The oil and gas industry has been a true bright spot amid the economic downturn. Regions with rampant drilling like south Texas and North Dakota have among the lowest unemployment rates in the nation. In Dickinson, N.D. workers at McDonald's can get a $300 signing bonus and wages of $15 or more an hour. There's a booming business in building "man camps" to house all the roughnecks needed to drill wells in the Bakken or Eagle Ford shale. Those guys (and they are almost always guys) up in North Dakota brave frigid temperatures to bore holes in the ground. Since 2008 North Dakota has surpassed ... Read More