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Trucking firms edgy over rising diesel prices

Jun. 22, 2009
Last summer, as Americans strained to pay $4 for gasoline, truck drivers and other users of diesel fuel were paying nearly $5 per gallon to fill their tanks, and the price gap between the two fuels appeared to be widening. Not so anymore. Recently, the...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler