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FARMINGTON, Pa. — American Trucking Associations mended its state federation structure as it welcomed back the wayward New Hampshire Motor Transport Association after an 18-month absence.

FHA Loans More Than $900 Million to Texas • Amtrak Train Derails Near Washington • Budget Group Files for Chapter 11 • Cannon Retains Financial Advisers • And more...

IBM Develops Voice Automated Navigation System • Motorola Names New President, COO • Qualcomm Cites Investment in Loss • Honda to Lease Fuel-Cell Car in U.S. • And more...

(Click here for a partial transcript of the chat.)Expanding American Trucking Associations' Highway Watch program to teach truckers and dispatchers how to report potential security breaches is a low-tech way to make a quick difference in the war on terrorism, ATA security adviser Jeffrey Beatty said during an online chat with TTNews.com users.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.AAA, formerly the American Automobile Association, has finally accepted what we’ve been reporting for years: In car-truck crashes, it’s more often the automobile driver who’s at fault.

The University of Michigan said Friday its final consumer sentiment index for July was 88.1, which was lower than last month’s reading but higher than the 86.5 that economists expected, Bloomberg reported.

Sales of heavy-duty Class 8 trucks slipped 0.5% in June from a year earlier, despite indications that many fleets are buying 2002 models at an accelerated rate to avoid the Oct. 1 deadline after which trucks are to have new lower-emission engines.

He tried to keep it a secret. But when his employer, TMC Transportation, asked for a background check, it was a secret revealed: The “Professor” was no professor.

West Coast Port Workers Give Negotiators Strike Authority • Gasoline Price Drops in Calif., Rises in Texas • Bill Would Add More Garbage Truck Inspectors at Border • W.Va. Studies Heavy Trucks on Turnpike Bridges • And more...

Inexpensive mortgages helped pushed the sales of new homes to a record pace in June, the Commerce Department said Thursday, while a national real estate trade association reported sales of existing homes down 11.7%, the biggest drop since April 1995.