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Traffic moves along a highway toward downtown Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Detroit has filed legal papers seeking to end its record $18 billion municipal bankruptcy, a request that a judge may fulfill by day's end, said Governor Rick Snyder. Photographer: Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Traffic moves along a highway toward downtown Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Detroit has filed legal papers seeking to end its record $18 billion municipal bankruptcy, a request that a judge may fulfill by day's end, said Governor Rick Snyder. Photographer: Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty Images