June 9, 2008

Rural U.S. Takes Worst Hit as Gas Tops $4 Average

TCHULA, Miss. — Gasoline prices reached a national average of $4 a
gallon for the first time over the weekend, adding more strain to
motorists across the country.
But the pain is not being felt uniformly. Across broad swaths of the
South, Southwest and the upper Great Plains, the combination of low
incomes, high gas prices and heavy dependence on [...]