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AAA: Retail Gasoline Prices Jump, Could Hit $2.50 Avg

NEW YORK – U.S. self-serve gasoline prices rose sharply in the first week of 2006 and could hit $2.50 a gallon in the next few weeks as the cost of crude oil climbs, according to AAA, the nation’s largest organization for motorists. The nationwide average price forself-serve regular gasoline now …

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Christmas Shoppers Give Retailers Largest Sales Boost in Four Months

Consumers battered by a multitude of economic woes came roaring back in November, pushing retail sales up by the largest amount in four months. The nation’s retailers saw sales rise by 1 percent last month, following three straight months of lackluster performance. Sales were flat in August and had fallen …

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Mexican Authorities Arrest Leader of Oaxaca Protests

MEXICO CITY – Mexican police arrested the symbolic leader of a six-month-long protest movement that took over southern Oaxaca city, hours after he gave a news conference saying he had come to the capital to start talks with the government. Flavio Sosa, whose heavyset, bearded presence became an emblem of …

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