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In a sign of the suddenness of oil price rises, Japanese gasoline stations are being forced to replace price boards dating from the days when no one imagined fuel could cost more than 199 yen (94 pence) a litre.
 
With average prices at the petrol pump already up to 181.5 yen a litre, compared with 140.6 yen a year ago, oil companies are now starting to introduce boards capable of displaying prices of 200 yen or more.
 
JOMO, operated by Japan Energy, has already started replacing its digital signboards and hopes to finish installing new ones by mid-August, a company spokesman said.
 
"We are installing new signboards in the Showa Shell gas stations that are being built starting this month, but we are still considering what to do about the older gas stations," he said.
 
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A 6-year-old girl who found what she thought was a fake diamond ring in a Wal-Mart parking lot has helped reunite a Benton newlywed with her missing $9,000 engagement ring.
 
Haley Reep Wagnon lost her 1.26-carat diamond ring at a Bryant Wal-Mart on Tuesday. She reported it missing, and Bryant police reviewed Wal-Mart's surveillance videos and saw that a child picked up the ring.
 
"I saw a little girl pick up the ring in the parking lot, but I don't think the girl was trying to steal the ring and I don't think the family with her was even aware," Bryant police Detective Todd Crowson said. "She probably didn't even know that it is a real ring."
 
Police saw the family's vehicle, and were able to determine which Saline County dealership sold it to them. From there, they were able to find out who the truck was registered to — Michael Wheaton of Bryant.
 
"I got a call about a young lady losing a ring and a little girl picking it up and I said, 'OK, you've got my attention,'" Wheaton said. "I came down to the station and when he showed me the picture, I said, 'That's my brother from Chicago and his kids.'"
 
Wheaton determined that his 12-year-old daughter, Destiny, had the ring after her 6-year-old cousin gave it to her. Destiny said the ring, which she thought was fake, was in the back of Wheaton's truck.
 
"I couldn't believe it, especially when I saw the size of the diamond," Wheaton said. "It had been in my truck for three days. If Detective (Crowson) wouldn't have called me, who knows what would have happened to it. It could have ended up in my daughter's dresser or something."
 
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