1. Bakken oil boom spreads to Montana as demand increases for commercial property in Billings.

3. Millions of patients are skipping their primary care doctors, and instead choosing faster, cheaper retail clinics.

4. Stuart Anderson: Analysis of new data obtained from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reveals the agency has dramatically increased denials of L-1 and H-1B petitions over the past four years, harming the competitiveness of U.S. employers and encouraging companies to keep more jobs and resources outside the United States.

5. MIT offers free independent study course in Microeconomics, with video lectures, multiple-choice quizzes, problem sets and exams.