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The average one month ago was $3.84. this time a year ago, the national average was $2.83. with gas prices so high, the allure of the electric car is steadily growing. right now, the two main contenders among the first mass market commercially available electric cars are the chevy volt and the nissan leaf. how is the transition going? i'm joined by a science reporter for "usa today." good morning, elizabeth. >> good morning. >> are you right as electric cars become more popular we'll have to start thinking of them as cell phones and less like hungry children. what do you mean by that? >> wel...

Just shy of 11,000 mark. s and p 900 gained nine and a third. oil and gasoline had hit 18 month highs. crude futures up $1.75 closing at $86.62 a barrel. gas averaging $2.83 per gallon up three cents from last week. nine cents from a month ago. >> on the road to recovery big gains in one important measurement of an important part of the economy. fox business correspondent jerry willis looks at the numbers. >> reporter: a key gauge of the housing market is looking up. pending home sales rose in february fueling to jump the home buyers tax credit. across the country mid west had the best perform...

Just shy of 11,000 mark. s and p 900 gained nine and a third. oil and gasoline had hit 18 month highs. crude futures up $1.75 closing at $86.62 a barrel. gas averaging $2.83 per gallon up three cents from last week. nine cents from a month ago. >> on the road to recovery big gains in one important measurement of an important part of the economy. fox business correspondent jerry willis looks at the numbers. >> reporter: a key gauge of the housing market is looking up. pending home sales rose in february fueling to jump the home buyers tax credit. across the country mid west had the best perform...

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Information as we get it into the newsroom. moving on here it is of course the season for traveling. more than 92 million people will be heading out to a holiday destination over the next week or so. tom costello covers transportation for nbc news. he's in bethesda, maryland, with more. tom, good morning. >> good morning. the 92 million americans who are traveling over this holiday break, 85 million, the vast majority are going by car. nationwide gas is averaging about $3 a gallon, 40 cents more than a year ago and the most expensive gas in the country will be on the coast aside from hawaii an...