RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A man was executed early Friday by lethal injection for the 1990 stabbing death of his wife, despite the pleas of his four children who sought clemency for their father. Elias Syriani, 67, was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m. EST, said Pam Walker, a spokeswoman for the state Correction Department. Gov. Mike Easley on Thursday had denied clemency, saying in a statement that he found "no convincing reason to grant clemency and overturn the unanimous jury verdict affirmed by the state and federal courts." Syriani was convicted in the death of his 40-year-old wife, Teresa, who...