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Detroit Mayor Charged with Perjury

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been charged on eight counts, including perjury, after explicit text messages contradicted his sworn denials of an affair with a top aide. Kilpatrick refuses to step down and says he expects to be exonerated.

Detroit Public Radio's Noah Ovshinsky reports.

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