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US gas prices up 8 cents over past 2 weeks
Gasoline prices in Southern California continue dropping. The average price for a gallon of self-serve regular in L.A. county Friday is $3.89. In Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties the average price has fallen to $3.86 for regular. (Photo: Gas prices Friday, May 3, 2013 at a Newport Beach, Calif. Chevron station).
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The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped eight cents over the past two weeks.
The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.67. Midgrade costs an average of $3.85 a gallon, and premium is $3.99.
Diesel was up four cents at $3.93 gallon.
Of the cities surveyed in the Lower 48 states, Charleston, S.C., has the nation's lowest average price for gas at $3.34. Chicago has the highest at $4.10.
In California, the lowest average price was $3.83 in Sacramento. The highest was in Los Angeles at $4.04. The average statewide for a gallon of regular was $3.97, an increase of two cents.
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