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ORLANDO, Fla. -- David G. McCorkle, chairman of American Trucking Associations, officially cut the ribbon Sunday to open the exhibit hall of ATA's annual Management Conference and Exhibition.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters ended a bitter, three-year strike against less-than-truckload carrier Overnite Transportation of Richmond, Va. on Oct. 24.

Trucking company executives struggling to survive skyrocketing insurance premiums, escalating diesel fuel prices and unproven new lower-pollution engines were gathering in Orlando, Fla., this week for American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference and Exhibition.

After three weeks of shootings and thousands of tips, it was a single truck driver who called in the final alert that led to the arrest and capture of alleged Beltway snipers John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, news services reported.

New orders for durable goods fell 5.9% in September, their steepest decline since November 2001, the Commerce Department said Friday.

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Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) and seven others, including members of his family, were killed when a chartered plane crashed in northern Minnesota Friday morning.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Technology and Maintenance Council should be the lead clearinghouse for unbiased test data on cleaner-burning diesel engines entering the market now and in 2007, the head of one of the nation's largest trucking and logistics companies said last week.

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced Oct. 9 that the planned toll hikes on the seven bridges under its jurisdiction will go into effect Nov. 30.

Canada has proposed requiring new trailers to have rear underride guards stronger than those trucks must have in the United States.