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    30 Shockingly Similar Photos Of The 2012 Midwestern Drought And 1930s Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl ravaged much of the American South and Midwest in the 1930s and caused severe ecological, agricultural and economic problems. This summer's drought in the American Midwest looks eerily similar.

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    CNN Money reports that the price of food rose 6% in the month of July according to the United Nations monthly Food Price index released today. Grain is the culprit, as the price of corn rose almost 23% in July.