USATODAY: Gas prices jump to record high of $2.61 a gallon (good pic)

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This service center in Fort Payne, Ala., took the guesswork out of rising gas prices Wednesday.

Gas prices jump to record high of $2.61 a gallon
Posted 8/22/2005 5:01 PM
Updated 8/22/2005 11:32 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Retail gasoline prices hit a record nationwide average of $2.61 a gallon last week as the effects of high crude oil prices trickled down to the pump, the U.S. government said Monday.

The national average pump price for regular unleaded gasoline rose 6.2 cents, according to a weekly survey of more than 800 service stations by the Energy Information Administration.

That's on top of an 18.2-cent increase the previous week, which was the biggest weekly jump since the agency started reporting weekly retail prices in August 1990.

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