Some of the nation's biggest oil companies are looking at permanently reducing how much gasoline and diesel fuel they make, a move that analysts say would almost certainly trigger higher prices for drivers.

Which sports association seems more desperate? The WNBA's Tulsa Shock, who just signed 34-year-old convicted felon Marion Jones to rejoin a game she hasn't played seriously in almost 15 years? Or NASCAR, which embraced a "have-at-it" mentality earlier this year, and ended up sending Carl Edwards outside to clap erasers as punishment for deliberately causing a crash that sent a car airborne?