trial in the brutal murder of her boyfriend. defense attorneys tried to quit after the judge rejected their motion for a mistrial. a character witness for arias, withdrew from testifying, saying her life was being threatened. an ex-boyfriend of arias was also supposed to testify on her behalf, but the defense now says only arias will speak. well, with memorial day weekend approaching, drivers can expect higher gas prices. average price a gallon is $3.67. up seven cents from just a week ago. minnesota drivers are paying the most $4.28 gallon. prices there jumped 44 cents in the past week due to refinery problems. a giant volcano that rumbled to life in alaska last week is interrupting air traffic. some regional flights were canceled after plumes of ash shot from mt. pavlov shot more than 20,000 feet into the air. so far international flights have not been affected. the first dreamliner jet to take flight in the u.s. flew to chicago without a hitch. the united airlines 787 flight f
jodi arias expected to address a phoenix jury today in the death penalty phase of her trial in the brutal murder of her boyfriend. defense attorneys tried to quit after the judge rejected their motion for a mistrial. a character witness for arias, withdrew from testifying, saying her life was being threatened. an ex-boyfriend of arias was supposed to testify on her behalf, but the defense now says only arias will speak. memorial day weekend approaching. drivers can expect higher gas prices. average price a gallon is $3.67. up 7 cents from a week ago. minnesota drivers are paying the most $4.28 gallon. prices there jumped 44 cents in the past week due to refinery problems. a giant volcano that rumbled to life in alaska last week is interrupting air traffic. regional flights canceled after plumes of ash shot from mt. pavlove shot 20,000 feet into the air. so far international flights have not been affected.
most, $4.28 a gallon. prices there jumped 44 cents in the past week due to refinery problems. we re are going to return to our top story in just a moment. we ll show you the desperate scene at one elementary school hit so hard. our affiliate reporters was there at a crucial time.
like or that we want to use. we want to be ready. and that s smart. interesting to part out, senator marco rubio gave the republican rebuttal to the state of the union. he saw what was leaked and called the plan half baked and seriously flawed. political analysts think nothing will get done unless rubio is on board. he blasted the president s plan over the weekend. so where this goes from here should be very interesting. interesting to see where we go. drivers are paying record high prices for gas for this time of year any way. aaa says the average price for a gallon is $3.71. prices have jumped 13% over the past week. the increase in costs are blamed on refinery problems and supply concerns and analysts predict no relief this spring when demand goes up. attention all you beef lovers, get ready to pay more for your steaks and hamburgers. word is that beef prices are now expected to increase as much as
phil flynn, senior market analyst at price futures group, a fox business network contributor. he knows what is going on most of the time. phil, it is not even summer. what is going on with this sneaky, sneak can i spike in gas prices? it is like a disaster movie. i ll tell you what, if you look around from coast to coast. we ve had one problem after another, all con spiring to give us higher gasoline prices of the part of the problem is the weather in europe. usually in new york harbor we import gasoline from places like europe. it is so cold over there, they re worried about making heating fuels, not making a lot of gasoline. that led to a squeeze play in new york harbor. that drove up prices. it is not just the new york harbor. look at the west coast. they have all major refineries shut down for maintenance. that is a major problem. we have refinery problems down in texas. refinery problems in illinois, ohio. you name it, everything that could go wrong did go wrong and prices went