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Best Nickname for Mayor Dave Bing

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Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 12:00 am

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A sampling of others: "Hoops," "Heartless," "Hero," "Lame Duck," "Nada Bing," "Slam Dunk," "Doctor of Debt," "Not Kwame," "Bus Slasher," "Tall and Timid" and "As Good as the Pistons."

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