price of gasoline

Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill Monday to pick up where they left off in their bitter fight over energy legislation -- whether to allow more off-shore oil drilling to help relieve the sky-high price of gasoline that is hurting the economy and infuriating voters.

Hurricane Gustav is blamed for causing the average retail price of gasoline in Texas to jump 7 cents this week.

The average retail price of gasoline in Texas and Austin tumbled nine cents this week.

Another penny came off the national average price of gasoline Saturday, the 30th straight daily decline, bringing the total drop in the period to more than 35 cents a gallon.

When National Public Radio broadcast producers need a quirky song about the price of gasoline or the anniversary of Sputnik's launch, the radio network's music librarian is responsible for finding the perfect track somewhere among the tens of thousands of CDs in their collection.

The high price of gasoline is fueling a new fleet of social network startups in ridesharing. They're trying to leverage social networks and the ease of technology to make it easier for people to carpool.

But some analysts say it will take more than $4-a-gallon gas to get social network carpools firing on all cylinders.

The average price of gasoline rose nearly 10 cents over the past two weeks, according to a survey released Sunday.

How do you attract non-stop customers all day long, create long lines and traffic jams? Simple. Just cut the price of gasoline by 11 cents a gallon to $3.76.

The average price of gasoline in Texas held steady this week. AAA Texas on Friday reported the statewide average for self-serve regular was $3.93 per gallon.

The average price of gasoline has jumped another 17 cents a gallon in the past two weeks to a record-breaking $3.79 a gallon for self-serve regular, according to a national survey released Sunday.