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Workers, some who have been laid off or can't find jobs in the oil industry, wait for assignments at the Command Center temporary staffing agency in Williston, North Dakota. (Associated Press)
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In this June 12, 2014 aerial photo, the Missouri River winds through the countryside near Williston, N.D. The epicenter of the oil boom is a 45-mile stretch of U.S. Route 85 in North Dakota between the towns of Williston and Watford City. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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This undated photo provided by the Williams County Jail in Williston, N.D., shows Steven Goldmann. Goldmann, a convicted felon working as a bounty hunter in the North Dakota oil patch was arrested in Williston on an illegal weapons charge. He is charged in federal court with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He has not been asked to enter a plea. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Williams County Jail)
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Trucks sit in a parking lot outside one of many newer multi-story hotels in Williston, N.D. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Williston is the hub for the Bakken shale fields oil boom in North Dakota. Because of a housing shortage, the hotels often serve as temporary housing for oil workers. Big money is raining down in small towns. But the bonanza suddenly flourishing here has also brought with it a dark side: a growing trade in meth, heroin, cocaine and marijuana, drug cartels and newfound violence. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - Trucks sit in a parking lot outside one of many newer multi-story hotels in Williston, N.D. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Williston is the hub for the Bakken shale fields oil boom in North Dakota. Because of a housing shortage, the hotels often serve as temporary housing for oil workers. Big money is raining down in small towns. But the bonanza suddenly flourishing here has also brought with it a dark side: a growing trade in meth, heroin, cocaine and marijuana, drug cartels and newfound violence. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
