US stocks: Dow down 280 points, biggest fall in a year

NEW YORK (AP) — Fears that the U.S. economy is stalling sent the Dow Jones industrial average down 280 points Wednesday, erasing more than a quarter of the stock market's gains for the year. Treasury bond yields fell to their lowest level since December as traders put a higher value on safer investments.

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