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Detroit?s Mayor Will Leave Office and Go to Jail Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick?s guilty plea ended eight months of political turmoil but also opened a new era of uncertainty for Detroit. McCain Vows to End ?Partisan Rancor? Senator John McCain sought to move from a convention marked by an effort to reassure the party base to an appeal to a broader electorate. New Orleans Starts Up, but Not at Full Power Evacuees continued to stream home after a hurricane scare that left it with little serious damage but knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes. As Texas Execution Nears, Hearing Is Set on a Claim That Judge and Prosecutor Had Affair A state judge has ordered a hearing into the accusation by a condemned man that his murder trial was tainted by a love affair between the judge and the prosecutor. E.P.A. Issues New Engine Rules The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday set stricter antipollution rules for engines that run pleasure boats, lawn mowers and weed trimmers. Vaccinations of Toddlers Set a Record Toddlers received the recommended vaccinations against childhood diseases at record levels in 2007, federal health officials said. Kosher Plant Is Accused of Inhumane Slaughter An animal rights organization says a secretly recorded video in the slaughterhouse of a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa showed inhumane practices in the killing of cattle. Evacuations Are Advised as Storm Nears the Southeast As Tropical Storm Hanna surged toward the Atlantic Coast, the authorities declared states of emergency in Virginia and North Carolina. Rangel Failed to Report $75,000 in Income Representative Charles B. Rangel has owned a villa in the Dominican Republic since 1988 but never reported rental income on his tax returns. Abramoff Gets 4 Years in Prison for Corruption The sentence for Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist tied to influence peddling, was longer than prosecutors sought.