Alabama executions "highly problematic": U.N. envoy

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The criminal justice system in the U.S. state of Alabama needs to be improved to ensure that no innocent people are executed but officials there seem indifferent to the prob...

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California offers tax break to keep Tesla in state

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, speaking at Tesla's headquarters in San Carlos, California, said he was determined to prevent the automaker from setting up shop in New Mexico, which had offered...

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World Trade Center behind schedule, over budget

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rebuilding at the World Trade Center, site of the September 11 attacks, is behind schedule and over budget, and major problems mean new cost estimates and timetable must be drawn ...

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