5 Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 28

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1. Your weather report: Today will bring scattered thunderstorms with a high of 83 degrees. Tonight will be mostly clear with an overnight low of 56 degrees. Tomorrow is going to be SUNNY with temperatures cooling down to about 77 degrees.

2. Good gas news. WMUR reports that NH gas prices have stayed the same over the past week. We would all like them to go down, but at least they are not going up. Plus, our prices are now below the national average. Glass half full I say.

3. Patch Fact: A test carried out by Wayne Gerdes, the man credited with coining the term hypermiling, found that using cruise control at speeds of 30 to 40 mph can increase fuel economy by double-digit percentages.

4. The destination for cheap. Bloomberg reports that Target now has lower prices than Walmart. Target's prices were cheaper than Walmart's by 0.46 percentage points in August.

5. It is almost here! SAU #39 staff will be hosting their Back to School Breakfast this morning to kick off the school year.