Fracking brings jobs, money to Kansas

It doesn't feel like we're in Kansas anymore. Oil rigs are springing up in farmers' fields. "No vacancy" signs hang in the windows of local motels, and a steady stream of trucks barrel through Main Streets. The once-quiet farm towns are transforming into boomtowns. FULL STORY | America's biggest boomtown

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