TAMPA (CBS Tampa) — Talk about pain at the pump! Some Florida drivers are spending nearly $6 a gallon to fill up their gas tanks.

According to GasBuddy.com, motorists are shelling out $5.89 for a gallon of regular gas at a Shell station in Lake Buena Vista, topping out at $5.99 a gallon for premium. It doesn’t get better at a Suncoast Energy station in Orlando, where drivers are paying $5.79 for a gallon of regular.

“Prices over in the Disney World area are much higher than any other place in Florida,” Jessica Brady, AAA spokeswoman, told CBS Tampa, adding that people regularly complain about gas prices in that area.

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from The Detroit Press

Aretha Franklin has come out swinging at press reports that Cissy Houston, mother of Whitney Houston, banned her from the pop icon's Saturday funeral because she was angry at remarks the Queen of Soul made in a lengthy "Today Show" interview that aired Friday.

Asked about the temptations and pitfalls of the business, Franklin told "Today's" Al Roker: "Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home. They have to make sure when they leave home, they have all the right things. (Whitney) left home with all the right things, but she just kind of lost her way along the way."

After a Friday night Radio City Music Hall concert, Franklin was supposed to perform a song at Houston's funeral in Newark, N.J., but she canceled early Saturday morning, citing leg spasms.

Franklin commented, in a statement released Wednesday:

"Extra TV, the New York Post and Newsday (New York) should stop the BS. Cissy Houston and I have been longtime friends for almost 50 years. I have four invitations and parking passes that were sent to me for the funeral. Extra TV, the New York Post and Newsday (New York) are more interested in sensationalism and negative speculations than the truth.

"People are getting their information from the wrong source. The intelligent and the thoughtful thing to do would be to respect and have some sensitivity to the moment. If you don't know how, at least try. Cissy does not need ridiculous speculation and neither do I — particularly at this time. Also, with respect to the 'Today Show,' my entire statement was pretaped. However, the 'Today Show' did not air the part of my statement, which said, 'This is no reflection on Cissy or Nippy's upbringing.'

"Knowing Cissy as well as I do, I know Whitney left home right and properly. I was generalizing and it was a well-intended statement for any young adult coming into the music industry. I was not speaking of anyone specifically."

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