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The Department of Defense - a big customer for the trucking industry - came in under budget on its transportation expenses in 2000, according to the general commanding the Military Traffic Management Command.

Truckers are increasingly finding themselves the targets of smuggling rings that use money and other enticements in attempts to get undocumented immigrants across the border between Mexico and the United States.

Two-and-a-half years ago, Dawn Capalbo’s 55-year-old husband and business partner, Sam, died suddenly of a heart attack, forcing her to take over an airfreight trucking business she knew little about.

In the news this morning: Big Three automakers to make "joint e-business" announcement; Texas to tighten truck tailpipe emissions standards; Eaton to provide medium-truck transmission parts to DaimlerChrysler in Brazil; and more.

Today's Technology Headlines: LEDs on the road to acceptance in trucking; Study finds users leery of wireless Internet access; and Mobile phones are getting data-smart.

This afternoon's headlines: American Freightways plans terminal near Utica, N.Y.; NHTSA raises Firestone tire death toll to 148; Visteon warns of sharply lower 4Q earnings; and more.

Mexico won an important victory in its bid to force the U.S. to open its roads to Mexican truckers under the North American Free Trade Agreement when an arbitration panel issued a preliminary decision in Mexico’s favor.

A federal judge has ruled that vehicle leasing arrangements between Ledar Transport, a Missouri-based truckload carrier, and some of its drivers violated federal truth-in-leasing regulations.

Shipping freight by air is both expensive and indispensable. These two facts illustrate why the airfreight industry is simultaneously expanding and contracting.

A new federal law enables state and local governments to go after trucking operations and drivers who illegally boost the power of their citizen band radios. President Clinton signed the legislation Nov. 22.