Kilgore, Texas, rose from a small rail town to oil boom fame as the Oil Capital of Texas and the World’s Richest Acre, with stars on downtown oil derricks still lighting the skyline.
Good news for the European economy means bad news for U.S. motorists. Gas prices went up an average of two cents on Friday and another two cents Saturday to bring the average price of a gallon up to $3.38. Before this weekend, U.S. motorists had enjoyed 75 days of falling gas prices.