It may not be long before Florida motorists are paying close to $5 for a gallon of gasoline. ...more

July 1, 2008

Crude oil reached record high prices again, thwarting any hopes from last week there would be a continued decline. ...more

June 30, 2008

Crude oil reached record high prices again, thwarting any hopes from last week there would be a continued decline. ...more

June 29, 2008

Oil prices dropped sharply Thursday after China said it will raise fuel prices, a move that could dampen the booming Asian nation's oil consumption. ...more

June 20, 2008

Federal regulators are six months into a wide-ranging investigation of U.S. oil markets, with a focus on possible price manipulation. ...more

May 30, 2008

SEBRING — It seems the pain at the pump may not be the only way we'll pay for high gasoline prices. While medical device repairman Jason Rybinski is parking his 2005 GMC Sierra pickup truck in favor of a Japanese sedan, Sheriff Susan Benton is upping her 2009 gasoline budget from $498,000 to $800,000. So even though the sheriff has told her department heads to assemble a flat budget, more tax money than ever will buy fuel for deputies to protect Highlands County. ...more

May 25, 2008

It's the stuff of western dramas where rugged men went looking for it in the mountains. It's the glittering metal used in fancy jewelry, the highest honors for sports and the bars tucked away in heavily secured safes. These days, gold's appeal as a safe-haven investment has carried it to record prices. ...more

January 9, 2008

With copper prices skyrocketing, determined and often innovative thieves have swiped the metallic element from just about anything they can get their hands on - even if the task is laborious. ...more

January 1, 2008

Oil prices ended the year near $96 a barrel, or 57 percent higher than where they began, and analysts expect rising demand and geopolitical instability to keep upward pressure on energy costs early in 2008. ...more

January 1, 2008

NATION Gas Prices Rise Gas prices rose back to $3 a gallon at the pump Friday, but oil prices fell Friday, reversing earlier gains. Light, sweet crude for February delivery fell 62 cents to settle at $96 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. ...more

December 29, 2007