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The U.S. index of leading economic indicators fell 0.5% in September, its largest decline in more than five years, Bloomberg said.

A trailer carrying fertilizer and pesticides that touched off a nationwide hunt when it was reported stolen last week, has been recovered, undamaged in Hillside, N.J., ABC News reported.

USFreightways Reports Lower 3Q Earnings • Congress Eyes Transportation Projects to Boost Economy • Gasoline Prices Still Falling, Lundberg Says • And more....

The national average price for diesel fuel continued its steady decline, falling 3.5 cents per gallon to $1.318 –- its lowest price since mid-January of 2000, according to the Department of Energy.

Two Washington, D.C.-area postal workers have died of what officials are calling the second and third known fatalities from the recent anthrax mailings, the Associated Press reported.

Germany’s Deutsche Post World Net had no comment on reports that it is about to acquire package delivery provider Airborne Express, the Journal of Commerce reported on Monday.

Combining an increase in tolls at three of Maryland’s toll facilities with a change in the discounts offered for large trucks at all seven toll facilities could cost the industry an extra $17 million, according to the Maryland Motor Truck Association.

The Canadian trucking community is watching closely as the United States struggles with domestic opposition to opening the southwestern border to companies and trucks from Mexico hauling international cargo, as stipulated by the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to the president of the Canadian Trucking Alliance.

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