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Gas Prices Post Biggest Drop in Four Years — Dollars and Sense

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:45:56 +0000

Hurricane Sandy may have wreaked havoc on the Eastern seaboard, but its aftereffects are providing drivers all over the country with a bit of relief at the pump. According to the Lundberg Survey, which tracks gasoline prices nationally, on November 2 the average price of gas was $3.55 a gallon, down 20.75 cents from October [...]

Are Gas Prices On Their Way Back Down? — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:59 +0000

Gas prices have taken a wild ride this year — first we were told to expect record-breaking fuel costs, and then analysts backed down from that prediction.

Since then, prices have see-sawed back and forth, and now experts expect them to drop again.

Could Gas Prices Have Reached Their High Point?

Danny Gallagher — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:00:01 +0000

Gas prices have been a sour footnote in the public’s budget for awhile. However, there may actually be some hope in sight. The rise in prices at the pump may have skyrocketed in just a couple of months, but the price is actually starting to come back down. AAA reports that the average price fell [...]

Huge Blunder Drops Price at Gas Station to One Dollar Per Gallon — Dollars and Sense

Danny Gallagher — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:15:56 +0000

A lot of people are hurting these days because of the slow turn of the global economy. Few places are making them feel the pain of painfully slow growth more than the gas pump. But that doesn’t mean relief can’t unexpectedly happen. A Conoco gas station in Pasadena, Texas found itself with more than a [...]

Woman Accused of Stealing Gas 8 Times From Same Station

Amory Gritta — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:45:36 +0000

The high price of gas seems to have gotten to Karleena Kempf.

Police in Galesburg, Illinois arrested the 35-year-old woman Saturday on charges of stealing gas from the same service station on eight different occasions between May 19 and June 10.

Station Accidentally Sells Gas for Slightly More Than a Buck a Gallon

Amory Gritta — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:00:05 +0000

Who said gas prices are out of control?

The Torrance Daily Breeze reports a service station in Wilmington, California sold premium gas for the rock-bottom-it-must-be-1992 price of $1.10 a gallon for a four-hour period last Sunday. The gas was supposed to b

Foldable, Electric-Powered Bicycles [VIDEO]

Amory Gritta — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:10:10 +0000

If you've got $3,600 to spare and don't mind folks gawking at you from behind the wheel, it might be time to invest in a "YikeBike." Conceived as a faster and lighter alternative to the Segway, the YikeBike is a foldable electric bicycle that was ranked by Time Magazine as one of the best inventions of 2009.

It looks kind of like a unicycle with a training wheel, but its inventors say it could change the way we get around. What do you think — wacky invention or wave of the future?

CNN's full video story on the YikeBike is after the jump.