Gas pump prices fall in wake of Sandy

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NEW YORK (AP) — The price of gasoline fell Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy left a wide swath of flooding, power outages and disrupted transportation in the eastern U.S.

The national average for a gallon of regular fell by about a penny, to $3.53. That’s more than 11 cents lower than a week ago. Gasoline futures fell 3 cents to end at $2.73 a gallon.

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