DETROIT, June 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. D-Mich., has denied any wrongdoing in taking an all-expense paid trip to the Caribbean as charged by a watchdog group.

DETROIT, April 16 (UPI) -- A memorial for David "Pop" Winans Sr. was held at Detroit's Perfecting Church, with the gospel music icon's son, the Rev. Marvin Winans, officiating.

DETROIT, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been freed from jail after serving 99 days for two felony perjury convictions, observers said.

DETROIT, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A Michigan judge has ruled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick did not violate the conditions of his bail bond by visiting his sister last weekend.

DETROIT, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick visited the home of his mother, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., Saturday, sources said.

DETROIT, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Michigan Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, mother of scandal-tainted Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, claimed victory Wednesday in a three-way Democratic primary.

LANSING, Mich., May 6 (UPI) -- Democratic leaders in Michigan are mulling two plans that would allow the state's delegates to be seated at the party's national convention, officials said.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., was elected leader of the Congressional Black Caucus Monday.

DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor running for U.S. president, has picked up the endorsement of two powerful ladies in the Democratic Party.