http://www.mail.com/people/63026-bill-richardson.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/63026-bill-richardson.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027548-nm-judge-enters-plea-bribery-case.html LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A retired judge accused of soliciting bribes for former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson pleaded no contest Thursday to misdemeanor misconduct, apologizing for what he said were injudicious comments but maintaining he was the innocent victim of a political witch hunt. Former state district Judge Michael Murphy entered the plea under... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:44:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027548-nm-judge-enters-plea-bribery-case.html 2013-04-18T23:44:45Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1924316-leaving-nkorea-rodman-calls-kims-great-leaders.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Ending his unexpected round of basketball diplomacy in North Korea on Friday, ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman called leader Kim Jong Un an "awesome guy" and said his father and grandfather were "great leaders" — an assessment that got short shrift from the U.S. government. Rodman, the highest-profile American to meet Kim since he i... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:47:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1924316-leaving-nkorea-rodman-calls-kims-great-leaders.html 2013-03-02T03:47:56Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1921472-rodman-tells-kim-jong-un-friend-life.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman hung out with North Korea's Kim Jong Un during his improbable journey to Pyongyang, watching the Harlem Globetrotters with the leader and later drinking and dining on sushi with him. "You have a friend for life," Rodman told Kim before a crowd of thousands Thursday at a gymnasium where they sat side by s... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:23:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1921472-rodman-tells-kim-jong-un-friend-life.html 2013-03-01T01:23:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903132-us-lawmakers-meet-with-jailed-american-cuba.html HAVANA (AP) — U.S. lawmakers confirmed on Wednesday that they visited an American man whose detention and long sentence in Cuba has hampered efforts to improve ties between the countries, but they gave no details on his condition or what was said. The seven-member delegation led by Sen. Patrick Leahy also met with Cuban President Raul Castro and other sen... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:29:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903132-us-lawmakers-meet-with-jailed-american-cuba.html 2013-02-20T15:29:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859614-reset-pentagon-nominee-hagel-fights-job.html The odds should favor Senate confirmation of Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama's next defense secretary despite strong Republican criticism at Thursday's Senate confirmation hearing. For one thing, Senate rejections of Cabinet nominations are rare. It hasn't happened since March 1989, when President George H.W. Bush's nomination of former Sen. John To... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859614-reset-pentagon-nominee-hagel-fights-job.html 2013-01-31T16:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1851574-apnewsbreak-virgin-shuns-binding-spaceport-lease.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic has agreed to start paying New Mexico rent on the nearly quarter-billion dollar spaceport the state built for British businessman Richard Branson's space tourism business, but it says it is doing so under protest and without waiving its right to walk away from the project, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1851574-apnewsbreak-virgin-shuns-binding-spaceport-lease.html 2013-01-28T22:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810764-schmidt-joins-elite-to-glimpse-net-nkorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Google chairman Eric Schmidt's glimpse of the Web being used at a top university in Pyongyang makes him part of a tiny elite that has seen the Internet in North Korea. His four day visit to the North was a golden propaganda opportunity for North Korean officials striving to give one of the world's most closed societies a modern, ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810764-schmidt-joins-elite-to-glimpse-net-nkorea.html 2013-01-10T09:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1807940-googles-schmidt-urges-internet-openness-nkorea.html BEIJING (AP) — Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Thursday it's up to North Korea to shed its self-imposed isolation and allow its citizens to use the Internet and connect with the outside world, or risk remaining way behind other countries. Schmidt was returning from a private trip to North Korea with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson that ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1807940-googles-schmidt-urges-internet-openness-nkorea.html 2013-01-10T09:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1801076-analysis-us-irked-google-chiefs-nkorea-plans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom who's decided to engage with one of the most intensely censored countries. The administration is wary for a reason. It fears that Schmidt's trip could give a boost to North Korea's youn... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1801076-analysis-us-irked-google-chiefs-nkorea-plans.html 2013-01-05T14:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1799432-richardson-nkorea-trip-private-humanitarian.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says the State Department should not be nervous about a visit he's making to North Korea with Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt. The State Department has advised against his making the trip. But Richardson says he doesn't work for the U.S. government. Richardson said Friday he's concerned ab... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1799432-richardson-nkorea-trip-private-humanitarian.html 2013-01-04T11:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1748832-to-moon-firm-hopes-to-sell-15-billion-trips.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention wealthy nations and billionaires: A team of former NASA executives will fly you to the moon in an out-of-this-world commercial venture combining the wizardry of Apollo and the marketing of Apple. For a mere $1.5 billion, the business is offering countries the chance to send two people to the moon and back, either for research o... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1748832-to-moon-firm-hopes-to-sell-15-billion-trips.html 2012-12-06T22:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1734264-wife-turns-up-heat-us-man-stuck-cuba-prison.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost three years after her husband was arrested and jailed in Cuba, Judy Gross still talks to Americans who haven't heard his story. Now she is speaking more openly than in the past, hoping to make her husband's case as well-known as those of other Americans who won freedom after being jailed overseas. Alan Gross, a Maryland native and... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1734264-wife-turns-up-heat-us-man-stuck-cuba-prison.html 2012-11-30T15:48:00Z