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Former NBA star Bing in special election (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Former Detroit Pistons great Dave Bing led with 81 percent of the vote counted Tuesday in his bid to unseat incumbent Ken Cockrel Jr. in a special mayoral election. With 510 of 629 precincts reporting, Bing had 53.7 percent of the vote, or 36,385 votes, to 46.3 percent, or 31,367 votes, for Cockrel. The winning Democrat will be mayor through 2009, serving the balance of the term that belonged to...