Oil Up $2.00 -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

I didn't read the story, and I don't know what the talking heads over at CNBC are saying to explain the bump in oil price, but I find it interesting. The bump was supposed to have come if Hurricane Irene veered into the Gulf of Mexico.

The over-hyped Hurricane Irene is done -- hardly a hurricane at all -- and oil bumps up.