Europe News  Scotland's Government Makes Case for Independence
Independent Scotland Would Retain Queen and Pound  Updated Nov.
26, 2013 10:05 a.m. ET  Scotland's government Tuesday made its
case to voters for ending the 307-year union with the rest of
the U.K. in a referendum to be held in September, arguing that
by gaining the power to make "big decisions," the new nation
would become more prosperous and fairer.  In a 670-page
document, the semiautonomous government said Scotland would
retain the British monarch as its head of state after
independence, would remain in the European Union and the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, and would continue to use the...
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