CHICAGO, March 24 -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D), who wore a diamond earring and pledged an urban renaissance in Detroit when he won election as America's youngest big-city mayor in 2001, was charged Monday with eight felonies in an obstruction-of-justice case that could end his once-promising... -
Detroit Mayor Is Charged With Eight Felonies
CHICAGO, March 24 -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D), who wore a diamond earring and pledged an urban renaissance in Detroit when he won election as America's youngest big-city mayor in 2001, was charged Monday with eight felonies in an obstruction-of-justice case that could end his once-promising...-
By Peter Slevin