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Detroit Mayor Quits, Faces Jail Sentence After 2 Guilty Pleas

CHICAGO, Sept. 4 -- Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick (D) resigned Thursday after admitting that he lied to hide an affair with his chief of staff. After months when Kilpatrick's refusal to step aside paralyzed municipal government, City Council President Kenneth V. Cockrel Jr. prepared to take...
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By Peter Slevin

 
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