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    Flagstaff, Arizona (AP)

    The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal from the federal government involving coal royalties on the Navajo Nation.

    The tribe has alleged that Peabody Energy conspired with the U.S. Department of Interior to persuade the tribe to accept a lower royalty than other government officials believed the tribe should be paid.

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