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Article: Gas prices surge 14 cents in a week
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- October 27, 2009
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Motorists who filled their tanks at local gas stations last week
might have been shocked to see their totals rise well above what
they were paying earlier in the month.
As of yesterday, gas prices for the Baltimore metropolitan area,
which includes Anne Arundel County, were about $2.58 per gallon of
regular unleaded fuel.
That's a 14-cent increase from the average for a gallon just one
week before.
Across the nation, it's a similar story. The average price per
gallon nationwide yesterday, at $2.67, was a bit higher than in this
region, and was 12 cents above last week's $2.55 per gallon.
AAA Mid-Atlantic, a consumer auto club for Maryland, Washington,
D.C., Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware ...