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Crude oil prices fell to nearly $50 a barrel Wednesday, their lowest levels since May 2005. 2 M$ w! \+ w4 @! z 4 W5 T! |6 U zLight, sweet crude for February delivery was down 62 cents to $50.59 a barrel in mid-morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 8 `0 E4 k M e$ l# v . h: U% ]1 F# O" y7 O, dFebruary 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 $1.3480 a gallon.; p, I$ @7 X& d; |+ `/ i+ T
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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 e6 C. c9 b: E: l0 z
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0 w0 f8 E! I- O9 `0 N R" RSource: UPI (January 17, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST)3 M+ y3 _0 {. h" K