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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.+ x/ l: w T0 p" P3 m2 \- v
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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. - G5 n8 L" {: k ! K. g. S e: u+ rFebruary 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 $1.3480 a gallon. 7 @! Z! I* v! h$ V' W# q1 u & M- ^6 B6 O& d! q* ~AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.! [9 F2 o( T9 {