Ex-Detroit mayor convicted, ridiculed
Kilpatrick’s disastrous two terms as mayor ended in 2008, when then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm forced him out of office.
Throughout the trial, prosecutors painted a picture of a struggling Detroit, teetering on the brink of total economic collapse, left in the corrupt hands of Kilpatrick’s mafia-style leadership. Anyone who wanted to do business in Detroit had to appease the mayor, often by handing him envelopes full of cash.
World poll: Image of U.S. declines
(Can you blame them?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/world-poll-image-of-us-declines-88816.html?hp=l6