Price of gas is now 53 cents cheaper than a month ago. The National Average is 2. 24 a gallon. Down almost 9. 5 cents since last week. That steady decline could change. Many states are raising gas taxes, including areas that the highest prices in the country. So whats certainly not plunging is price of prescription drugs and not just the brand name drugs either. Generic drugs which used to be a nobrainer for patients looking to save some cash are becoming less and less of a barring ain. Heres abcs Rebecca Jarvis. Reporter brother and sister glen and beth ran this small pharmacy in new york for the last decade. The sign used to be up there. Another little gold sign that says rx. Reporter but its out of business. Cost of drugs are skyrocketing. Especially jenner ics. Reporter shutting its doors last year they largely blame the skyrocketing cost of some of their most popular generic drugs and say insurer reimbursements havent kept up with the pace of soaring costs. It goes from 20 bucks t
Becomes a real prisoner of the government as she serves her sentence for fraud. Those are just some of our top stories on this monday, january 5th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to we begin with the latest on the little girl who survived a deadly plane crash. Funeral services will be held friday for sailor gutzlers parents and sister and cousin who died in the crash. Gloria riviera has more. Reporter as the National Transportation safety board works to salvage the wreckage from a plane crash that killed four people they are trying to figure out how a 7yearold survived. Shes one remarkable young lady. Reporter sailor gutzelr pulled herself out of the smashed upside don plane. The second grader bloodied with broken bones braved the 38degree weather to find help. She first tried to light a branch in a small fire from the plane but it didnt work. Sailor set out barefoot wandering in total darkness. She actually probably went the best route she could have gon
Just 59 in los angeles. Highs in chicago and detroit will be right around the freezing mark. And the northeast will be in the upper 30s before arm hits later in the weekend. Starbucks is adding a new item to its coffee menu. The flat white. Its been available in the uk and australia for years. Coffee lovers here in the u. S. Cant seem to agree on exactly what a flat white is. Most of them call it a cappuccino variant but instead of the flavorless airy foam it has a dense foam that is mixed evenly through the drink. I saw this when i was on assignment in london in august. I didnt know what it was. I was asking them and they couldnt quite explain it. A lot of baristas dont really know how to make it. That may be why they werent able to explain it. Some say its not a cappuccino but just a small latte. A small latte. And its all about theres a caramelized layer of coffee that rises to the top of the foam. That sounds complicated. Apparently you can get it starting next week. Our hats off t
Spot as the nations Busiest Airport for flight operations. The faa says 9 00,000 flights took off from or landed at ohare last year. Slightly more than harts field jackson in atlanta which held first place in 2013. Thats always a busy airport isnt it . I love that airport, though. Used to live there. Very familiar with it. We turn to ohare it is pretty cold there right now so lets head somewhere else instead. West palm beach, florida, sound good . Yeah. A luxury condo building is going up and promises to have the latest Green Technology when it is done in a year. To continue the green them they are offering buyers a new tesla electric car if they buy one of the units. The units start at 2. 3 million. The tesla model s that you get starts at 70 grand. No small dollars here but still thats a nice incentive. Free car by buying a condo. I would consider that. You would be charging tesla charging station for customers. That is awesome. That aint bad. Take your 2. 3 over and ill take the car
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