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By Jack Healy • New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
December 27, 2012
SIDNEY, Mont. —
For most high school seniors, a college degree is the surest path to a decent job and a stable future.
But here in oil country, some teenagers are choosing the oil fields over universities, forgoing higher education for jobs with salaries that can start at $50,000 a year.
It is a....