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Detroit Mayor To Step Down

By Celeste Headlee,
Alex Chadwick
Published September 4, 2008 at 10:00 AM MST

Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has entered into a plea deal this morning on obstruction charges in connection with a city hall sex scandal. He will step down as mayor, serve 120 days in jail and pay the city of Detroit one million dollars in damages.

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Celeste Headlee
Alex Chadwick
For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.