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Phila. region's gas prices edge upward

Gas prices took no break overnight, as the average price for a gallon of no-lead moved up a cent in the region and up 2 cents at the national level, AAA Mid-Atlantic reported today.

Gas prices took no break overnight, as the average price for a gallon of no-lead moved up a cent in the region and up 2 cents at the national level, AAA Mid-Atlantic reported today.

The price was averaging $3.78 today in the five-county Philadelphia region and $3.62 in South Jersey.

At the national level, the average was $3.78.

The price of diesel also moved up several cents overnight.

In the Philadelphia region, the average went up 3 cents to $4.68; in South Jersey, the increase was 4 cents, to $4.42.

The national average for diesel was up 4 cents, to $4.46.

Light, sweet crude oil rose 68 cents to $124.90 in premarket electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the Associated Press reported.