Associated Press: Crude prices rose on Tuesday as stock markets gained ground and investors awaited word on what BP would do about future dividends and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. At the gas pump, the drop in prices over the past six weeks has slowed. Pump prices edged lower Tuesday, falling 0.2 cent to a national average of $2.696 per gallon, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Services. Prices have fallen 2.2 cents in the past week and 17.6 cents in the past month and …