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Today how does it look? >> reporter: today, it's much calmer as far as the oil market goes. oil settling just under $98 a barrel after, as you said, touching $103 during the trade. things are easing because worries of supply disruptions in libya are fading, and the oil facilities there are up and running and appear to be operating normally. it's also why stocks ended higher today as well. brooke. >> so, alison, if the prices don't jump say today, does that mean that gas prices will hold steady, or not necessarily? >> reporter: no such luck. i'll tell you what. the gas prices are still catching...

The impact of surging oil prices is being felt at gas pumps across the country right now. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and other top stories in "the situation room." what's going on, lisa? >> well, the average price of gas jumped six cents to $3.29. aaa reports that it is the third day in a row that prices have risen, bringing the national average to its highest level since october of 2008. and searchers are looking for hundreds of people in the aftermath of this week's devastating earthquake in christchurch, new zealand. more than 200 people are still missing. many are feared dead. the 6...

The value of the dollar goes up as tensions around the world rise. but something unusual happened this week. despite the chaos, the good old american greenback took a good old american beating. "wall street journal" senior writer steve moore is here with this story. steve, why did this happen? >> great to be with you. i think the explanation is what we've been observing ben bernanke doing they've been printing so much money. it's quantitative easing. the fed is pumping dollars and printing dollars into the u.s. economy. when that happens, what happens to the value of the dollar? it falls. i be...

>> reporter: we asked her to show us the deals you can snag at drugstores. >> this is actually cheaper than our local grocery store. >> reporter: we compared the prices she found at the drugstore to the local grocery store. first up, kellogg cereal. grocery store price, $3.29. cvs price, $1.79, a savings of $1.50. maxwell house coffee, grocery store price, $7.99. cvs price, $5.99. a $2 savings. at walgreens she finds more killer drugstore deals. a 32-ounce container of honey. grocery store price, $7.19. walgreens' price, $3.99. savings, $3.20. >> i think they're pleasantly surprised we have gr...

>> reporter: we asked her to show us the deals you can snag at drugstores. >> this is actually cheaper than our local grocery store. >> reporter: we compared the prices she found at the drugstore to the local grocery store. first up, kellogg cereal. grocery store price, $3.29. cvs price, $1.79, a savings of $1.50. maxwell house coffee, grocery store price, $7.99. cvs price, $5.99. a $2 savings. at walgreens she finds more killer drugstore deals. a 32-ounce container of honey. grocery store price, $7.19. walgreens' price, $3.99. savings, $3.20. >> i think they're pleasantly surprised we have gr...