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    From Rags to Riches in Louisiana

    Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle says personal checks for $70,000 a month will change his life. Bank worker Linda Whatley says her "retirement horizon has gotten shorter." These are just two people who've cashed in on what could be the biggest natural-gas deposit in the continental US.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle says personal checks for $70,000 a month will change his life. Bank worker Linda Whatley says her "retirement horizon has gotten shorter." These are just two people who've cashed in on what could be the biggest natural-gas deposit in the continental US. The Chesapeake and Petrohawk Energy corporations are spreading money all over a part of Louisiana that hasn't had a break since the oil boom went bust some 25 years ago. Adam Nossiter is a national correspondent for the New York Times.

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    Illegal Drugs, Politics and the War in Afghanistan
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    3. 42:33From Rags to Riches in LouisianaYou’re reading this
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