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>> like $4.50. >> gas prices jumped over 3 cents this weekend and 1.5 cents since yesterday. the national average now at $3.97 a gallon. the chief analyst of the oil price information service says we are absolutely hitting $4 a gallon nationally this week. 12 states already there and washington, d.c., as you can see on the map there, connecticut, michigan and rhode island, for example, and closing in on $4 in another 11 states, massachusetts and maryland, new hampshire, nevada, et cetera. we've seen gas peak just before memorial day weekend. this is the start of the summer driving season. and ...

Week's severe weather outbreak stands at 356 across the south. >> analysts predicts gas will average $4 by the end of this week. it's already at $3.97 a gallon, according to aaa. last week's tornadoes across the south knocked several gulf coast refineries off line. in arkansas, a national guard helicopter rescued six missing boy scouts, and their troop leaders. the scouts had been hiking along the little missouri river, and hadn't been heard from for days. it turns out the rising river blocked their path out of a wilderness area. here's a rundown of some of the stories we're covering over ...

Factory orders up 3%. the fifth consecutive monthly increase. stocks were mixed. dow was up a fraction of the point. s&p 500 was down five. nasdaq lost 22-1/2. the price of gasoline rose a penny-and-a-half overnight. national average is now $3.97 a gallon. crude oil dropped almost $2.50 a barrel. closing at $111.05. everybody complain about taxes but it turns out ever-shrinking percent of people pays any income tax at all. chief washington correspondent jim angle explains. >> reporter: many politicians including president obama argue wealthy should pay more of their income in taxes. >> article...

Paying $3.97 a gallon on average, 32 cents higher than a month ago and compared to a year ago, we're taking $1.07 more to fill her up. i bet a lot of people aren't filling up now because of the cost. nasa says the earliest the space shuttle "endeavour" can lift off is tuesday because of technical problems. they're working to repair a failed switch box in the engine compartment. the last flight is being led by the husband of gabrielle giffords, mark kelly. a spokesman says she will return to florida for the second try of the shuttle. sony says it detekd a second security breach in its plays...

Stock market. stocks went up. it didn't last. >> why not? >> it was very brief. very brief. >> why not? >> sooner or later, you have to come back to the hard reality of money. does this event, the killing of ubl, does it really make a long-term change to america's economic fundamental is, remember over the weekend, the price of gas went up another $0.05 a gallon. that's reality staring you in the face. stocks went down at the end of the day. the dollar was down a bit and the stock market will go down again today. look at that $3.97 is what you're looking at as the average price of gas. that's ...