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MidNJ Champion Author New Jersey Posts:7,681 Points:1,196,340 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 11:31:53 PM Ignore MidNJ Report Abuse The price of regular gasoline on Long Island has climbed to more than $4 a gallon and could head higher, hitting pocketbooks already squeezed by higher payroll taxes and a cold, expensive season for heating oil. Prices could rise another 10 cents in the next week, an analyst said, as global demand pushes up crude oil prices, and as refineries that supply the region go through seasonal maintenance. A gallon of regular gasoline averaged $4.026 on the Island Tuesday, up 28.5 cents from a month earlier, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report. Prices are on their most sustained rise since the days following superstorm Sandy. Regular gas hit $4 a gallon here on Valentine's Day, and since then . . . Visit Newsday for full article

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The price of regular gasoline on Long Island has climbed to more than $4 a gallon and could head higher, hitting pocketbooks already squeezed by higher payroll taxes and a cold, expensive season for heating oil.

Prices could rise another 10 cents in the next week, an analyst said, as global demand pushes up crude oil prices, and as refineries that supply the region go through seasonal maintenance.

A gallon of regular gasoline averaged $4.026 on the Island Tuesday, up 28.5 cents from a month earlier, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report.

Prices are on their most sustained rise since the days following superstorm Sandy. Regular gas hit $4 a gallon here on Valentine's Day, and since then . . .
Visit Newsday for full article

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endymion All-Star Author New York Posts:964 Points:197,560 Joined:Nov 2012	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 4:11:10 PM Ignore endymion Report Abuse This article comes from Newsday, a paper any Junior High School would be proud of. Old news simplified then mixed with emotional language.
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