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2011 may become most expensive weather year ever

(CBS News)

Hurricane Irene will likely put even more of a financial burden on this nation.

In a year of weather extremes - historic snowfalls in the heartland and Northeast, catastrophic twisters in Tornado Alley, the worst flooding in the Midwest in 20 years, and triple-digit heat across ( Read more... )

From Yahoo-24/7 Wall St.by Douglas A. McIntyre ( Read more... )

North Dakota leads the nation in tourism!
North Dakota has a growing economy in oil and energy and has been one of the nation`s leaders with our good economy. A new study now shows the state is leading the country in another way: the tourism industry ( Read more... )

Wall Street Journal:
Travel Spending Sinks Sharply
Tourism Industry's First Decline Since 9/11 Attacks Prompts Deep Discounts


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