State gas prices fell last week and reached an average of $2.52 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, down from last week’s price of $2.60 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Crude oil prices began trade this week with a gain following the news that Islamist rebel groups had ousted Syria’s President Bashar Assad and taken over the country in a blitzkrieg-style offensive that lasted less than a month.
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What is the environmental disaster called when oil spills into the ocean?