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By Joan Gralla (Reuters) - While Pennsylvania, northwestern Louisiana and gas-rich areas around the Gulf of Mexico are losing jobs and revenue as the fracking industry shrinks after a price collapse, oil-rich North Dakota and Texas are in the midst of a boom. Other winners in the fracking lottery include central and southern Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio and Wyoming, where the economy is expanding and revenues are climbing.

Why you should hold your winners and invest for the long haul like Warren Buffett.

By Mark Schrope of Nature magazine The X Prize Foundation today announced the winners of its year-long, US$1.4-million challenge to spur development of improved oil-collection systems for use during spills.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced the winners of its latest round of grants yesterday in a telephone conference. The funds will advance research projects geared toward improving energy efficiency, developing alternative fuels, improving electrical infrastructure and reducing U.S. dependence on foreign resources.

Photograph by Matt Nager Creative marketers are launching new efforts to reach the Latin American community. Olga Romero manages multicultural communications for Southwest Airlines. Olga Romero Bilingual Communications Specialist, Southwest Airlines Dallas Romero, 36, manages multicultural communications for the airline.

Photograph by Matt Nager Creative marketers are launching new efforts to reach the Latin American community.

One of the largest educational publishers in the world is offering cash prizes to the winners of a crowdsourced learning product innovation competition.