WASHINGTON (AP) -- With gasoline prices hovering at $4 a gallon nationally, many Americans are making tough choices: scaling back summer vacations, driving less or ditching the car altogether. Some seniors are choosing a tank of gas over their prescriptions....
Prices At Gas Pump Painful For 4 In 10 Americans
JENNIFER C. KERR and JENNIFER AGIESTA, Associated Press: Nation
Fri, 05/20/2011 - 4:19am
Sections: u.s.
Topics: driving energy gas gas prices gasoline oil oil prices
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