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John Wayne on a little motorcycle
The cost of owning and operating a vehicle keeps going up. It’s news, I suppose, but not news that will surprise you. And I’m guessing it’s not news that will change a whole lot of habits. Some, yes....
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The Family Gasoline Bill: Scarcity trumps efficiency
(Photo: Diyan Nenov / Flickr) Americans spend a relatively small part of their income on gasoline. But it’s unlikely to get any smaller. It was just a bit less than 4 percent of income before taxes in...
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The cost of gasoline: Them and us
(Photo: Bloomberg) Now this is a fun table to play with. I’m all for this sort of interactivity if I know how to work it and it is not built solely for software developers, MBAs and chess champions....
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Your Swine Airlines flight is ready for departure
This is a fact: Gas taxes go up. All across the country they go up. Despite what you might think from listening to Washington politicians, they do go up. This week they go up. And they go up for a...
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Will the plunge in crude oil prices kill the fracking boom?
An oil rig is shown on near Williston, North Dakota. Oil extraction discoveries have led to rapid industrial development and job creation in the area. Tom Reichner / Shutterstock.com For the last few...
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Falling oil prices could slow Texas construction industry
A ConocoPhillips oil drilling rig in the Eagle Ford Shale. Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has already taken a hit from falling oil prices and a new report from the Washington Post...
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Oil supply to keep gas prices low through the summer
Gas prices are projected to be more than a dollar per gallon lower this summer than during the summer of 2014, the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicted Wednesday. Basing the projection on a...
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More drivers to hit the roads this holiday despite higher gas prices
AAA is predicting this holiday season’s travel volume will be one for the record books, with a 3.1 percent increase compared to last holiday season. In all, 107.3 million Americans will travel between...
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Rising traffic fatalities in Maine prompt new safety plan
Due to an increase in traffic fatalities, the Maine Department of Transportation has released a new Strategic Highway Safety Plan. The plan sets out focus areas, such as lane departure, speeding,...
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Higher gas prices won’t keep near-record number of Americans from Memorial...
More than 41.5 million Americans will travel this Memorial Day weekend, nearly 5 percent more than last year and the most in more than a dozen years, according to AAA. Delays on major roads could be...
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