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Detroit mayor thrown in jail after bond violation


Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, left, and Christine Beatty, the mayor's former Chief of Staff attend a hearing in 36th District Court Aug. 7, 2008 in Detroit, Mich. Kilpatrick has been ordered to the county jail after a judge found the mayor violated the terms of his bond by going to Canada and not informing the court. Kilpatrick and Beatty are charged with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice. They are accused of lying about having an intimate relationship and their roles in the firing of a police official. (AP Photo/Bryan Mitchell)

DETROIT (AP) — Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday for a bond violation in his perjury case, his pleas for leniency rejected by a judge who made it clear the mayor would get no special treatment.

Kilpatrick, charged with perjury and other felonies over his testimony in a civil trial, apologized and acknowledged that he made a mistake when he visited Windsor, Ontario, minutes away from Detroit, for city business last month. But District Judge Ronald Giles was not moved, saying he needed to treat the mayor like any other defendant.

‘‘What matters to me ... is how the court overall is perceived and how if it was not Kwame Kilpatrick sitting in that seat, if it was John Six-Pack sitting in that seat, what would I do? And that answer is simple,’’ Giles said.

It was a stunning outcome, exceeding even what prosecutors had sought. And it came two days after Kilpatrick’s mother, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, survived a Democratic primary election that wa

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Ariz. officials: Migrant-packed SUV rolls, kills 9

August 8, 2008

FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — A sport utility vehicle packed with illegal immigrants rolled over Thursday on a rural highway southeast of Phoenix, killing nine people and injuring the other 10 on board, aut

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Police raid Md. mayor’s home and kill his dogs

August 8, 2008

BERWYN HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) — Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table.

Suddenly, police with gun

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Bolten, Miers ask judge to delay subpoena

August 8, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — Planning appeals, two senior White House advisers asked a judge Thursday to delay enforcement of his ruling that they must testify before Congress.

White House chief of staf

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Despite demons, Ivins stayed at high-security lab

August 8, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — What took so long?

Army scientist Bruce Ivins had a history of paranoia, obsession and delusional thinking. And newly unsealed court documents show he didn’t keep them to hi

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Man held in Fla. on charge of threatening Obama

August 8, 2008

MIAMI (AP) — A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential

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