Headline Stories in The Boston Globe: Thank Goodness For Fracking; Highly Contaminated Mystic River In Massachusetts

CNN headline story:  Gas prices have risen for 32 days straight, according to AAA. That means that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has increased more than 13% over that period to $3.73.

CBS is reporting: $5.00 gasoline "returns" to the Southland. Predictable.

CNS reports: price of gasoline doubles under President Obama.

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So, the two headline stories above the fold in today's holiday edition of The Boston Globe. Neither story related to the other. The big photo-story: the very contaminated Mystic River in Massachusetts will be a nightmare to clean.

And, then, next to that: Thank goodness for fracking. Shale oil reviving refinery industry: fracking offers a cheaper supply; keeps gasoline prices from rising more. Little consolation. Cue up Connie Francis.

And so it goes.