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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. 7 d6 r9 M* c/ z0 O, Q7 ^! o , j9 v7 a- [5 s" h# nLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 2 j3 N" i4 h0 l9 ] : m; D' w% l2 i8 A \5 C6 XFebruary 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.4 ]( S2 [: q- O2 P
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AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. ) E) m: Q& e& ^ : b$ @% F! _8 i2 X6 B( ?& W: l2 d. t# E