71.   Mild weather, and accompanying lackluster demand for heating fuels, spurred the collapse.

72.   Mild weather at the end of last November, price deflation and a slowing economy all played a role, analysts said.

73.   Mild weather blanketed much of the U.S. during the past week.

74.   Mild weather expectations are the most important influence on world oil markets at the moment, said Ric Navy, a broker with Paribas Futures Inc. in New York.

75.   Mild weather had persisted throughout most of the season and most of the migrating birds had not come down from the North.

76.   Mild weather in key U.S. heating oil markets such as the Northeast has cut demand for heating oil.

77.   Mild weather in key U.S. heating oil markets such as the Northeast has damped demand.

78.   Mild weather in key U.S. heating oil markets, such as the Northeast, has reduced demand.

79.   Mild weather in the U.S. this week is dampening heating-fuel consumption.

80.   Mild weather is expected to reduce second-quarter earnings for many U.S. utilities.