Unprecedented: Gas hits $4 national average (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 06/08/2008 - 10:34pm

New York resident Austin Rommett fills his scooter with fuel at a gas station in New York on Sunday, June 8, 2008.<br /><br />The average price of regular gas crept up to $4 a gallon for the first time over the weekend, passing the once-unthinkable milestone just in time for the peak summer travel season.<br /><br />Prices at the pump are expected to keep climbing, especially after last week's furious surge in oil prices, which neared $140 a barrel in a record-shattering rally Friday.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Patrick Sison)AP - The average price of regular gas crept up to $4 a gallon for the first time over the weekend, passing the once-unthinkable milestone just in time for the peak summer travel season.



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