Will Oil Save Main Street?

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If TransCanada builds the Keystone XL pipeline, it could be an economic shot in the arm for these small towns in eastern Montana.

Image: The Corner Bar sits at an intersection of Main Street in Circle, Mont.

The Corner Bar sits at an intersection of Main Street in Circle, MT. There are no windows on the bar, but these days there is also less and less of a view. Circle has lost about half of its population since the 1960s, and across the street from the Corner Bar, weeds grow through the floor of an abandoned hotel. Jim Seida / NBC News

July 1, 2014, 9:27 AM EDT / Updated June 30, 2014, 1:47 PM EDT

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