Oil falls after Obama vows more drilling

Drivers are starting to see a little relief at the gas pump just ahead of the summer driving season.

The average price for a gallon of regular was $3.955 nationally on Monday. That’s down about 3 cents from Friday, but still nearly 14 cents more than it was a month ago, according to AAA, Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service.

Motorists in about two dozen states [...]

Louisiana: 4,000 residents head for hills

An estimated 4,000 residents in several low-lying Louisiana towns have been forced to evacuate at 5 p.m. on Sunday after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized the opening of floodgates on the Morganza Spillway, according to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. The aim of opening the floodgates is to prevent further devastation downriver in the highly-populated cities of Baton Rouge and New Orleans, but towns [...]