AAA: Labor Day travel expected to decline (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sat, 08/30/2008 - 11:26pm

Cars line up for gas as a tanker truck driver fills the station underground tanks in Troutdale, Ore., Friday, Aug. 29, 2008.<br /><br />Retail gas prices swung higher Friday — the first increase in 43 days — as analysts warned that a direct hit on U.S. energy infrastructure by Tropical Storm Gustav could send pump prices hurtling toward $5 a gallon.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Don Ryan)AP - Falling gas prices might not be enough to entice people to travel this Labor Day weekend, with some keeping a wary eye on dangerous Hurricane Gustav, which is threatening the Gulf Coast.




 

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