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FSB: Peak performance: Billings, Mont.

Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Kevin Toohill yearned to experience the wide-open vistas of the western U.S. Today, the avid outdoorsman lives with his family in Billings, Mont., where he runs Beartooth Mapping, a firm that sells customized topographic maps and other geographic products. Its Web site, MyTopo.com, allows consumers to customize maps by choosing the location, center, area, size, print finish and numerous other specifications. The company grosses between $2 million and $3 million annually.

Pot farms run by 'bad guys' getting closer to tourist spots

Drug traffickers are planting millions of marijuana plants on U.S. public lands ever closer to tourist sites, guarding their plots with heavy weaponry, federal authorities say.

Family makes trek to find a job

John Spieker stood on the back porch of his newly rented Bailey, Colorado, home, thankful for his Good Samaritan landlord and worried that his previous home, parked in the driveway, wouldn't get him to work the next day.

Usher goes from megastar to mentor at camp

Fans of Usher Raymond IV view him as a singing, dancing and acting superstar.

At Camp Twitch and Shout, Tourette kids can be themselves

For Brad Cohen, the barking and squealing noises he could not control began in the fifth grade.

3 kids at camp in Georgia get swine flu

Three children at a summer camp in northern Georgia have contracted swine flu and dozens more have been separated from other campers after showing signs of the flu, but all are recovering, authorities said Thursday.

From cool to just weird, collector has it all

If it's true that one man's junk is another man's treasure, welcome to the treasure chest of Andrew Novick. He's been collecting just about everything that has entered his life for the last 20 years, and now his objets d'junque have become a hit in the art world.

In a slump, camping comes into vogue

Susan Lanier has always enjoyed getting out of her urban home in Chicago, Illinois.

Great college basketball towns to visit

It's the season of brackets, beer and, of course, basketball.

Nebraska family missing nearly two weeks

A search will continue Thursday in the Black Hills of South Dakota for a Nebraska family that has been missing since March 20.

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