State of Play: $4
Bad news for drivers is at every turn on major media Web sites. If the headlines aren’t enough to make you wince, most of the stories include disturbing photos of stations with painfully high prices. The Washington Post and MSNBC used an AP photo of a California gas station where regular unleaded is selling for $4.99 per gallon. Ouch.
Gasoline Hits Average of $4 a Gallon (Wall Street Journal)
Unprecedented: Gas hits $4 national average (Washington Post)
$4-a-gallon gas driving economic crisis (Chicago Tribune)
New Reality: $4 A Gallon At The Pump (CBS News)
Average cost of gas nationwide hits $4 (MSNBC)
Rural U.S. Takes Worst Hit as Gas Tops $4 Average (New York Times)