On the recordMay 1, 2006
Isn't it curious, as you drive around your hometown, that all the prices on all the pumps seem to go up at the same time and come down at the same time?
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Senator Durbin questions the simultaneous rise and fall of gas prices, suggesting a potential conspiracy.
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