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A motorist cleans her windshield while filling her car at a petrol station in Santa Maria, California Monday, 11 April 2005. Petrol prices soared an average 19 cents in the past three weeks due to lingering high crude oil prices, growing demand and higher refining cost. The nationwide average price of regular gasoline reached a record 2.28 per gallon with prices on the West Coast, typically the country's highest, reaching an average of 2.52. (KEYSTONE/EPA/JOSHUA GATES WEISBERG)