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Survey: US gas prices drop 15 cents over 2 weeks

Nationwide average price regular gasoline has dropped 15 cents over past two weeks. The national average price for gallregular gas

Nationwide, the average price of regular gasoline has dropped 15 cents over the past two weeks. The national average price for a gallon of regular gas is now at $3.48. File photo | AP

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Updated: June 25, 2012 3:49PM



CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped 15 cents over the past two weeks.

That’s according to the Lundberg Survey of fuel prices, released Sunday, which puts the price of a gallon of regular at $3.48.

Midgrade costs an average of $3.65 a gallon, and premium is at $3.77.

Diesel dropped 13 cents to $3.78 a gallon.

Of the cities surveyed in the lower 48 states, Jackson, Miss., has the nation’s lowest average price for gas at $3.03. San Francisco has the highest at $3.95.

In California, the lowest average price was $3.77 in Sacramento. The average statewide for a gallon of regular was $3.86, down 27 cents.





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