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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.2 w; p8 _* x) h: K8 v# F/ S, p
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Light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange." q2 Z3 M; b4 g$ }0 N( K
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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 $1.3480 a gallon.3 \0 ^1 p/ p3 M5 c$ m; q
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AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.( H' }" h. c% C& ?
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