Gas Prices Soar as Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plummets
"In another blow to the U.S. economy, prices at the pump soared to fresh record highs. The national average price for regular gasoline climbed more than four cents on Tuesday to $4.37 a gallon...that takes out the prior record of $4.33 set on March 11," reports CNN. In California, the average price for gas is $5.84. It's $4.69 in Illinois, and $4.57 in New York State. As CNN notes: