WASHINGTON — Motorists in Maryland are paying 2 cents less at the pump when compared with a week ago. AAA Mid-Atlantic said Friday in a weekly report that the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Maryland ...

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Average retail gasoline prices in Baltimore fell 8.1 cents per gallon in the past week, ahead of the national figure, though gas remains more expensive than the U.S. figure, gasoline price website GasBuddy.com reported. As of Sunday, gas in Baltimore ...

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(AP) Gas has dropped below $2 a gallon at a handful of stations in Oklahoma and Texas this week, a level that a price-watching group said Friday was the lowest in the nation and a bargain that’s proven irresistible to ...

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The price of oil rose slightly Monday amid alternating hope and uncertainty about the looming deadline for U.S. lawmakers to reach an agreement over the government’s borrowing limit and shutdown. Benchmark crude for November delivery rose 39 cents to close ...

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WASHINGTON — A measure of wholesale prices fell in March by the largest amount in 10 months, reflecting a big drop in gasoline prices. The producer price index fell 0.6 percent last month compared with February, the Labor Department said ...

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CAMARILLO — The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped about 7 cents over the past three weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices puts the average price for a gallon of regular at $3.41. Analyst Trilby ...

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NEW YORK — Gasoline prices likely won’t set any records this summer, thanks to a recent drop in the price of oil. The government on Tuesday slashed its forecast for average gas prices to $3.79 per gallon for the summer ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. job market slowed in March as companies hit the brakes on hiring amid uncertainty about the economy’s growth prospects. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work. The Labor Department said ...

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NEW YORK — It looks like Americans are starting to doubt that the economy in 2012 will be that much better than it was last year. Consumer confidence fell in January after two straight months of big gains as Americans ...

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WASHINGTON — Inflation may have peaked after surging in the spring. Americans paid less for gas, cars and computers last month as overall prices fell for the first time since June. The trend, if it can be sustained, will provide ...

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