2014-09-19usatoday.com

``Scotland renewed its 307-year-old vow with the United Kingdom on Friday, but new autonomy is the price England must pay for keeping the marriage. Voters rejected a referendum on independence from the United Kingdom by a comfortable margin of 55% to 45%. British Prime Minister David Cameron helped ensure that outcome by promising the central government in London -- one of the most powerful among Western nations -- would hand over more power to Edinburgh if voters chose to stay in the union.''



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