Stocks sank Friday afternoon as worries about a growing debt crisis in Europe exacerbated uncertainty about the U.S. economic outlook, sending the dollar higher, oil and gold prices lower and pushing investors toward the comparative safety of government debt
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Stocks slammed by debt fears
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