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Anyone? well, that rapidly becoming the hot political issue in washington, because why not? it's a way for one party to blame the other for something probably neither party have much to do with, either than a lack of energy policy for 30 years in this country. republicans blaming the spike on president obama's energy policies. what exactly is our energy policy, by the way? and vowing to hold hearings. yes, we need hearings, on why prices are so high. meantime, nervous democrats are calling on the president to scramble and tap the country's strategic petroleum reserve. gas now is at $3.52 a gal...

Average price of a gallon of gas to $3.52. but u.s. officials are worried about far more than that. they're worried about a humanitarian crisis. as libyan warplanes bombard pro-democracy rebels, president obama is raising the prospect of military intervention. >> we've got nato, as we speak, consulting in brussels, around a wide range of potential options, including potential military options. >> reporter: no one's talking about an iraq-style ground invasion. >> no option has been removed from the table. but ground troops is not sort of top of the list at this point. >> reporter: one increasin...

Implement a no-fly zone over libya. we look into that. and president obama pledging to close gitmo, but that's not in his new plan just announced. and jennifer aniston sex tape it's worth a peek and then some. chris jansing is on vacation today. first off, breaking news for you right now in a gun fight in south st. louis where two u.s. marshals and a city police detective has been rushed to area hospitals. police say the shooting happened this morning in the 3100 block of osage. right now a house is surrounded while they try to figure out exactly what happened there. a man inside the home was ...

Help save on gas. >> you know, you got to drive a little slow too, sometimes. >> reporter: really? >> of course. you save. >> reporter: you do this? >> yeah, i do. >> reporter: the average cost of a gallon is now up to $3.52. here's who is getting paid. just $2.35 of that buys the oil and 39 cents goes to refining it. 31 cents pays for distribution and marketing, and 46 cents goes to uncle sam. we were surprised to see how wildly prices change from station to station. in west covina, california, this mobil station was selling gas at $4.89 a gallon, but across the street this shell station was ...

Rebel forces have been feeling the wrath of moammar gadhafi's air force. the opposition also continues to press for a no-fly zone to be imposed. but an international effort to do that is just getting under way. in his latest interview, gadhafi accused foreign media of intentionally twisting the facts about the fighting. as most of you know by now, the mess in libya has oil prices through the roof and that is forcing the costs we're paying at the pump higher as well. the average price per gallon is now $3.52. that's a new record for this time of year. that is up 39 cents per gallon in the pas...