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Microsoft had also billed the Surface Pro 2 as a laptop replacement, but Surface executive Ben Reed said technological advances and customer feedback over the past several months led to the device unveiled Tuesday.

Shares of Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) traded lower in advance of Pershing Square's presentation on Tuesday in which Bill Ackman will present findings from his investigation into the company's Nutrition Club.

Wine in supermarkets bill advancing in House The House committee that killed last year's version of a bill to allow wine sales in Tennessee grocery stores on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of giving cities the ability to hold referendums on the proposal...

That some 13,000 people should scream their heads off on a March Tuesday night with Bill Murray sitting in the front row as the Cougars advance to the Big Dance is quintessentially a Charleston experience.

Two bills that would place new restrictions on tobacco and nicotine use in New York advanced in the state Senate on Tuesday to the cheers of anti-smoking advocates.

The Progressive Agenda, the nonprofit group launched by Mayor Bill de Blasio to advance his national political agenda, is canceling its plans for a presidential forum in Iowa next month, the group said Tuesday afternoon.

The Assembly bill, sponsored by Dan Quart of Manhattan, was advanced by the Insurance Committee on Monday and by the Codes Committee on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, Rangel recalled that he went to college on the G.I. Bill, which he said helped him advance in life.

NEW YORK CITY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo was an obstruction more focused on politics and revenge than helping advance the city's agenda during the recent legislative session, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.

SAN JUAN, P.R. — Latino lawmakers are tweaking their strategy to pass the Dream Act after Republicans won the State Senate on Tuesday, calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to put it in the budget rather than advance it as a stand alone bill.

«We want to build excitement and momentum in advance of that,» said Ellner... As part of that strategy, the Human Rights Campaign and its allies are spending heavily to oust three New York state senators — all Democrats — who voted against the marriage bill last year and who face opponents in the primary on Tuesday: William Stachowski of Buffalo, Shirley L. Huntley of Queens and Rubén Díaz Sr. of the Bronx.»

Senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Bob Corker of Tennessee had both voiced concerns about the tax bill before Tuesday, but ended up voting for it to advance to the Senate floor.

Without much fanfare, but by a unanimous vote, the state Senate's Finance Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would put more scrutiny on Governor Andrew Cuomo's economic development projects.

We have advance passes to see ST. VINCENT, starring Bill Murray, Naomi Watts and Melissa McCarthy on Tuesday, October 21 at 7:30 PM at the Cinemark Palace Theater and we want you to have them!

Bill to Alter Evaluations of California Teachers Fails Again in Senate Legislation that would alter how California schools judge teachers flunked another test on Tuesday, failing to advance for the second time in a week.

Womick joined several other lawmakers Tuesday to advance House Bill 675 out of the House Education Administration & Planning Committee.

Lobbyists crowded into a committee room at the General Assembly to watch the inevitable advance Tuesday of a bill that sponsors say would simultaneously lower electric rates and stabilize profits generated by the Millstone Nuclear Power Station.

In advance of the new Home Owner's Bill of Rights, (SB321) which becomes effective in Nevada next Tuesday, October 1st,...