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NPR Topics: News·Cooper Katz McKim·about 12 hours ago
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Outside of Atlanta, two gas stations got into a price war. The Atlanta TV station WSB-TV reported that, over the course of a day, prices dropped from $2.54 down to $1.44, $1.39 and eventually down to just 97 cents. When drivers took notice, the traffic jam began and police intervened. BUT while it was happening, one driver said she only spent $15 to fill up her truck. It usually costs $90. "Look at God, baby! Look at God!" she said.

In our team's Slack, co-host Wailin Wong responded to the low prices, "make it up on volume!?" Jeff Guo wrote, "how is this real." But like, actually. How is this real?

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