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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. & U3 X! \5 F: f& k, L8 b0 t$ h9 z( e f
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.2 Q9 ~" V! {% g
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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.1 b" _' X9 K! H
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AAA said Wednesday the average U.S. retail regular-unleaded gasoline price was $2.217 a gallon, down 0.012 cents from Tuesday. 8 r5 `8 x! d& s; H9 Z4 _; `1 ^. T4 a1 C4 {/ c$ B