[NYTr] Gas Prices Up 5 Cents in 2 Weeks: Tops $3.00/gal

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AP - Oct 21, 2007
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Gas Prices Up 5 Cents in 2 Weeks

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) -- The national average price for gasoline rose
about 5 cents over the last two weeks, according to a survey released
Sunday.

The average price of regular gasoline on Friday was $2.80 a gallon,
mid-grade was $2.92, and premium was $3.03, oil industry analyst Trilby
Lundberg said.

The nation's lowest price was in Newark, N.J., where a gallon of
regular cost $2.56, on average. The highest was in San Francisco at
$3.17, according to the Lundberg Survey of 7,000 stations nationwide.