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Food, Energy & "Sticky Prices"

By Dave Lucas

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Albany, NY – Worries over a global recession have pushed the price of oil to its lowest in over a year. Now that oil prices are trending down, we've seen gas in our area as low as $2.75 a gallon. The high gas prices that preceeded the Wall Street Collapse drove food prices up. Trouble is, they're not coming down. Families --- and Food Pantries --- are hurting. Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports.