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Weekend say they are going to be visiting friends and family. they are going to be travelogue average about 600 miles to do it. one of the good bits of news about traveling over this weekend is the fact that the price of gas is quite reasonable. you can recall two years ago it was over $4 a gallon where as today it's standing steady at about $2.73 or $2.75. unless you live in chicago which seems to have the highest prices where it's about $2.90. good news for travelers. they have good sunny weather throughout the midwest and traffic is moving smoothly. don't forget to pack your sunscreen where...

To be released next thursday. even as gas prices go up, gas demand was up last week. prices continue to fall at the pump. demand rose 1.4% while the national average for the price of gas droppeded a penny to $2.75 a gallon. that's it from cnbc. chris, back to you. >> lots of developments today. let's get you up to speed on the oil spill in the gulf. a bolt of lightning ignited a fire that halted containment efforts in another set back for the embattled company and what is now a near two-month struggle to stop the spill. the fire was quickly extingui extinguished, no one was hurt. bp says it ho...

Gas prices could get ugly. we've already seen the national average climb ten cents a gallon over the last couple of weeks. right now they're hovering around $2.75 a gallon. there's talk prices could shoot up to $3.50 a gallon by memorial day. let's get a closer look from chief business correspondent ali velshi in the "cnn newsroom." the barrel is back. >> it moves around the newsroom. i have not had an occasion to bring the barrel out until today, kyra, partially because there's stuff i want to tell you about with the price of oil and partially because you and i have more fun than most people....

U.s.-led invasion. president obama praised the performance of iraqi troops. earlier i spoke with general ray odierno, the commanding general of the multinational force in iraq and asked whether iraqi forces are capable of keeping the peace once u.s. soldiers withdr withdraw. >> i think over time we've been naturally moving towards this point. iraqis have been taking more and more control for security. i think over the next several months we'll draw down to 50,000. we'll end combat operations, go to a train and advise mission, and i think they are ready to do that and i think the election and t...

Getting interesting. we'll have that story for you. americans are shelling out more at the pump, the glaj price of gallon for gas, 2.75. that is up nearly 10 cents over the last couple of weeks. analysts say the price jump has less to do with demand, actually, and more to do with friday's better than expected unemployment numbers. bill: i'm just checking this thing over here. dow is up 17 points. not bad. banks in florida have a new plan to deal with the housing crisis. it's called the shell sale. basically they offload partially built homes at a fraction of the price. orlando salinas li...