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So much for $5 gasoline

Bob Collins May 16, 2012, 12:24 PM May 16, 2012

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Oil prices have hit the lowest level in the last six months. Just one question: What’s taking you> so long to get in step, gasoline prices?

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Tough talk on oil pipeline should have little effect

Bob Collins March 22, 2012, 12:32 PM Mar 22, 2012

If ever there was a presidential moment designed strictly for a campaign ad later in the year, this was it.

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Carless in Duluth

Bob Collins March 21, 2012, 11:11 AM Mar 21, 2012

If you can be carless in Duluth, you can be carless anywhere.

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In search of lower gasoline costs

Bob Collins March 12, 2012, 11:43 AM Mar 12, 2012

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At $3.69 a gallon yesterday, I finally filled up the official car of NewsCut after two weeks, thus ending an experiment in patience and safe driving.

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Minnesota getting break on gas price increases

Bob Collins March 5, 2012, 11:48 AM Mar 5, 2012

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Gas prices in Minnesota aren’t rising nearly as fast or predictably as the rest of the nation.

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Who weeps for the Hummer owner?

Bob Collins February 23, 2012, 2:33 PM Feb 23, 2012

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A congressman is upset because it costs him a lot of money to fill up his gas-guzzler.

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Higher gasoline prices vs. fewer nukes?

Bob Collins February 20, 2012, 10:33 AM Feb 20, 2012

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If you had to make a choice, which would you choose: Iran with nuclear weapons and us with lower gasoline prices or higher gasoline prices and a disarmed Iran?

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Why are gasoline prices rising?

Bob Collins February 15, 2012, 10:53 AM Feb 15, 2012

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Gasoline will hit $4 a gallon soon. Then what?

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Fracking pollutes, EPA discovers

Bob Collins December 8, 2011, 2:33 PM Dec 8, 2011

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In one corner: damage to water and the environment. In the other corner: jobs.

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North Dakota’s ‘boom’ from space

Bob Collins November 14, 2011, 1:21 PM Nov 14, 2011

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A ‘cool’ NASA video reveals a sobering look at North Dakota’s ‘boom’ area.

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The politics of oil

Bob Collins June 23, 2011, 11:32 AM Jun 23, 2011

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Gasoline prices have been falling lately — almost 50-cents a gallon — so it was a surprise today when the Energy Department announced its tapping the strategic petroleum supply in an effort to push the price of gasoline down.

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