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Gas prices in the Tri-State continue to rise, leaving many drivers frustrated and worried that prices will be even higher by summer. (Credit: CBS 2)

Why Do Gas Prices Jump So High Seemingly Overnight?

It’s hard not to think you’re being gouged when you see the gas prices spike, and in some cases, you are. Aside from that, though, the buying and selling of gasoline is a complicated business based on anticipation as much as reality.

2011/03/03

An ATM sign is seen in New York, NY - Sep 3, 2003 - Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images

ATM Thieves Strike Again In Sayreville

It’s the second week in a row that a crew of burglars made off with an ATM along Ernston Road in Sayreville.

2011/01/25

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Police: Quick-Acting Thieves In NJ Make Off With ATM

Police say it took only 54 seconds for three “experienced” thieves to break into a New Jersey convenience store and rip the ATM from the cement floor.

2011/01/18

Photo/Nassau County Police Department

L.I. Gas Station Clerk Accused Of Exposing Self To Girl

Police say they’ve arrested Sudheer Mogulla of Hicksville on Wednesday on charges of sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. They say the child is the daughter of the gas station owner.

2010/12/09

A Hess Gas Station - Hicksville, NY - Dec 7, 2010 - Photo: Mike Xirinachs / WCBS 880

Highest Gas Prices Are On Long Island

$3.05 a gallon is the national average for regular unleaded gasoline, according to the Lundberg Survey, and prices are rising.

2010/12/07

Newark Gas Station Crash (credit: CBS 2)

Car Slams Into Pedestrians At Newark Gas Station

The vehicle struck the man running the truck, circled back, goes through the gas station again, and hits the woman running the truck.

2010/11/18

FILE - NYPD vehicle (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

4 Cops Injured After Robbery Leads To Vehicular Pursuit

Six people, including four police officers, were hospitalized after a gas station robbery led to a vehicular pursuit in Brooklyn on Saturday.

2010/09/25

Nadeem Khan

NYPD Arrests 2 In Fatal Gas Attendant Shooting

Two men were in custody Tuesday, charged in a deadly gas station holdup in Queens.

CBS 2HD–2010/08/03

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