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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Mary Clare Jalonick / The Bulletin
June 7, 2009
WASHINGTON — Like smoking, defending tobacco really isn’t cool anymore.
Just ask Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, home to tobacco giants RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Lorillard Tobacco Co., and thousands of their employees. Last year, North Carolina farmers produced $686....