A 90-year-old Indiana man who admitted serving as a cocaine courier for a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced to three years in prison on what was his birthday.

An 89-year-old Indiana man who was busted with drugs while driving in Michigan has pleaded guilty to hauling cocaine.

A Nigerian who tried to blow up an international flight near Detroit on behalf of al Qaida started a life sentence without parole today.

A Nigerian who tried to blow up an international flight near Detroit on behalf of al-Qaida has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

A Detroit federal judge is refusing to set aside a federal law which demands a mandatory life sentence for a Nigerian who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up an international flight bound for Detroit on Christmas 2009.