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Susan Mikula was Muckety’s top search last week
Susan Mikula, Andrew McCain and people related to the former Detroit mayor’s legal troubles topped the list of the most searched names on Muckety last week.
Susan Mikula
Artist Susan Mikula moved to the top spot as her partner, Rachael Maddow, launched her new TV show on MSNBC. “The Rachael Maddow Show” debuted on Sept. 7.
Andrew McCain
Andrew McCain moved up two positions to become the number 2 most searched term last week as news spread of the failure of Silver State Bank, where McCain had been a director. McCain is the son of GOP presidential nominee John McCain. Regulators seized the Nevada bank and sold it, blaming its failure on soured loans in commercial real estate and land development, mainly in Los Vegas.
Hint: Click in map to explore connectionsStory continues below interactive map
Click to activate the interactive map (requires Java)MAP HINTS: Click expands a name. Control+Click centers map on a name. Solid lines are current relations. Dotted lines are former relations. For advanced tools choose Tools > Options from the menu at top. More help. Not seeing the maps? Please go here to check for the latest version of Java.Kwame Kilpatrick et al.
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and others who were involved with the text-messaging scandal that sent Kilpatrick to prison landed them in the number three spot for last week.
On Sept. 4, Kilpatrick agreed to plead guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice, for committing perjury. He will serve four months in jail and five years’ probation, and will pay up to $1 million in restitution.
Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, were indicted in March on charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, misconduct in office and conspiracy. At the time, he had pledged to fight efforts to remove him from office.
Hunter Biden
Users continued to search for information about Hunter Biden, the 38-year-old son of Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden.
On Friday, Biden quit lobbying in an apparent effort to shield his father and his father’s running mate, Barack Obama, from negative political fallout.
Ramah Wright
Our fifth most searched for term last week was Ramah Wright. Wright is an associate pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, a church formerly attended by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. She is married to Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., who retired from the church earlier this year.
Ramah Wright’s name turned up in the news after a Reuters report mentioned a 37-year-old Texas woman who claimed to have had an affair with Rev. Wright.
According to Reuters, “Ramah Wright reportedly went to Jeremiah Wright’s Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago for marriage counseling in the 1980s when she and her first husband were trying to keep their marriage alive.”
Following counseling at the church, Ramah Wright became the Rev. Wright’s second wife.
Top five stories for the week
J.K. Rowling victorious in copyright suit against Michigan publisher
Rowling won her claim that a Harry Potter fan had violated her copyright with his plans to publish an encyclopedic guide to the boy wizard’s world.Sex, drugs and bid-rigging described at the Interior Department
A government watchdog has detailed bid-rigging, acceptance of improper gifts and sexual relationships among top department officials charged with overseeing oil and gas companies.Silver State bank fails; John McCain’s son had been director
Andrew McCain may have left in the nick of time. The son of GOP presidential nominee John McCain resigned as a director of troubled Silver State Bancorp just five weeks before regulators shut down the bank.McCain’s campaign for change is fueled by same old money machine
John McCain’s reputation as a maverick and his selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would signal that he’s bringing change to the Republican Party. But his campaign money machine sends a different message.Obama and McCain both have ties to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
In the wake of the federal government’s bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two presidential candidates are calling for reform. -
Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick admits to felony charges (Muckety.com)
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has agreed to plead guilty to two felony charges, ending a long, scrappy battle to stay in office.
Kilpatrick agreed to plead guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice, for committing perjury. He will serve four months in jail and five years’ probation, and will pay up to $1 million in restitution.
Hint: Click in map to explore connectionsStory continues below interactive map
Click to activate the interactive map (requires Java)MAP HINTS: Click expands a name. Control+Click centers map on a name. Solid lines are current relations. Dotted lines are former relations. For advanced tools choose Tools > Options from the menu at top. More help. Not seeing the maps? Please go here to check for the latest version of Java.Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, were indicted in March on charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, misconduct in office and conspiracy. At the time, he had pledged to fight efforts to remove him from office.
An investigation of Kilpatrick’s activities was launched after the Detroit Free Press revealed in January that text messages showed Kilpatrick and Beatty had lied under oath when they denied having an extramarital affair.
The messages also showed that the two provided misleading testimony about firing former Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown after he and former mayoral bodyguard Harold Nelthrope began investigating rumors of a party at the mayoral mansion.
Kilpatrick, elected in 2002 at age 31, was the youngest mayor in Detroit history. He is the son of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.
His successor, Ken Cockrel Jr., also comes from a political family. His father, the late Ken Cockrel Sr., was a Detroit city councilman and civil rights activist.
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