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>> hickenlooper says there will be a partnership with the federal government with some cost sharing. north of denver, the high park fire is burning near fort collins. 257 homes and 87,000 acres have been destroyed. more than a dozen vacation spots are closed. there is concern over colorado i'lcolorado's $5 billion tourist industry. some of the rafting companies that would normally run trips along the river are helping firefighters get across the inaccessible areas for mop-up operation. on top of this, there is a primary today. some of the people who had to be evacuated had to go get new mail-i...

Nationwide at about 3.94 a gallon. on the east coast, those prices are down to 3.64 today. a full 30 cents less than that april 6th peak and 15 cents less than memorial day last year. for the folks on the west coast, they didn't see that decline after april 6th. in fact, their prices continued to raise and only last week did they start to drop. we saw them plateau and last week, they started to drop in california for example. gas prices today are five cents less than they were a week ago, but in total, they're 60 cents higher than their friends and neighbors on the east coast. >> for everybody...

Today touring a couple of oil rigs and also an oil platform. we'll be getting on one of those helicopters you see behind me in about an hour and going off into the deep water of the gulf. this is not for our benefit sadly. this is for a congressional delegation led by a louisiana republican. and he's going to be leading house majority leader eric cantor on this tour of the rig and also the platform to see how our oil is produced in this country. they call themselves part of heat, the house energy action team and clearly, their goal is to turn up the heat on president obama and other democrats ...

Process. majority leader believes he has a winning argument come november because of the spike in gas prices earlier in year. they have dropped 26 cents per gallon from the peak of $3.94. the obama administration argues since the moratorium following the gulf spill, production is back to prespill levels. permitted the drilling operation, 61 in deep water. environmental groups here in the gulf are not happy with mr. obama and they are blasting the republicans for their call for less regulation, two years after nearly 5 million-barrels of oil spilled de stating the region. >> the fact that a del...

Swedish researchers found that people who had long commutes were more likely to divorce, to experience neck pain and also loneliness. >> so pretty much staying in your car for long period of times is bad for you. >> yes, bottom line. >> maybe this will reduce stress for folks. gas prices down for the fifth weekend in a row. >> that's the good news. the current average for a gallon of regular is $3.76. gasoline prices falling for the fifth consecutive week as fears have kind of eased. a month ago, sitting at $3.93 when all the fears about $4 and even $5 were rife. a year ago, we were at $3.97. ...