Ex-Detroit mayor gets job but can't go to training

Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has a new job, but it appears he's going to miss the first day of training.

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Ex-Detroit mayor released after 99-day jail stay

Kwame Kilpatrick regained his freedom early Tuesday morning, emerging from jail after a 99-day sentence and stepping back onto the streets of the city he once ruled as mayor.

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Obama can't be too cozy with Detroit mayor

After his preacher problems, Barack Obama doesn't need another association with a charismatic, radioactive public figure. Still, Kwame Kilpatrick, the tarnished mayor of Detroit, is a hard man to avoid completely.

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Mich. Rep. May Face Primary Challenge

A Michigan congresswoman whose son, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, is battling perjury charges may face a challenge of her own this summer — in the Democratic primary.

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The New York Times reports on Eliot Spitzer's dalliance with prostitutes, forcing him to resign, and then is awarded a Pulitzer for their efforts.

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Kilpatrick was driving her blue van in Pensacola on April 19, 2004, with the slogans "Remember the Children of Waco" and "Boo ATF" written on some of the windows when she was pulled over by police for questioning by the ATF.

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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has pleaded guilty, ending a nearly eight-month drama that has transfixed the region, paralyzed much of city business and halted a political career that once held such promise.

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Prosecutor Douglas Baker has told Judge David Groner that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will plead no contest to one felony assault charge in return for dropping a second assault charge. Advertisement

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The choir that's been growing louder in asking Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to step down as Detroit mayor has a new voice: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

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Maria Miller, a spokeswoman for Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, said Kilpatrick is expected to plead guilty at 5 p.m. today before Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Edward Ewell.

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History might be made today if Gov. Jennifer Granholm opens a hearing to determine whether Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick -- leader of the state's largest city, fellow Democrat and criminal defendant -- should be removed from office.

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Will today be the beginning of the end? The people can only hope, with Gov. Jennifer Granholm, courts willing, scheduled to open her hearing on the Detroit City Council's request that she use her authority under the state Constitution to remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office.

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Lawyers for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick have proposed a deal in which he would plead guilty to two felonies, make restitution and serve five years' probation in exchange for avoiding jail time, a newspaper reported Sunday.

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Detroit Mayor still on the hot seat.

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Attorneys will present a report today talking about a plan to force the mayor to personally reimburse the city for the 8.4 million dollar settlement in te whistleblower case.

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For the good of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick should resign

Detroit is an incredible city. It is full of wonderful, colorful, creative, intelligent and interesting people. The architecture is absolutely gorgeous ranging from 300 year old buildings to new ones. The history is rich and wonderful to tell.

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DETROIT -- Key players on Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's legal defense fundraising team have at least $5 million in current or pending city contracts, and others stand to make much more from the mayor's proposed $300 million economic stimulus project if he remains in office.

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Puppies & Politics: A Week of Disappointments

"Blessed are they who expect nothing for they are never disappointed." – Unknown First: The Self-Indulgence of Sharing A Personal Disappointment

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The Supreme Court refused to hear the City of Detroit's appeal to block the release of settlement documents from the Kilpatrick Text Messaging Scandal. Maybe they will stop wasting the city's limited funds now and let the peopel see what they paid nine million dollars for.

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The Detroit City Council voted to approve an 8.4 million dollar settle to former Deputy Police Chief and another officer for a wrongful dismissal lawsuit. It then approved a second settlement for roughly another half million.

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Kwame Kilpatrick - Sex, Lies, and Text Messages

Yesterday Mayor Kilpatrick asked for forgiveness on a prime-time TV event held at a church in Detroit Michigan. His wife, who was sitting beside him, pleaded to the audience that this was a personal matter.

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DETROIT — The city's charismatic but scandal-plagued mayor and his chief of staff will be the subject of an investigation into whether they lied under oath when they denied having an extramarital affair, the Wayne County prosecutor announced here Friday.

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Browse the 112th Carnival of Education Midway

The Carnival of Education is a weekly roundup of salient blog posts and articles from the the education blogosphere hosted by The Education Wonks. Some highlights from this week's midway:

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