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Ex-Mayor Enjoys Good Life as Detroit Struggles

(Feb. 26) -- For Kwame Kilpatrick, disgrace is but a nuisance. Just two years after he was forced from office amid scandal and convicted on felony charges, Detroit's former mayor found himself facing the prospect of jail time again. A warrant was issued for his arrest Thursday morning after he violated his parole by...

Cheaters Leave Tracks in the Digital Age

Tiger Woods has long since mastered the use of every club in his golf bag. Yet he, like many Americans, apparently is still learning the hazards of communicating too openly by modern methods such as text messaging. Woods is certainly not alone. As communication technology continues to evolve, unfaithful partners are...

Detroit Free Press Asks Readers: Who Should Resign, Corrupt Mayor or Matt Millen?

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been charged with perjury after he swore under oath that he didn't have an affair with one of his aides, only to have sexually explicit text messages between them uncovered. Many in Detroit, including a majority of the City Council, want him to resign.But does that make Kilpatrick the...

Even Detroit's Mayor Is Jumping Off the Bandwagon

How bad have things gotten for the Pistons lately? Even the mayor is switching allegiances. (That's him on the right, next to Chris Webber at an event last summer.) From the Detroit Free Press:Good sportsmanship or traitorous behavior?A giddy Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick shook hands with, embraced and congratulated...

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SEC Slams Kwame Kilpatrick With Lawsuit

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is facing federal civil charges of taking part in an influence-peddling scheme involving the city's public-employee pension funds.

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Kwame Kilpatrick, Former Detroit Mayor, May Consider Plea Deal In Corruption Trial

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may choose to take his chances with a jury as he awaits trial in an extensive corruption case.

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05/22/12 Attempt to delay Kwame Kilpatricks corruption trial... Source: Vietnam Tribune Kwame Kilpatrick will have his day -- or months -- in court as scheduled, after a judge rejected the former Detroit mayor's request to delay his upcoming corruption trial.Judge Nancy Edmunds' decision Monday means jury selection will begin Sept. 6.Attorneys for Kilpatrick; his father, Bernard Kilpatrick; former Detroit water department head Victor Mercado, and city contractor Bobby Ferguson sought a four-month delay.
05/22/12 Detroit's Most Notorious Gangster Tried To Help Kwame... Source: CBS - WWJ TV - Detroit MI DETROIT (1270 Talk Radio) Exactly 25 years ago, a teen gangster with a baby face was arrested after years of cooperating with the F.B.I and Detroit police as an informant who helped send upwards of 14 people to prison.
05/09/12 SEC Slams Kwame Kilpatrick With Lawsuit Source: The Huffington Post - Business Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is facing federal civil charges of taking part in an influence-peddling scheme involving the city's public-employee pension funds.
04/25/12 Kwame Kilpatrick, Former Detroit Mayor, May Consider... Source: The Huffington Post Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may choose to take his chances with a jury as he awaits trial in an extensive corruption case.