<p>In this Dec. 13, 2012 file photo, Elizabeth Allen of Boulder, Colo., wears a "No Friggin' Frackin" sign while waiting for a public meeting to begin on the oil and gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," at the Boulder County Courthouse in Boulder, Colo.</p>
March 8, 2013
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March 8, 2013 8 p.m.
Illinois deal on fracking could be national model
CHICAGO - After years of clashing over the drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the oil industry and environmentalists have achieved something extraordinary in Illinois: They sat down together to draft regulations both sides could live with.