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Gas Prices and Overage Charges

by Jacob Shafer

April 21, 2011

$4.86

Average cost of a gallon of gas in Wailuku this week, an all-time high

$4.74

The previous per-gallon high, set last week

$5.2 million

Overdraft fees collected by Bank of Hawaii (BOH) in the first quarter of 2011, a 40 percent decrease compared to the same period last year; BOH says the change was “primarily due” to new, stricter federal rules that took effect last summer

$4

Amount a Pennsylvania man paid in 1989 for a flea market picture frame that turned out to contain an original copy of the Declaration of Independence

$8.1 million

Amount film producer Norman Lear paid for the document in 2000 before launching the nationwide Declaration of Independence Tour, which arrived on Oahu this week

Sources: AAA Fuel Gauge Report, Bank of Hawaii Corp., Declaration of Independence Tour