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Article: The Biggest Jump at the Pump; 18-Cent Weekly Hike Sets 15-Year Record
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- August 16, 2005
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Motorists pulling up to the pump at the Cardinal Plaza Shell
station in Springfield got a price shock several times last week. On
Tuesday, the station owner bumped the price of a gallon of regular up
3 cents; on Wednesday, he nudged it 4 more cents. On Friday, he got
bolder: His price jumped 23 cents.
The steady increases in Springfield -- and across the nation --
pushed up the average price of a gallon of gas by 18 cents in the
past week, the biggest one-week jump since the Energy Department
began compiling the data 15 years ago. The average national price of
a gallon of regular was $2.55 yesterday, up 36 percent over a year
ago.
"I'm just sick of it," said Stuart Kass of Bethesda after ...
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