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Court bars former Detroit mayor from pocketing memoir profits

DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be barred from profiting from the sale of his memoirs, a court ruled on Tuesday, until he pays off nearly $900,000 in restitution he still owes under his 2008 conviction on obstruction of ...

Factbox: A look at other political sex scandals

(Reuters) - Representative Anthony Weiner, embroiled in a sex scandal for sending lewd photos of himself to women over the Internet, has told House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi he will resign from Congress, a party source said on Thursday.The New York Democrat ...

Nigeria court sacks state governor months before polls

LAGOS (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Friday annulled the election of the governor of the southwestern state of Ekiti and installed his rival, nearly four years after the vote was held and just months ahead of fresh polls.The opposition Action Congress ...