(04-20) 14:48 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- The worst is over, for now. Gasoline prices are starting to fall. After a four-month surge pushed gasoline to nearly $4 per gallon in early April, drivers, politicians and economists...
After 4-month Surge, Gas Prices Start Falling
By CHRIS KAHN and SANDY SHORE, AP Energy Writers, San Francisco Chronicle: Business
Fri, 04/20/2012 - 4:48pm
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