GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE IN UNITED STATES

Lawmakers under the dome of the United States Capitol building (L) scramble to ease the gas-price pain with legislative proposals as prices continue to rise at an Exxon Station in Washington on April 27, 2006. Ezzon reported more than $8 billion in first quarter profit, the fifth highest quarterly profit for any public company in history. (UPI Photo/Pat Benic)