1. OIL AND GAS:
Water flows to money in drought-stricken drilling regions
Farmer Mike Cather, 55, lives in Harper County, Kan., at the center of the emerging Mississippi Lime oil field. His land is dry, his 950 cattle do not have enough to feed on, and ponds and streams are running low. The oil industry is helping him cope, said Cather, who has three oil wells on his property. But water is starting to become an issue for the oil companies in Harper County. Go to story #1