Ex-Detroit mayor's aide, lover jailed - Columbus Dispatch
Christine Beatty is starting a 120-day sentence. She'll then be on probation for five years. DETROIT -- The former top aide and ex-lover of disgraced ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick followed him to jail yesterday, the last step in a criminal case that ...

DJ Ras Kwame Talks Urban Goodies! - RWD
DJ Ras Kwame Presents... Urban Goodies, is packed full of the hottest, new music over 2 packed discs. Presented by BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra DJ and champion of UK urban music, Ras Kwame, Urban Goodies features the biggest and best in funky house, bassline ...

Detroit is ranked second worst place to live - Detroit News
New York City has beaten out Detroit on another list, but Motor City residents likely won't mind. The Big Apple has edged Motown as the worst place to live and work in the United States according to a summer poll of 2,500 employees and entrepreneurs ...

'Kwame a River' parody opens tonight - Detroit Free Press
While Kwame Kilpatrick serves time in Wayne County Jail, he's about to be put through comic trials in "Kwame a River," a new satirical production being staged at Second City's Novi location. The show, subtitled "Chronicles of Detroit's Hip-Hop Mayor ...

Atta-Mills takes over reins of power in Ghana - Raw Story
John Atta-Mills was to officially take over the running of Ghana from John Kufuor on Wednesday after cliffhanger elections in this west African country seen as a pioneer of political progression. Kufuor, a respected figure and one of the few African ...

'Kwame a River' boasts witty writing, gifted cast - Detroit Free Press
Kwame Kilpatrick is in the spotlight again. But "Kwame a River," the satire that opened Wednesday at Second City Novi, likely isn't the comeback the former mayor had in mind. Subtitled "The Chronicles of Detroit's Hip-Hop Mayor," the new show is an ...

Ex-Detroit mayor's aide, lover jailed - Columbus Dispatch
Christine Beatty is starting a 120-day sentence. She'll then be on probation for five years. DETROIT -- The former top aide and ex-lover of disgraced ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick followed him to jail yesterday, the last step in a criminal case that ...

Ghana to swear in opposition leader as president - Forbes
ACCRA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Thousands of excited Ghanaians gathered on Wednesday to see opposition leader John Atta Mills sworn in as president in a democratic transfer of power that has won plaudits from around Africa and the world. President John ...

Rating cut may cost Detroit $400M - Detroit News
DETROIT -- The city, already grappling with a $300 million budget gap and impending layoffs, faces more than its growing deficit after Standard & Poor's on Tuesday downgraded the city's credit rating to junk status, triggering a $400 million payout ...

Mills takes over Ghana reins - Straits Times
ACCRA - JOHN Atta-Mills was to officially take over the running of Ghana from John Kufuor on Wednesday after cliffhanger elections in this west African country seen as a pioneer of political progression. Mr Kufuor, a respected figure and one of the ...