
AAA: Gas prices continue slide ahead of Memorial Day
Just in time for this week’s start to the busy holiday travel season, motorists across the country are finally feeling some relief at the gas pump.

Just in time for this week’s start to the busy holiday travel season, motorists across the country are finally feeling some relief at the gas pump.

The #1 UVa. baseball team heads to Harrisonburg on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. game against James Madison at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. Fans are advised to arrive early as JMU is expecting a capacity crowd.

Today’s baseball game between JMU and #22 Seton Hall, the first in a three-game series at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park, has been postponed due to low temperatures.

The national average gas price has fallen this week, which marked the second consecutive year that the average American motorist has paid less per gallon at the pump when filling up for their Memorial Day holiday travel.

Gas prices in the Midwest have skyrocketed to new highs, breaking records in some areas, while Virginia prices today are the 6th lowest in the nation and more than 80 cents less than prices in some Midwest states.

Nick Ferdinand drove in five runs with three home runs and Delaware scored nine unanswered runs to pull away for a 12-4 victory on Friday afternoon at Bob Hannah Stadium to drop James Madison into seventh among tournament-eligible teams in the Colonial Athletic Association standings entering the final day of the season.

AAA projects a record-setting 1.2 million Virginians will travel 50 miles or more from home during the July 4th holiday – a 4.6 percent increase from last year and the highest predicted Independence Day holiday travel volume in the past decade

AAA projects 42.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Independence Day holiday weekend, a 4.9 percent increase over the 40.3 million people who traveled last year. The expected 2012 Independence Day holiday travel volume will tie the past decade’s previous high mark set in 2007

Gas prices continued to retreat for the sixth straight week, pulling back from an early-April peak of $3.94 nationally

Junior catcher Bradley Shaban (Midlothian, Va./Cosby) lifted a two-run home run to right to give James Madison the walk-off 7-5 victory and complete a weekend series sweep of Lafayette on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU improved to 5-5-1 for the season with the sweep and 5-3 on its current 10-game…
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