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It may be the happiest season of the year, but higher crude oil prices that have translated into higher gasoline prices have many motorists frowning. The weak U.S. dollar and expectations of a more robust economic recovery in the coming year have helped push oil to over $90 a barrel.

A total of 92.3 million American will travel 50 miles or more from home during the holidays, according to AAA. The figure is a 3.1% increase from the 89.5 million who traveled in the holiday season of 2009, AAA said in a statement. "It's great to see so many Americans taking to the roads, rails...

I enjoy eating as much as the next guy, and while going out to eat is a popular American pastime, waiting for your waiter to show up is not. Or the host. Or the food. Waiting, waiting, waiting: It doesn't make sense to me. So while I've seen plenty of tips to have a cheap restaurant experience...

Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Thursday (last updated at 7:30 a.m. Eastern time): Americans Owe Less Credit-Card Debt: Skittish consumers reduced their credit-card indebtedness sharply in the second quarter, credit-rating company TransUnion reported...

The AAA TripTik. Nothing quite brings back the memories of a summer road trip like the neatly bound ream of paper from the local AAA office that highlighted the quickest route and important information along the road to a family vacation. AAA still offers these hardcopy TripTiks to members at the...

As the July 4th holiday weekend officially concludes -- one of the busiest motoring holidays of the year -- it bears a look at how the Automobile Club AAA does by its members. I'm talking shopping, of course. While most people associate "Triple A" with flat tires, dead batteries and lockouts, I...

The American Automobile Association predicts that there are going to be 34.9 million people traveling July 4th weekend, up 17% from last year. About 90% of them will be driving, AAA says. The AAA doesn't appear to have any statistics about how many of them will be dragging or driving a...

Membership has its privileges, the question is -- are they worth it? Unequivocally, the answer is a resounding ... maybe! Ultimately, the value of anything depends on how much you use it. If you pay $399 for a Disneyland annual pass and go once, that's an expensive trip. If you buy the same pass...

As debt mounts in both the U.S. and U.K., the drums are getting a bit louder at Moody's. The credit rating agency is warning both countries to get their debt under control. Yet only under the most pessimistic scenario does the agency think the U.S. could possibly lose its top rating by 2013. In...

The AAA projects that 38.4 million people will travel more than 50 miles from home over the Thanksgiving holiday next week. That is not up much from last year -- only 1.4%. But at least it is up. With a slow economy, high unemployment and oil at $80 a barrel, it would not have been shocking for the...