Published May 01, 2009, 12:00 AM


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In this Jan. 30 file photo, an Exxon tanker truck operated by Corey Moorer, right, of Clinton, Md., makes a refueling stop at an Exxon station in Arlington, Va. Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday, first-quarter earnings fell 58 percent from a year ago, its lowest profit in more than five years, as the world's biggest publicly traded oil company saw crude and gas prices fall precipitously.

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