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Excluding food and gasoline the core index increased by a tenth of a point. gasoline rose by another .3 of a cent overnight. the national average is now $3.815 a gallon we round up to $3.82. there was another big jump in crude oil prices today. may futures gained $1.55 to close at $109.66 a barrel. the government investigator says the i.r.s. has paid more than a half billion dollars in home buyer tax credits to people who probably did not qualify. 326 million went to 47,000 people who did not meet the definition of first-time home buyers. other credits went to prison inmates. taxpayers younger...

Tenth of a point. gasoline rose by another .3 of a cent overnight. the national average is now $3.815 a gallon we round up to $3.82. there was another big jump in crude oil prices today. may futures gained $1.55 to close at $109.66 a barrel. the government investigator says the i.r.s. has paid more than a half billion dollars in home buyer tax credits to people who probably did not qualify. 326 million went to 47,000 people who did not meet the definition of first-time home buyers. other credits went to prison inmates. taxpayers younger than 18. people who did not actually buy homes. the i.r.s...