mississippi, 3.01, alabama in third cheap eats 3.06 a gallon. the priciest and usually so is hawaii. gas averages 4.18. alaska prices in at 4.01 now. california right hind at 3.91. now to the summer spoiler, the atlantic.com calls washington, d.c. the absolute worst city in the country in the summer, citing sprawling plazas and endless city blocks offering little shelter from intense heat. new york city is called the summer s smelliest thanks to overflowing trash containers which grow even smellier as the heat soars. and finland, where theity math trim mony y all bond is a burden, the annual wife carrying championship games, the key to wing, a small wife. the fourth straight year the winning couple was from finland. kelly clarkson s stronger become the top-selling single by
network is captured. he is responsible for coordinating attacks. news of the capture comes one day after a drone trike took all al-awlaki in yemen. president obama is demanding congress pass a job package. there is new regulations that will hinder job relations. more on these and the rest of the top stories coming up in the top of the hour. i hope you will join us. did you see this? the average rate for a 30 year fixed mortage 4.01 percent.
average rate on a 30-year fixed is 4.01%. that s the lowest level since the agency started keeping track in 1971. there is word the solar panel company that went bankrupt after it got a government loan was making some extravagant purchases just before things imploded. the details on that just ahead. plus a lesson in how not to catch a foul ball. see this whole thing straight ahead our insurance company doesn t have anything like it. magnificent, isn t it? with progressive, it s easy to cover all of your favorite rides. progressive has truck insurance? number one in truck and motorcycle. is that a golf cart? yep. we0also cover rvs, boats, atvs. anything0else i can help you with? can i take a ride? you need a ticket i m first! and that s by the water slide. okay. no(running. oh, dear. save on all your rides. now, that s progressive. call or click today. i m ready. let s do this! i m so ready.
and just one last note. since 1984, i did a little digging here. since 1984, there have been a thousand illnesses reported from cantaloupe. thank you so much. tyson foods is recalling more than 130,000 pounds of brown beef after an e. coli outbreak in on owe. four children became sick after eating the meat earlier this month. the affected products include kroger and butcher s brand ground beef. it has a user freeze by date of september 12. check your freezer and return any of the products for a refund. we just got this in. boy, if you want to refinance your mortgage, take a listen to this. fixed price mortgage rates have fallen to historic lows for the fourth straight week. freddie mac says the average on a 30-year fixed is now 4.01%. the lowest rate since 1951.
1% pace. and then as you mentioned, we also got some pretty good news in terms of fixed mortgage rates which are falling to historic new lows for a fourth straight week and people are saying they would like it to fall further. average on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 4.01% this week. it is all feeding into the new usa today survey of money managers. saying that 80% do not expect a double dip recession. really begs the question whether or not the market falls or volatility we have been seeing since april may be overdone. let s talk about reebok. so many women bought these shoes but now the company is going to pay $25 million to settle their unsupported claims that easy tone sneakers essentially firm you up and, i guess, the government says not so much. yeah. federal trade commission announced that settlement with reebok over what it said were unsubstantiated claims about the so-called exercise benefits of