Released: October 20, 2008

Falling gas prices bring relief in financial crisis

Source: Grant Schulte, USA Today

arbara Warner is one of many people here and across the USA relieved about plummeting gas prices.

For months, the mother of three fretted as gas prices climbed. She traveled less from her home in Martensdale, Iowa. She canceled routine doctor’s appointments for her children. And she blamed the government, she said, for failing to intervene.

“It’s been hard,” Warner said as she filled her Chevy Venture last week in West Des Moines [Iowa]. “I miss the days when gas was 98 cents.”

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