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Royal affair? it's early and we are on it. this is "cnn saturday morning." it's march 5th. i'm randi kaye. we start you off with the increasing cost that we are all paying at the pump, gas prices. filling up the tank is now taking a bigger bite out of family budgets across the country. the average price, $3.49. if you are paying less, you are lucky. one year ago we were paying $2.70 for the same gallon of gas. >> we are trying to recover economically in the united states. if we see gas prices rise the way they are doing now because of the high price of oil per barrel, then we are going to look...

1990s. who is the suspect and how police cracked the case. charlie sheen going on the road. is haiti ready for the star known as a public relations disaster? this is "cnn saturday morning," it's march 5th, i'm randi kaye. we start with the cost we are paying at the pump, gas prices. the average price for a gallon on unledded is $3.49. if you are paying less, consider yourself lucky. one year ago, we were paying $2.70 for the same gallon of gas. >> we are trying to recover economically. if we see gas prices rise the way they are now because of the cost of oil, we are going to look atmore mo...

Country. the average price for a gallon of of unleaded right now, $3.49. one year ago, we were paying $2.70 for that same gallon of gas. in parts of california, it's now $4.09 for a gallon. that's about $75 to fill up. there is some good news on the economy. new jobless numbers showed another drop in the unemployment rate. february's rate, 8.9%. the lowest we've seen in nearly two years. and in libya, we're hearing about the liberation of one city east of tripoli. ras lanuf. protesters there are declaring victory over forces loyal to moammar gadhafi. we are also watching other hot spots in...

United is tacking on 20 bucks for a round trip ticket. two months ago airline officials projected prices would only be $2.70 a gallon this year, but since then the mideast has exploded what this means is that we can nix any idea of cheap air travel this year. >> i don't think you'll be seeing the sales. >> beth is director of aol's travel section and says airfares are already up as much as $100 with no reduction in sight. >> what we are seeing when one airline has an increase, others are adding them and sticking. >> reporter: and the father is higher airfares will stick through the summer vaca...

It has been all about oil prices over the last week. if you watched oil prices last week they were up by $8 a barrel. at the same time the dow was up by 2%. it's been a direct inverse relationship. every time oil prices go up, the dow goes down. oil prices are stabilizing and even dropping. last check oil prices were down to $97 and 32 cents a barrel. it looks like the dow will open up by about 40 points. there are a lot of concerns about what this means at the pump. we know gasoline prices at the pump were up 4% last week. the national average was $3.37. last week it was $3.17. a year ago it ...