Nation and World

Nation and World

Dad of NYC subway bomb plotter faces prison time

The father of an admitted terrorist is scheduled to be sentenced Friday after his conviction on charges he destroyed evidence and lied to investigators to cover up his son's plot to attack the New York City subways in 2009.

Tribe suing beer companies for alcohol problems

An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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Mich. governor ties extra school cash to learning

Michigan's governor said Thursday that the state should capitalize on its brightest economic outlook in a decade by opening its checkbook to school districts - but only those that can show their students actually are learning from year to year.
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