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April 30, 2013 Subscribe · Forward BRIGHT LIGHTS, BID CITY! It's official. Detroit wowed ESPN enough to be named a finalist in the sports network's quest to choose a host city for the Summer X Games beginning in 2014. On Tuesday, ESPN announced the competing cities had been narrowed down to Detroit, Chicago, Austin, Texas and Charlotte, N.C. Organizers Kevin Krease and Garret Koehler, with the support of city administration, business leaders and other stakeholders, submitted their official bid for the project in early April. "Detroit has been the most vociferous in its desire to host the games, at least on social media," ESPN said in the release that name-checked Krease and Koehler, as well as Quicken Loans founder and Detroit developer Dan Gilbert. Krease, founder and director Action Sports Detroit, the committee responsible for the bid had his own explanation of the city's merits: "Detroit is a front-runner in this race because it has a strong local community of support, an overflow of opportunity, and an energetic movement of young citizens striving to bring the event here," he said in a statement.  Continue reading... Oakaloosa, New Detroit Music Festival, To Bring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony To Historic Fort Wayne Tap Detroit, Online Radio Station, Broadcasts Independent Music And Talk For Internet Fans Detroit Mexican Restaurants: Insider's Guide To Best Eateries And Taco Trucks Happy Birthday To One Of The Sweetest Voices Of Motown LOOK: The Most Amazing Photos In And Around Detroit It's An Important Day In The History Of The DIA ESPN Makes Detroit A Finalist For Chance To Host X Games Happy Birthday To One Of The Sweetest Voices Of Motown ESPN Makes Detroit A Finalist For Chance To Host X Games Mobile Home Manager Makes Gruesome Discovery LOOK: Haunting Photos Of Abandoned Theaters ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Flex Your Fearlessness Becoming Fearless is part of our larger effort to put the spotlight on what is working in our culture rather than just on what's dysfunctional. Taken individually, these stories inspire. Taken together, they testify to something larger -- that in the face of multiple crises, people are responding with strength, courage and resilience. Continue reading... DAVID ROSNER You Are a Guinea Pig A hidden epidemic is poisoning America. The toxins are in the air we breathe and the water we drink, in the walls of our homes and the furniture within them. And there's a reason why you've never read about it in the newspaper or seen a report on the nightly news. Continue reading... ADAM LEVIN 5 Things Students Need to Know Before Graduation Day It's that time of year again. Graduation. That seminal moment in our lives when, in ceremonies of varying degrees of pomp and circumstance, our elders pass on the wisdom of the ages to those of us who are evolving from the shelter of the ivory tower to the stark reality of the "real world." Continue reading... GLENN D. BRAUNSTEIN, M.D. Don't Let Food Safety Reform Go Down the Disposal While many worthy policies and programs need funding, it's hard to think of any more universally necessary than protecting our nation's food supply. The sequestration means, however, the FDA will be forced to reduce the number of inspections it conducts. Continue reading... PATRICK O'CONNOR How Many Detroit Grads Can Go to College for Free? All of Them Free college for every single one of Detroit's high school graduates. The beginning of business as usual. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003