gasoline prices

A recent poll shows that more than two thirds of Americans do not approve of the way President Barack Obama is handling gasoline prices.

Disapproval of President Obama’s handling of the economy is heading higher — alongside gasoline prices — as a record number of Americans now give the president “strongly” negative reviews on the 2012 presidential campaign’s most important issue, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Texas motorists are getting a small break in gasoline prices heading into Christmas and New Year's. Triple A Texas says gasoline prices are down an average of four cents across the state, and even more in some areas. So it's not costing quite as much to travel over the river and through the woods to Grandma's house -- and back.