal released Wednesday. Board Chairman Bill Sansom and President and CEO Bill J... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:13:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2011544-obama-budget-hints-sale-largest-public-utility.html 2013-04-10T22:13:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2011512-gop-senator-hell-support-judicial-nominee.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An influential Republican senator said Wednesday that he intends to support President Barack Obama's choice to fill a vacancy on the federal appeals court in Washington, a promising development for a Democratic administration that has complained that Republicans have been too slow to allow votes on many of its judicial nominees. Of the c... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:34:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2011512-gop-senator-hell-support-judicial-nominee.html 2013-04-10T21:34:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2011236-secret-service-logs-hinckley-good-behavior.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 has behaved well over the past year when he's been freed from a Washington mental hospital to visit his mother in Virginia, according to U.S. Secret Service reports. Agents trailed John Hinckley on more than 35 days during 2012 when he visited his mother's home in Williamsburg. Surveillanc... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:55:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2011236-secret-service-logs-hinckley-good-behavior.html 2013-04-10T20:55:16Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2010016-headlines-revive-memories-80s-economics.html Believers hailed its reduced tax rates and deregulation as springboards for economic miracles under the leadership of President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Critics dismissed the very same ideas as so much trickle-down hocus-pocus and voodoo. It's been most of three decades since debate over "supply-side" economic policies w... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:03:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2010016-headlines-revive-memories-80s-economics.html 2013-04-10T08:03:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005146-margaret-thatcher-iron-lady-dead-87.html LONDON (AP) — Love her or loathe her, one thing's beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady, who ruled for 11 remarkable years, imposed her will on a fractious, rundown nation — breaking the unions, triumphing in a far-off war, and selling off state industries at a record pace. She left behind a leaner government and more prospe... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:06:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005146-margaret-thatcher-iron-lady-dead-87.html 2013-04-09T00:06:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2006562-reagan-thatcher-forged-close-lasting-bond.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, two self-assured and firm-speaking conservatives, joined forces in the early 1980s and drastically changed the economic and political landscapes in both of their countries. Their calls for more-austere government and lower taxes still resonate with conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic. And thei... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:10:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2006562-reagan-thatcher-forged-close-lasting-bond.html 2013-04-08T21:10:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2006146-thatcher-detonated-change-uk-business.html LONDON (AP) — It went beyond the Big Bang. Margaret Thatcher transformed the British economy over little more than a decade in office. She introduced free-market policies that helped the country throw off its postwar malaise and shook up the cozy world of banks and brokers with a flurry of deregulation — which came to be known as the "Big Bang" — that mad... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:38:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2006146-thatcher-detonated-change-uk-business.html 2013-04-08T18:38:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005292-thatchers-thoughts-life-politics.html LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — who died Monday from a stroke at age 87 — retired from public engagements in 2002 following a series of small strokes, and was only occasionally seen in public since then. Here are memorable quotes from her public life. "If you want something said, ask a... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:12:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005292-thatchers-thoughts-life-politics.html 2013-04-08T15:12:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005524-obama-thatcher-was-champion-freedom-women.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was both a great champion of freedom and an example to women everywhere. In a statement issued Monday by the White House, Obama said Britain's first woman prime minister showed "our daughters that there is no glass ceiling that can't be shattered." Obama says man... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:29:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005524-obama-thatcher-was-champion-freedom-women.html 2013-04-08T14:29:09Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2003384-berlins-airport-project-delays-shame-germans.html BERLIN (AP) — Rabbits scamper over quiet runways. Only the call of a crow disturbs the silence around a gleaming, empty terminal that should be humming with the din of thousands of passengers. Willy Brandt International Airport, named for Germany's famed Cold War leader, was supposed to have been up and running in late 2011, a sign of Berlin's transformat... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:59:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2003384-berlins-airport-project-delays-shame-germans.html 2013-04-07T12:59:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1999922-faa-delays-closing-airport-control-towers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The closings of control towers at 149 small airports, due to begin this weekend because of government-wide spending cuts, are being delayed until mid-June, federal regulators announced Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration said it needs more time to deal with legal challenges to the closures. Also, about 50 airport authorities and ... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:45:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1999922-faa-delays-closing-airport-control-towers.html 2013-04-05T19:45:25Z