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OIL & GOLD FALL ... GASOLINE PRICES RISEGold lost $21.10 last week to close at $1,384.30 per ounce Friday on the COMEX, while oil lost $1.40 across five days to conclude the week at $87.79 a barrel on the NYMEX. Retail gasoline prices just climbed to levels unseen since 2008 - last week, they were 35 cents higher than a year ago with a gallon of regular unleaded averaging $2.98 nationally. Industry analysts think pump prices will soon decline.3,4