Gasoline prices hit record: $4.67 in Chicago; $4.51 in metro area

This is a record we could gladly do without.Gasoline prices in the Chicago area shot up to their highest level ever recorded by AAA Monday, but relief may be coming.The average price of unleaded regular gas in the Chicago metropolitan area was $4.51 a gallon, surpassing by 4 cents the high of $4.47 reached May 5, 2011, according to AAA, Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service.In the ...