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In this Jan. 29,2013 file photo former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick waits in line to enter federal court in Detroit. Testimony in Kilpatrick's corruption trial ended Thursday, Feb. 6, 2013 after nearly 70 days of testimony. Kilpatrick offered no new witnesses Wednesday and closing arguments have been set for Monday in Detroit federal court. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates)

Ex-Detroit mayor convicted, jailed until sentence

Ed White, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - A court spokesman says jurors have reached a verdict in the corruption trial of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick...
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In this Jan. 12, 2011 file photo Detroit Mayor Dave Bing tours the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit. The former NBA great, who transitioned smoothly to owner and founder of a steel supply company, became Mayor of Detroit in 2009. In basketball and business, he never side-stepped a challenge, but the overwhelming weight of Detroit’s financial problems and other troubles have convinced Bing to pass control of the city over to the state. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Daniel Mears, File)

Dave Bing's legacy clouded by emergency manager threat

Corey Williams, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - In basketball and in business, Dave Bing never side-stepped a challenge...
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In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 photo released by the Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff's Office, Lawrence Reed, 22, poses or a portrait.(AP Photo/Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff's Office)/This Jan. 20, 2007 photo shows Marco McMillian, 34, a candidate for mayor of Clarksdale, Miss., who was found dead on the Mississippi River levee Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 between Sherard and Rena Lara, Miss.(AP Photo/The Clarksdale Press Register, Troy Catchings)

FBI monitoring investigation of Miss. candidate's death

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The FBI said Wednesday that it has been monitoring the state investigation into the death of an openly gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi, but the agency didn't indicate it had opened its own investigation...
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Marco Millian, 34, was widely noted as one of the first openly gay candidates for public office in Mississippi. (Photo/marcomcmillian.com)

Congressman asks FBI to review candidate death

Emily Wagster Pettus and Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - A Mississippi congressman on Tuesday asked the FBI to review the slaying of an openly gay mayoral candidate to determine if any federal laws might have been violated...
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In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 photo released by the Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff's Office, Lawrence Reed, 22, poses or a portrait.(AP Photo/Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff's Office)/This Jan. 20, 2007 photo shows Marco McMillian, 34, a candidate for mayor of Clarksdale, Miss., who was found dead on the Mississippi River levee Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 between Sherard and Rena Lara, Miss.(AP Photo/The Clarksdale Press Register, Troy Catchings)

Man charged in death of Miss. candidate

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of a mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta this week...
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin speaks during an interview in his office at City Hall in New Orleans. The former New Orleans mayo was indicted Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 on 21 corruption charges including wire fraud, bribery and money laundering. The charges come from a City Hall corruption investigation that already has resulted in guilty pleas by two former city officials and two businessmen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ex-New Orleans mayor pleads not guilty to bribery

Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he accepted more than $200,000 in bribes plus free trips and other gratuities in exchange for helping contractors secure millions of dollars in work for the city...
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In this Jan. 29,2013 file photo former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick waits in line to enter federal court in Detroit. Testimony in Kilpatrick's corruption trial ended Thursday, Feb. 6, 2013 after nearly 70 days of testimony. Kilpatrick offered no new witnesses Wednesday and closing arguments have been set for Monday in Detroit federal court. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates)

Ex-Detroit mayor won't testify in own defense

Associated Press
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...
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks with the media at a press conference announcing the New York Islanders' move to Brooklyn in 2015 at the Barclays Center on October 24, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Gun control Super Bowl ad set to air

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A gun control group founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is airing an advertisement during the Super Bowl calling for background checks...
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Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Meet Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore's second female mayor

Sophia Nelson
TheGrio had an opportunity to spend time with Rawlings-Blake and her family, friends and staff to create this candid and inspiring interview about her unique life.
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New York Mayor Ed Koch listens during the 9th annual National Action Network convention in New York. Koch, the combative politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during three City Hall terms, has died at age 88. Spokesman George Arzt says Koch died Friday morning Feb. 1, 2013 of congestive heart failure. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88

Deepti Hajela, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling...
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