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Retailer So Hard Up for N.D. Staff, It's Flying Them From Wisconsin

Home improvement retailer Menard says it will hire 50 workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota to staff a store in Minot, which is near the state's booming oil patch, a region that has more jobs than takers.

Farmers Hit the Jackpot in Kansas Oil Boom

Farmers in Kansas are hitting the jackpot. But instead of holding the winning lottery numbers, it's all about owning the right piece of land -- land with oil beneath it.

Hot Tweet: Photographers Feel Rights Threatened by BP

Photographers working in the Louisiana shoreline and in Texas are feeling threatened by new governmental rules and police actions.