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  • June 2008

    • N. Dakota's New Crop: Instant Millionaires

      Associated Press  |  Jun 30, 08 8:57 PM CDT

      N. Dakota's New Crop: Instant Millionaires

      (Newser) - Many North Dakotans are enjoying their own milkshakes as oil makes landowners instant millionaires. Oil companies are drilling new wells at record rates, and those lucky enough to own the land above deposits are becoming wealthy overnight, the AP reports. "It's the easiest money we've ever made," says an ex-sales clerk. More »

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      oil  • millionaires  • North Dakota

  • April 2008
  • January 2008

    • Don't Be Hating on North Dakota, Fool!

      Minneapolis Star Tribune  |  Jan 15, 08 1:27 PM CST

      Don't Be Hating on North Dakota, Fool!

      (Newser) - National Geographic is under fire for an article perceived as (gasp!) anti-North Dakota. Headlined "The Emptied Prairie," the piece refers to the state's "irreversible decline" and  "sense of things ebbing." No less a personage than North Dakota's governor, John Hoeven, has lambasted it as shoddy journalism, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune . More »

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      North Dakota  • National Geographic

  • October 2007

    • Bush Picks Ex-Governor to Head the Farm Team

      New York Times  |  Oct 31, 07 9:25 PM CDT

      Bush Picks Ex-Governor to Head the Farm Team

      (Newser) - Edward Schafer has extolled the virtues of smaller government, but he is President Bush’s nominee to head the mammoth Agriculture Department, which employs more than 100,000 people and spends $90 billion a year. If approved by the Senate, the former North Dakota governor would likely be thrust into tense negotiations over a new farm bill, the New York Times reports. More »

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      George W. Bush  • farmer  • Chuck Hagel  • Department of Agriculture  • farm bill  • North Dakota  • Edward Schafer  • Mike Johanns

  • July 2007

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