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By Julie Ardery
A study of 2006 fatalities from drug poisoning in West Virginia shows that, with more powerful opioids in circulation, rural communities have caught up with a big city problem.
Before carving the turkey in San Angelo, Texas, they review the year with Vic Choate and swallow hard. 
Many of the in-roads that Barack Obama made in rural America led to the doors of non-metro colleges and universities.
A new survey, taken over three tumultuous weeks in October, shows Barack Obama catching up with John McCain among rural voters in battleground states.
Though Congress originally voted down the financial bailout bill, the representatives from its most rural districts narrowly supported the measure; two more came aboard on Friday.
Access to high-speed Internet service in rural areas lags behind the cities and suburbs But by how much? And to what effect? Inquiring minds won't really know until the FCC gathers better information on providers and users.Growth and Development | People to Know | Politics and Government
09/13/2008
The man who defined "rural" in America also saw how city and country were braided together.
With Sarah Palin's candidacy for vice president, it's open-season on "small towns." Are they bastions of virtue or backwaters of pathos? Go fish. 
The Centers for Disease Control underestimated new cases of AIDS by 40%. And many of those newly infected with the disease are rural people who have not considered themselves at risk.BioFuels and Energy | Travel/Recreation
08/15/2008
High gas prices, an older population, and greater poverty all have opened up country roads since 2007. A new federal highway report shows less driving everywhere.
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