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July 28, 2008

Well, cheaper than it was at its all-time high earlier this month. AAA says the average cost of a gallon of gas in Washington dropped by 12 cents since July 6th. While that sounds great on the surface, don't get too excited...even the cheaper gallon of gas in Washington costs 27 cents more than the national average. The most expensive gallon of gas in Washington can be found in Bellingham ($4.27 per gallon), while the......

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June 30, 2008

Expect to be shelling out more of this for just about everything. Photo courtesy of Seattlest Flickr Contributor Culinary Fool Everything! We wrote that to be glib, but then realized it's painfully true. Every day that passes, the prices seem to rise on everything imaginable—from groceries to gasoline. The cost is only going up. At midnight tonight, when a slew of new Washington laws go into effect, we can add several new items to......

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June 23, 2008

"Two Pumps" by M.V. Jantzen While it is no angry doctor with a tire-iron, we expect to see a lot more reports like this in the coming months and years. From the Seattle P-I: "Woman responds to expensive gas with her fists." To sum up, on Sunday a Seattle area woman became violent at a First Hill gas station, because she was convinced the clerk had stiffed her a dollar of gas. (Based on AAA's......

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June 11, 2008

"71" by the talented Tim Willis With the ever-increasing cost of gas, the Seattle P-I seems to have taken an extra keen interest in public transit. A quick perusal of the local news on the P-I's site found more stories about taking the bus than any other topic in the local news. It sounds like an exaggeration, but these were all headlines for different stories, from the same day. * Bus Trip Planning Can Take......

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June 9, 2008

Welcome to our world, rest of the country... Surprising no driver, the AP reported yesterday that the average cost of a gallon of gas in the U.S. has surpassed four dollars. This is the first time the average cost of a gallon of gas has topped four dollars in the States. And we're sorry to inform the rest of you, it does not just plateau at four dollars. Oh no, we paid $4.27 a......

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April 21, 2008

The average cost of gas in Washington State has hit another record high. According to AAA, the average cost for a gallon of gas in Washington is $3.64. That's 14 cents higher than the national average and 50 cents more than what it cost a year ago to fill up. In the last month alone, the cost of gas in Washington has climbed an additional 13 cents per gallon. Another great photo from Seattlest......

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