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Published March 26, 2012, 09:10 AM

What stinks? Bizarre trash collects near oil patch, including plastic jugs tossed by those who can't hold it

TIOGA, N.D. (AP) — Along the wide-open expanses and rolling prairie of western North Dakota surrounding the state's booming oil patch, all sorts of bizarre litter can be found clogging the once picturesque roadside: Derelict hardhats, single boots, buckets, pallets, pieces of machinery, shredded semi tires, oily clothing, cigarette butts.

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