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Detroit Mayor Pleads Guilty And Agrees To Resign: According to a story in today's New York Times by Susan Saulny, the mayor of Detroit, Kwame M. Kilpatrick, 38, has pleaded guilty and agreed to resign this morning after months of refusal as part of a deal with prosecutors. He agreed to plead guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice and no contest to a felony count of assault on a police officer; to pay restitution to the city of $1 million; to surrender his law license; forfeit his state pension to the city and be barred from elective office for five years; and to serve 120 days in the Wayne County jail, followed by five years? probation. Ohio Mom Spared Death Penalty After Microwaving Baby: A story, by James Hannah from the Associated Press, reports that China Arnold, convicted of murdering her infant daughter by microwaving her, was spared from the death penalty Wednesday when a jury couldn't reach a unanimous decision...continue to full post

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