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Detroit Mayor pleads guilty, steps down

Embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty Thursday to charges resulting from a sex scandal and is to resign from office immediately, a prosecutor said. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=yimXvP"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=yimXvP" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=5RLnAL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=5RLnAL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=mnRRiL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=mnRRiL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=vV7NSl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=vV7NSl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=3vWBHL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=3vWBHL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=K9XIol"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=K9XIol" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/383315545" height="1" width="1"/>