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Shootout in the Southwest

1:38 PM PST 3/10/2011 by William Herbe

America’s desert states are being pitted against one another in an ugly incentives showdown. Which one is winning over Hollywood?

The fight for Hollywood cash in the American Southwest has turned into the industry’s dirtiest turf war. Here, state reps come clean about their incentives program — or lack thereof — and whether their 2011 slates are expected to be heavy on big business or tumbleweeds.

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