|     |     |  |   | PHOENIX (Reuters) - A defiant Arizona killer who asked for no  mercy, shunned a clemency hearing and railed against immigrants  in his 1993 sentencing is set to be executed on Wednesday for  kidnapping and killing a Hispanic community college student. |  |  |      |     |   |  |     |  |   | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Demand for long-lasting manufactured goods  was the weakest in three years in March and a gauge of business  spending plans fell, suggesting the economy lost momentum as  the first quarter drew to a close. |  |  |  |      |     |    |  |     |  |   | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly every day, rush-hour traffic backs  up for miles on both ends of the overburdened Brent Spence Bridge,  which spans the Ohio River and links Cincinnati with its suburbs  in Kentucky. |  |  |  |      |     |    |  |     |  |   | TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - After four days of fruitless physical  searches in and around the home of a missing 6-year-old girl  in Arizona, FBI behavioral analysts were called in to examine  the house for less tangible clues, police said on Tuesday. |  |  |  |      |     |   |  |     |  |   | GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - A campaign aide to former  U.S. Senator John Edwards was to return to the witness stand  on Wednesday in the criminal trial of his ex-boss, a day after  detailing ways he tried to hide the 2008 presidential hopeful's  mistress from the media. |  |  |  |      |     |     |  |   | PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona landscaper Jose Acosta says he has  been pulled over by police in the Mexico border state three  or four times for tailgating or driving with a chipped windshield.  But really, he believes, it is because of the color of his skin. |  |  |  |      |     |   |  |     |  |   | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two more U.S. Secret Service agents are  resigning over a Colombia prostitution scandal, the agency said  on Tuesday, as it sought to close a chapter in its worst case  of alleged misconduct in decades. |  |  |  |      |     |  |   | KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A child-abduction alert was  issued on Tuesday in St. Louis for a 5-year-old boy who police  said was on a waiting list for a heart transplant and is believed  to have been taken by his father. |  |  |      |     |   |  |     |  |   | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California' population will grow at  much slower pace than state officials projected as its birth  rate sags and immigration levels off, a study said on Tuesday,  with significant ramifications for the most populous U.S. state's  finances and economy. |  |  |  |      |     |   |  |     |  |   | NEW YORK (Reuters) - One World Trade Center, being built at the  site of the fallen twin towers, could surpass the Empire State  Building as the tallest building in New York as soon as next  week, an official said on Tuesday. |  |  |  |  |     |  |   |         |  |      |  |                   |         | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today |  |  |       |  |  |   |         |  |   |  |                   |         | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today |  |  |       |  |  |   | » MORE NEWSLETTERS |  | 
 
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