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  • Detroit Mayor Dave Bing (right) said he feels the state will let the city run out of cash this week. Some residents are wondering if the Motor City is poised on the edge of an explosive summer of unrest. (Associated Press)

    Unrest feared in financially troubled Detroit

    As the clock ticks down on Detroit's long-coming financial meltdown, some residents wonder if the Motor City is poised on the edge of an explosive summer of unrest.


  • Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh responds during the open public forum during a Detroit City Council meeting discussing the city consent agreement on Wednesday, April, 4, 2012. The city of Detroit was moving closer to avoiding a state-appointed emergency manager Wednesday. A state-appointed review team approved an agreement between the state and city to fix Detroit's troubled finances. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Jarrad Henderson)

    Detroit's leaders keep grip on the city

    Management of Detroit's finances and future remained in the control of the mayor and the elected City Council late Wednesday after city leaders and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's review team came to a power-sharing deal on a path forward to fix the broken city.


  • Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder must decide whether to appoint an emergency manager to keep financially crippled Detroit from going under. (Associated Press)

    Detroit fights to keep control of its finances

    In the Motor City, the fight over who gets the keys is becoming increasingly intense. Detroit city officials and activists such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson are stepping up their campaign to retain local control as Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, nears a decision on whether to appoint an emergency manager to keep the financially crippled city from going under.


  • Detroit worries show will push 'Murder City' image

    Some Detroit City Council members say they're concerned that an upcoming ABC Network drama will propagate a negative image of the city as dangerous and crime-ridden, and has asked the show's producers to attend an upcoming council meeting to discuss it.


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