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Motorists in Alabama continue to face more pain at the gas pump as U.S. military action against Iran enters its first week. The website of Alabama Triple-A says the cost of a gallon of regular gasoline is $2.98. That’s about a thirty cent jump over the past week.

In the first federal oil lease sale since the government said BP PLC can again get federal contracts, BP has bids on 31 tracts in the central Gulf of…