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The price at the pump has dropped a dime in the past week.

Six cents-a-gallon. That's how much gasoline prices have dropped in Shreveport/Bossier in the past week.

We're paying slightly less at the pump this Monday morning.

The price at the pump -- locally -- has gone up seven cents in the past week.

We're paying a nickel less at the pump than we were a week ago.

The price at the pump is still coming down.

We're paying about a nickel less at the pump this morning than we were a week ago.  AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report says the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in Shreveport/Bossier is $3.54.  At this time last Monday, we were paying $3.59.  Statewide, the average this morning is $3.57. Nationally, it's $3.66.

The price at the pump is right about where it was at this time last week.

The price at the pump has spiked up another nickel in the past week.

The prices we pay for gasoline in Louisiana continue to slowly rise. Louisiana AAA fuel analyst Don Redman says an internationally-weak U.S. dollar and the ongoing debt ceiling disagreement in Washington, D.C., are to blame. He says those two factors have had crude oil and retail pump prices on a roller coaster...