When Jay Ricker, owner of the BP gas station off Interstate 70 in Plainfield, Ind., set the price of unleaded gasoline at $3.44 per gallon on Monday of last week, it was 4 cents higher than the Friday before. That ...

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WASHINGTON — Members of Congress sharply questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Wednesday over whether the Fed’s policies are raising the risk of rising inflation in the months ahead. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said he is concerned ...

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Progressive groups and legislators are aiming to raise state taxes on millionaires, corporations, liquor, gasoline and a broad array of consumer services, as well as boosting the state minimum wage to $10 an hour to help protect government services and ...

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FREDERICK — Police in Frederick say they have charged a local man with attempted arson and 13 counts of reckless endangerment for pouring about two gallons of gasoline inside an apartment building. They say 32-year-old Demetrius Beynum had been in ...

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Getting home for the holidays could involve paying the year’s highest price for gasoline. The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline on Monday was just 3 cents shy $2.92 a gallon, the high set back in May. ...

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NEW YORK — A two-week rally in oil prices was put on hold Friday on concerns that China would take steps to cool off its economy. China, the largest energy consumer in the world, is expected to increase oil consumption ...

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A trial in the second mass-action lawsuit stemming from a major 2006 gasoline leak at a Jacksonville gas station, set for early next month, has been postponed. Theodore M. Flerlage Jr., the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs, said the start ...

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Gasoline pump prices continued to fall on Monday, offering a bright spot for drivers watching their wallets in the uncertain economy. The average retail price for a gallon of unleaded regular was $2.708 a gallon Monday, according to AAA, Wright ...

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