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High oil prices not reaching the pump

Despite oil hitting $100 a barrel for the first time, we're not yet seeing big price spikes at the pump. Why? Tess Vigeland looks for some answers with oil analyst Barbara Shook.

A gas nozzle in the fuel port of a car. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)

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