<p>An airliner is refueled Wednesday at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Oil prices settled above $104 per barrel for the first time since September of 2008 as fighting escalated in Libya and petroleum demand grew in the U.S.</p>
March 5, 2011
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March 5, 2011 8 p.m.
Gas prices up an average of 35 cents per gallon
Libyan oil output down during unrest
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices rose past $104 a barrel to end the week at a 29-month high, as fighting in Libya intensified and the world's largest petroleum consumer, the U.S., reported that employers added nearly 200,000 new jobs in February.