http://www.mail.com/people/79158-kwame-kilpatrick.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/79158-kwame-kilpatrick.html http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2086636-detroit-mayor-bing-will-seek-re-election.html DETROIT (AP) — Dave Bing's time in the turbulence of Detroit, its politics and immense urban problems will end after only four years. Buffeted from day one by a multimillion-dollar budget deficit, inefficient internal systems and the need for massive restructuring, the former NBA great announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election and will exit City Hall... Wed, 15 May 2013 07:22:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2086636-detroit-mayor-bing-will-seek-re-election.html 2013-05-15T07:22:25Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2084786-bing-wont-seek-re-election-detroit-mayor.html DETROIT (AP) — A visibly frustrated Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced Tuesday that he won't seek a second term and ripped Michigan officials for not giving him enough time to solve the financially strapped city's problems on his own. His announcement came just seven weeks after the city's checkbook was handed over to an emergency manager, making it the la... Tue, 14 May 2013 22:29:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2084786-bing-wont-seek-re-election-detroit-mayor.html 2013-05-14T22:29:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2051514-ex-mich-congresswoman-presides-hearings.html DETROIT (AP) — Ex-U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick of Detroit and six other former Congress members are presiding over hearings on the existence of extraterrestrials. The 30 hours of congressional-style hearings kicked off Monday and are scheduled to run through Friday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Those testifying hope to prove that a... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:11:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2051514-ex-mich-congresswoman-presides-hearings.html 2013-04-29T19:11:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1955104-bankruptcy-expert-named-detroit-emergency-manager.html DETROIT (AP) — Michigan's governor appointed an auto-industry turnaround expert Thursday to steer Detroit back from the brink of ruin. The one-time symbol of America's industrial might became the biggest U.S. city to be placed under state financial control. Kevyn Orr, a partner in the Cleveland-based law firm of Jones Day who represented Chrysler during i... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:04:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1955104-bankruptcy-expert-named-detroit-emergency-manager.html 2013-03-14T22:04:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1945950-ex-detroit-mayor-convicted-jailed-until-sentence.html DETROIT (AP) — Jurors in a city buffeted by financial crisis convicted former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on corruption charges Monday, capping a five-month trial that exposed a brazen pay-to-play culture during his years in office while the distressed city lost jobs and people and veered toward insolvency. Kilpatrick could face more than 10 years in p... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:32:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1945950-ex-detroit-mayor-convicted-jailed-until-sentence.html 2013-03-11T22:32:28Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1941430-bings-legacy-clouded-emergency-manager-threat.html DETROIT (AP) — In basketball and in business, Dave Bing never side-stepped a challenge. But the overwhelming weight of Detroit's financial problems and other troubles faced by the former manufacturing hub have convinced the former NBA great, steel supply company founder and first-term mayor that he may have to pass control of the city over to the state. ... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:43:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1941430-bings-legacy-clouded-emergency-manager-threat.html 2013-03-08T18:43:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1925046-michigan-to-appoint-emergency-manager-detroit.html DETROIT (AP) — Michigan's governor said Friday that unless Detroit's fortunes suddenly and miraculously improve, he will appoint an emergency manager to take control of the city that was once one of the nation's most prosperous manufacturing centers. If the governor follows through with his plan, Detroit would become the largest city in the United States ... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:39:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1925046-michigan-to-appoint-emergency-manager-detroit.html 2013-03-01T22:39:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1895004-jury-corruption-case-detroit-mayor.html DETROIT (AP) — The corruption case of Kwame Kilpatrick was given to jurors Friday after a blistering summary from a prosecutor who said the former Detroit mayor's bank account swelled with a "tidal wave of green" through extortion and bribery. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Chutkow tried to pull the jury to the government's view of the evidence following 1½... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:42:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1895004-jury-corruption-case-detroit-mayor.html 2013-02-15T18:42:04Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1883224-review-autopsy-takes-grim-detroit.html "Detroit: An American Autopsy" (The Penguin Press), by Charlie LeDuff Detroit has long been the poster child for urban blight, a city that gives rise to images of crack houses, senseless killings, burnt-out buildings, civic corruption, high unemployment and flirtations with municipal bankruptcy. Charlie LeDuff, who grew up in Detroit a... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1883224-review-autopsy-takes-grim-detroit.html 2013-02-11T13:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1872742-ex-detroit-mayor-wont-testify-defense.html DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick declined to testify Wednesday as the presentation of evidence in his corruption trial closed after nearly 70 days. Kilpatrick told a judge that he understood he had the right to speak in his own defense but would pass. His father, Bernard, and buddy Bobby Ferguson also declined to personally rebut the g... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1872742-ex-detroit-mayor-wont-testify-defense.html 2013-02-06T16:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845720-ex-detroit-mayor-custody-weekend.html DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was locked up for the weekend Friday for violating parole in a 2008 criminal case that bounced him from office. Kilpatrick was not arrested but arrived on his own after another day at the federal courthouse, where he's on trial for alleged corruption in a completely separate matter. The Michigan Departm... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845720-ex-detroit-mayor-custody-weekend.html 2013-01-25T22:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1804470-key-aide-passed-cash-to-then-detroit-mayor.html DETROIT (AP) — A high-ranking aide to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick told jurors Monday that he picked up thousands of dollars in bribes for his boss from a contractor at the city's convention center where both men had broad powers over operations. Derrick Miller, who was Detroit's chief administrative officer, said he collected thousands of dollar... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1804470-key-aide-passed-cash-to-then-detroit-mayor.html 2013-01-07T17:44:00Z