Ohio gas prices fall

Ohio gas prices fall

YOUNGSTOWN

Ohioans are getting a bit more relief at the fuel pump as gas prices continue to fall along with oil prices.

The survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express puts Ohio’s average price at $3.34 for a gallon of regular-grade gasoline. That’s down 15 cents from the average of $3.49 a week ago but remains well above the price a year ago, when drivers were paying about $2.78.

Mahoning Valley prices averaged $3.42 a gallon early Monday, though some gas stations were closer to the state average.

Gas prices topped $4 earlier this year but have been decreasing for weeks. The price of crude oil fell last week after the International Energy Agency said it will make 60 million barrels available in a monthlong period. Some industry analysts believe the price decline is temporary.

Applications taken for apprenticeships

North Lima

The Independent Electrical Contractors Western Reserve Chapter has begun accepting applications for the U.S. Department of Labor Certified Apprenticeship Training Program in Electrical Trade.

The chapter will accept applications from 9 a.m. to noon today and Thursday at B&J Electric, 10950 Woodworth Road.

Applicants must be at least 18, have a 12th-grade education or GED. and be able to pass aptitude, drug-screening and physical tests.

Applicants should bring a copy of their high-school transcript and a copy of their birth certificate or driver’s license.

There is a nonrefundable application fee of $20, paid by money order, check or cash.

The aptitude test will be administered from 8 to 11 a.m. July 9 at Canfield High School, 100 Cardinal Drive.

FAA seeks $1M penalty from Boeing

WASHINGTON

The Federal Aviation Administration is pursuing a penalty of more than $1 million against Boeing Co. because it says the airplane maker didn’t follow its own instructions for installing oxygen systems on the 777.

The instruction turned out to be unnecessary and Boeing deleted it, a Boeing spokeswoman said.

The FAA said Monday that it found the problems when it inspected nine new planes between April and October 2010. Hoses for the passenger oxygen system were installed at a sharper angle than allowed, the FAA said.

Abercrombie & Fitch sued over headscarf

SAN FRANCISCO

A former stockroom worker for Abercrombie & Fitch Co. sued the clothing retailer in federal court Monday, saying she was illegally fired after refusing to remove her Muslim headscarf while on the job.

Hani Khan said a manager at the company’s Hollister Co. store at the Hillsdale Mall in San Mateo hired her while she was wearing her hijab. The manager said it was OK to wear it as long as it was in company colors, Khan said.

Four months later, the 20-year-old says a district manager and human- resources manager asked if she could remove the hijab while working, and she was suspended and then fired for refusing to do so.

Staff/wire reports