Lower Oil Prices Ease Load On Consumers And Obama

By JONATHAN FAHEY and PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 9:05pm

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NEW YORK (AP) -- What only weeks ago was seen as a serious threat to the economic recovery could now turn into a stimulus everyone can love....

Senh: Oops, there goes another thing that Mitt Romney can't blame on Barack Obama. He'll probably take credit for it, though.

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