By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has asked the federal futures market regulator to crack down on speculators whom he blamed for pushing up crude oil and gasoline prices.
The price for crude oil topped $66 a barrel on Friday, up more than 70 percent since mid-January. The rising oil costs have been [...]

As many Kansas Citians prepare to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, they have plenty to be thankful for at the pump.
As of Tuesday, this area had the cheapest fuel in America — $1.47 a gallon for regular, on average — as compiled by GasBuddy.com. While Missouri had the lowest prices of all states, Kansas was [...]

United States - By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. heating season gets underway, the average price that homeowners paid for heating oil was $3.67 per gallon this week, the government said Wednesday.
The nationwide heating oil price is 90 cents higher than a year ago, according the federal Energy Information Administration’s weekly [...]