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Crude oil prices were little changed Tuesday as Hurricane Dean bypassed most U.S. oil platforms and refineries in the Gulf of Mexico, Bloomberg reported.

An index of leading economic indicators improved in July, the New York-based Conference Board said Monday.

Alabama state troopers issued 26,126 tickets in a five-day statewide crackdown last week aimed at reducing speeds and preventing highway deaths, the Associated Press reported.

The Department of ���ϳԹ���land Security, the lead U.S. agency for fighting cyber threats, suffered more than 800 hacker break-ins, virus outbreaks and other computer security problems over two years, senior officials acknowledged to Congress, the Associated Press reported.

Severe thunderstorms that dropped up to a foot of rain in the upper Midwest over the weekend washed out roads and bridges and killed five people stranded in their cars in Minnesota, the Associated Press reported.

The California Air Resources Board has approved more use of ethanol as part of several changes to its reformulated gasoline regulations.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has awarded a grant to educate local and state enforcement officers about truck cabotage rules that forbid foreign carriers from hauling cargo point-to-point within the United States.

More than 375 professional truck drivers from all 50 states are expected to compete this week in what American Trucking Associations calls the “Super Bowl of Safety” — the National Truck Driving Championships in Minneapolis.