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Senate Republicans expect to retain control of committees even if there is a 50-50 split with the Democrats in the number of seats..

Interstate Insurance Management and Swiss Re's Commercial Insurance have expanded their insurance program for the trucking industry into Virginia and Indiana.

In the news this morning: NY/NJ eyes bridge incentive for trucks; Airborne expanding ground deliveries; oil-consuming nations to push OPEC to lower prices; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Meeting the e-fulfillment challenge; Nabisco proves to be one smart cookie With logistics; Knight upgrades access control system; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: U.S. Trucking Chairman Huff resigns; inflation tame in October; crude, heating oil futures dip on warm-weather forecast; and more.

A razor-thin majority for Republicans in Congress could lead to gridlock on issues critical to trucking, while the outcome of the presidential election will affect the regulatory climate for the industry for the next four years, analysts said last week. That was the assessment as the nation waited for the winner of the Nov. 7 balloting to be determined.

Intermodal service is an important business for the nation’s railroads, but it continues to fall short of the industry’s oft-stated goal of diverting truck traffic to trains.

American Trucking Associations, industry groups and three states argued Nov. 7 before the U.S. Supreme Court that the Environmental Protection Agency exceeded its administrative authority in establishing new state standards to regulate ozone and airborne particulate matter in 1997.

The retail price of diesel fuel dropped by 1.9 cents to $1.61 per gallon last week, marking the third straight week of a downturn that now totals six cents and has fueled a kind of wary optimism about prices in the long term.