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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.7 l3 \% h5 j4 \4 ~ H9 {0 @
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Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.5 j; r, d8 w k% E% Q
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February natural gas fell 7.3 cents to $6.565 per 1,000 cubic feet in New York. February heating oil was down 1.24 cents at $1.4679 a gallon. February reFORMulated gasoline futures fell 2.13 cents at $1.3480 a gallon. 6 [0 f9 ?- q6 u0 E: t * c% x8 C; \' r6 ?3 Y6 l! z' mAAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.2 L# R7 n; ^" E6 L( r& d8 U- ?
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