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13435.21
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0.33%
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3101.66
+1.09
0.04%
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6089.84
+42.50
0.70%
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10688.11
+292.93
2.82%
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<a class="md_index" href="https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130105032459/http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3028.html?category=Energy&subcategory=Petroleum&contract=Crude%252520Light%252520Oil%252520Comp.%252520-%252520nymex&catandsubcat=Energy%257CPetroleum&contractset=Crude%252520Light%252520Oil%252520Comp.%252520-%252520nymex">Crude Oil</a>
93.19
+0.27
0.29%
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3101.66
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1466.47
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0.49%
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15276.01
+83.74
0.55%
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879.15
+6.55
0.75%
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6089.84
+42.50
0.70%
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7776.37
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3730.02
+8.85
0.24%
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16959.78
+49.95
0.30%
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8435.80
+32.40
0.39%
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287.83
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0.35%
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2973.31
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0.13%
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10688.11
+292.93
2.82%
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23331.09
-67.51
0.29%
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2276.99
+7.86
0.35%
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19784.08
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3225.22
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1.3068
-0.0001
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0
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-0.0002
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1.0482
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71.07
+0.13
0.18%
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0
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1.548
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4.216
-0.034
0.80%
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5.041
+0.035
0.70%
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2.118
0
0%
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0.847
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1.00%
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680.00
-9.25
1.34%
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13358
+39
0.29%
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1459.75
+6.25
0.43%
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-0.52
1.71%
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The Ninth Circuit Earns a Merit Badge in San Diego
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The liberal appellate court wisely overrules a lower court's decision to boot the Boy Scouts from public land.
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A Dangerous Escalation in the East China Sea
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China and Japan must act now to prevent a worsening territorial dispute from ending in armed conflict.
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Short stories in which average people find courage in compassion. Sam Sacks reviews George Saunders's "Tenth of December"; Manu Joseph's "The Illicit Happiness of Other People"; and Marjorie Celona's "Y."
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Five Best: Books on the Dark Side of Small Towns
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There's No 'I' in 'Kumbaya'
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Obama doesn't seem to have it in him to make a deal.

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Pyongyang Principles
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