- Oil prices dip below $48 on more bad economic data| Leave a Comment
HOUSTON — Oil prices slipped again Tuesday on dismal projections from the World Bank for developing countries and new figures from the government about gloomy U.S. consumers.
Benchmark crude for May delivery fell 52 cents to $47.89 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Monday, the contract fell 7.6 percent, or $3.97, to settle at $48.41.
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- New snowstorm hammers northern Plains states| Leave a Comment
BISMARCK, N.D. – The second major snowstorm to hit the northern Plains in a week dropped more than a foot of snow Monday, closing hundreds of miles of highway and shutting government offices and schools. At least five deaths were blamed on the storm.
High wind expected from the storm was the biggest worry for flood-weary [...]


