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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005.1 u1 `% n; p( @! O; g z. W! }$ a& t
3 S; g" d6 B1 n* o! x& GLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.) H9 o0 \, G: `* 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.: F8 W( o6 v. |9 A
- T5 H8 ?* e1 \9 Y+ @AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday.* |! o0 _- `1 d- x# E2 @$ ]
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