The drop in executions concludes a year in which capital punishment was debated in statehouses across the country as polls showed growing public concern that an innocent person could be put to death.
Concluding a year of failed attempts to ease the state's severe drug laws, Gov. George E. Pataki granted clemency today to two longtime inmates convicted under those laws.
ORIOLES SIGN PICK AT LAST The Baltimore Orioles sneaked under the wire to sign pitcher Adam Loewen, successfully concluding a year of negotiations with Loewen, their 2002 first-round pick out of Canada, hours before the midnight deadline Monday.
Endings first: when the curtain fell on the opening night of "The Man Who Had All the Luck" at the American Airlines Theater on Wednesday, it was the end of Tony eligibility for the 2001-02 season, concluding a year when Broadway swooned -- and rallied -- as never before.
The deal, which was announced Friday and instantly establishes Artists Production Group as a major production entity, concludes a year-long hunt by Mr. Ovitz for a strategic partner that will allow his company to finance movies independently of the Hollywood studios.
Concluding a year-long inquiry, the committee's report also slammed HSBC for "disregarding" suspicions about a Saudi bank's link to al-Qaeda in its dealings with it.
The study, concluding a year-long investigation by the watchdog Global Witness, names two of Vietnam's biggest companies, the privately owned Huang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) and state-owned Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG), as the businesses behind the land grabs.
The campaign group recently concluded a year-long investigation into P&G's supply chain, looking at the source of the palm oil the multinational uses as an ingredient in its household brands such as Head & Shoulders shampoo and Gillette shaving gel.
Produced by a commission convened by the High Pay Centre, whose members included Simon Walker, director general of the Institute of Directors, and former Hermes fund manager David PitheWatson, the report concludes a year-long inquiry into how corporate Britain's top brass are rewarded.
It concluded a year-long battle with childhood friend and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg which featured a number of heated episodes between the pair on and off the track.
