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Federal Express truck driver Paula Crayne gases up her delivery truck with diesel fuel in Springfield, Ill., Friday, May 9, 2008. Oil rose above $126 a barrel for the first time and gas prices rose above an average $3.67 a gallon at the pump, following oil's recent path higher.

Politics, weak dollar push oil prices higher

NEW YORK -- Oil rose above $126 a barrel for the first time yesterday, bringing its advance this week to nearly $10. "Flabbergasted" is how 40-plus year petroleum distributor John C. Zehler Jr. described price increases for the week.

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TOP 50 AREA EMPLOYERS

Top 50 area employers: The area's largest private employers had the equivalent of 110,625 full-time workers, up 2.3 percent or 2,540 employees, from 2007.
	Private Employers	FTEs
1	VCU Health System	7,082
2	HCA Inc.	6,941
3	Capital One Financial	6,474
4	Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	6,173
5	Philip Morris USA	5,630
6	Dominion Resources Inc.	5,362
7	Wachovia Corp.	5,345
8	Bon Secours Richmond	5,292
9	SunTrust Banks Inc.	3,596
10	Ukrop's Super Markets	3,545

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