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North Dakota
HOPE, N.D. - The recession that has brought misery to so much of America hasn't touched Walter Grotte.
The unemployment rate fell in two-thirds of the nation's 372 metro areas last month, the Labor Department said Thursday.
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. - It's been called a slow-growing monster: a huge lake that has steadily expanded over the last 20 years, swallowing up thousands of acres, hundreds of buildings and at least two towns in its rising waters.
Here are the 20 most economically stressed counties with populations of at least 25,000 and their August 2010 Stress scores, according to The Associated Press Economic Stress Index:
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