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Detroit mayor resigns, vows 'comeback'

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_us?a=OLBKPW"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?i=OLBKPW" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=KrBHbL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=KrBHbL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=l55gYL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=l55gYL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=19A6gl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=19A6gl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=ZzJpnL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=ZzJpnL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=ACR2Vl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=ACR2Vl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~4/383710597" height="1" width="1"/>