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Busiest travel day of the year

Not for seven years have MI gas prices on the day before Thanksgiving been so cheap.

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The average price of a gallon of gas nationally is $2.09, according to the Energy Information Administration, the Department of Energy’s independent analysis arm.

In 2008, the Lions lost their annual Turkey Day game 47-10 en route to a winless season, but the good news was that gas prices were as low then as they are today across MI. Tracy Noble, the spokesperson for AAA Mid-Atlantic said “we’ve seen such an increase over the past 7 years that it just kind of is leveling out at this point”.

Following last night’s peaceful protests, activists say they haven’t finished what they started.

Millions are set to travel over the next few days during the Thanksgiving holiday.

Tim Keigher, executive director of the Nebraska Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association, said he knows of no specific supply issues that would lead to higher gas prices in the Lincoln area.

John Hayes and his family were among the many people who packed into the airport for a Wednesday flight.

A year ago, the average gas price in MI for Thanksgiving was $2.87 per gallon.

Thanksgiving travelers have been flooding through Kansas City International Airport, which expects to serve more than 400,000 passengers through the end of next week.

This year’s holiday travelers get one Christmas gift early – gas prices.

We aren’t expected to hit subzero temps this year.

That represents a slight increase of 0.6 percent compared with last year’s figures. “Although California won’t be that low, we are seeing low-for-us prices”.

Drivers say that just hope to see these low prices when they’re heading home.

The average gasoline price has dropped 17 cents in the Twin Cities over the past week. Nationally, the amount was $2.06, down 80 cents from last Thanksgiving.

The management and staff at Mount Magazine State Park are expecting a busy weekend as the park fills up with Thanksgiving holiday visitors.

Motorists in Jacksonville are partying like it’s 2009 with the current slide in gas prices.

“It kind of seemed like weekend traffic a little bit”, he said.

Prices had been up in the previous two-week period, snapping a 19-week slide.

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Stern and her family did make it. President Obama said nothing should stop any other Americans from reaching their destinations either.

Columbus Airport faces its busiest day of the year the Wednesday before Thanksgiving