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In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 photo, Bev Parton stands behind the entrance desk at the Pioneer Museum of McKenzie County in Watford City, N.D. The town has always attracted tourists because of its proximity to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. But now it's seeing a major growth in development and population because of the latest oil boom. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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This October 2013 photo provided by Jessie Veeder shows her riding a horse to chase cattle with her sister, husband and father, not pictured, on the Veeder Ranch in Watford City, N.D. Veeder's husband works in the oil fields. She blogs about her love of open space and her pride at living in the place her great-grandfather called home. But she says, "You can't have it both ways _ you can't have this real booming industry, all this economic growth and all this prosperity without having some repercussions." (AP Photo/Jessie Veeder)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 photo, an oil truck sits in a dirt lot near a new housing development in Watford City, N.D. The housing development is part of the towns growth explosion from the Baaken oil boom. For years, the town's population hovered around 1,500. Now its at about 7,000 - a number that's expected to more than double in years to come. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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U.S. giant General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt leaves the Elysee Palace after meeting with French President Francois Hollande in Paris, Monday, April 28, 2014. Hollande met Sunday with top members of the government to discuss Alstom, hours after the Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg warned the engineering company not to pursue a "precipitous" tie-up with U.S. giant General Electric Co., saying that France's national interest is at stake in a potential sale. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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British public relations guru Max Clifford stops to pose for members of the media as he arrives for his trial at Southwark Crown Court in London, Monday, April 28, 2014. Clifford, who denies the charges, faces 11 counts of indecent assault on seven teenagers between 1966 and 1984. Jurors will continue deliberating on a verdict for the eighth day today. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
