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The Senate yesterday approved an appropriations bill for the Environmental Protection Agency without including language that would have postponed the EPA's new diesel emissions regulations

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Republican vice-presidential candidate Dick Cheney visited with truckers in a truckstop in Ohio yesterday, learning about their worries about fuel prices and other issues as part of his "Greatest Generation" bus tour. According to published reports, Cheney nibbled on apple pie and coffee as he shared a table with truckers at the Petro Travel Center about 15 miles south of Bowling Green

Transportation.com, Overland Park, Kan., an Internet transportation marketplace, has announced partnership agreements with Volvo Trucks North America and Volvo Commercial Finance LLC The Americas

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A North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles officer has been accused of accepting bribes from an undercover officer in exchange for not inspecting a trailer properly

Sweden's Volvo Truck Corp. reportedly plans to review its relationship with Japan's Mitsubishi

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Six Northeastern states and the District of Columbia are paying special attention to inspecting waste trucks this week

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SPX Corp., Warren, Mich., has awarded a $25,000 grant to Northwood University to be used in the development of a course on management operations in the heavy-duty truck market

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The National Traffic Safety Administration is looking for non-contact eye closure monitoring devices to use in tests of “drowsy driver” detection systems

Garner Transportation Group, Findlay, Ohio, has selected the TrackWare trailer tracking system from @Track Communications of Richardson, Texas

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Internet transportation marketplace Transportation.com, Overland Park, Kan., now offers Classifieds, a service that allows members to post and set a selling price for equipment directly on the site

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Internet trucking colossus Transplace.com, Plano, Texas, announced it has completed its first quarter of operations and the merger of logistics business units from six major truckload carriers

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Profit Tools, Newmarket, N.H., has released version 3.0 of its business, operations, and e-commerce software product line, Profit Tools for Trucking

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All weigh stations in the state of Florida will soon be automated, thanks to an exclusive agreement with PrePass

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Pilot Corp., Knoxville, Tenn., opened a new travel center in Santa Nella, Calif., at I-5 and Highway 33 this week

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Hookup.com, an online truck and equipment auction, recently announced the winner of its Free Truck Giveaway

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Kennesaw, Ga.-based Trism recently announced a 10 percent pay increase that will affect company drivers in its Specialized Carrier's division

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Network Associates, Lynn Haven, Fla., operators of the Carrierdepot.com web site, are offering free access to their online truckload rating system through Nov. 3

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Penske Corp. today announced the completion of the sale of its 48.6% ownership in Detroit Diesel Corp. to DaimlerChrysler, Freightliner's parent company

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A federal committee in Australia wants to ban tired truckers from working and is recommending mandatory drug testing to cut down on truckers who drive while fatigued