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May 20, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Clock Is Ticking For Detroit By Bernie Woodall and Karen Pierog DETROIT, May 19 (Reuters) - Bond restructurings, negotiated settlements with bondholders and bond insurers, and tough talk with unionized workers are on the agenda as Detroit's emergency financial manager tries to meet a self-imposed, six-week deadline to decide whether the city can get through its financial crisis without a bankruptcy filing. Kevyn Orr, a former bankruptcy lawyer, in his first report to the state of Michigan since Governor Rick Snyder appointed him, laid out last week a bracing picture of steps he may need to take to address the city's troubles. As he has gone about his work, though, with unions, bond insurance firms and others, Orr so far has communicated little about how they will be affected.  Continue reading... Hope This Wasn't As Awkward As It Looks Michael Moore: 'The Real Problem With The IRS' Is GE Dept. Of Human Services Staffer Pleads Guilty To Welfare Fraud Clock Is Ticking For Detroit Fannie & Freddie Say It Would Be Too 'Awkward' To Meet With Foreclosed Homeowners Is This The One Baby Animal That Isn't Cute? This Craigslist Ad Is Brutally Honest.. And It's Hilarious PHOTOS: 'How To Catch A Monster' Men In Detroit Detroit Builders Say They'll Keep Putting Up Benches Heidelberg Project Home Burns In Fire Schools Shut Down A Month Early RICHARD C. LEVIN My Last Baccalaureate Address: Lately It Occurs to Me... We leave together. You leave Yale College after four years; I leave the Yale Presidency after twenty. I find myself thinking about a Grateful Dead song written in 1970, the year I came to Yale as a graduate student. You know the words: "Lately it occurs to me, what a long, strange trip it's been." It's been a long trip, but, for us, more wonderful than strange. Continue reading... MARK E. ROBSON, M.D. The Choice I have been involved in research in this area for 17 years, since shortly after BRCA1 and BRCA2 were discovered, and I have no idea what I would do if I were a woman faced with this decision. The diagnosis of a mutation is just words on paper, but the risks they foreshadow are very real. Continue reading... RANDI WEINGARTEN Common Core: Do What It Takes Before High Stakes America's public education system could be on the brink of a once-in-a-generation revolution. If implemented properly, we can provide all children with the problem-solving, critical-thinking and teamwork skills they need to compete in today's changing world. But that's a big "if." Continue reading... PATRICK O'CONNOR College Is Pricey and Irrelevant... Really? The college experience can't be fully be realized if the only way students meet is through a screen, or rushing to get credentialed to be a better worker. College is more than learning a trade; it's also about learning to be a better person. Continue reading... LISA ROGAK 15 Reasons Why Dogs Are Just Clumsy Children Of course it's no secret that many dog lovers regard their best friends as their furry children. So it's no surprise that dogs act the part, especially when it comes to being overly rambunctious, carefree, and well, just acting like a dog child. 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