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This afternoon's headlines: Crown Pacific sells Yellowstone Trucking; number of trucks to decrease but length of trailers to increase on some Canadian highways; quarterly revenues drop for The Freight Connection; and more.

Today's technology headlines: BNSF website provides carload shippers with estimated transit times; G-Log, Consolidated Commerce form partnership; Sprint plans mobile service that lets travelers access corporate data; and more.

Diesel prices in 2006 could be 52 cents more per gallon than they are today if the proposed standard for reduced sulfur in diesel fuel becomes law, according to a study conducted for the American Petroleum Institute.

Five states other than the main culprit, California, need to make changes to their truck registration rules or risk ending up on the wrong side of the International Registration Plan.

The 73-year-old Peace Bridge on the U.S.-Canada border is a truck-traffic time bomb, ready to explode into more congestion and delays if construction of a twin span is put on hold, according to an economic study.

Canada, usually an oasis of calm, finds itself in a tempest lately over the proposed revisions to its hours-of-service rules.

In the news this morning: Oil analysts warn trucking, consumers to suffer most from diesel price spike; Feds report July durable goods orders nosedived; Alberta Trucking Association seeks tax break for truckers; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: FedEx wins NFL deal over UPS; TruckersB2B says more carriers are using its fuel network; Chancellor appoints new leader of truck centers network; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Survey finds many companies not on logistics 'value chain' bandwagon; Sprint, Lotus to jointly develop wireless services; Verizon strike grinds on for Mid-Atlantic customers; and more.

The Department of Transportation’s proposed hours-of-service regulations would cost trucking nearly six times more than DOT estimates, according to a new industry study