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Most of the machines that process the Transportation Worker Identification Credential cards are broken, according to a House lawmaker, the Associated Press reported.

I joined the company where I work about three months ago, and one of my top-priority jobs has been fuel usage. We had to look at our idling time because all our trucks are sleepers and the drivers run in 48 states.

U.S. economic activity remained generally weak in late April and May, and some trucking companies reported having difficulty passing on high fuel costs to their customers, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

Heavy rains led to severe flooding in several Midwest states this week, taking out some major roads and rail bridges and causing millions of dollars in damages, news services reported.

The International Energy Agency lowered its forecast for global oil demand this year, while thousands of European truckers protested high fuel prices, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

Soaring fuel prices have driven trucking bankruptcies up 143% over the same time last year, and industry analysts said the market may need to consolidate more before it improves for those companies that survive, the Associated Press reported.

The U.S. trade deficit grew 7.8% in April to the highest level in more than a year, on surging energy costs, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

The regional government of the Portland, Ore., area is backing a new Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River, the Associated Press reported.

Connecticut’s truck inspections fell 20% to about 18,600 in 2007, compared with a year earlier, the Hartford Courant reported.

Heavy-truck manufacturers have refrained from cutting prices or offering large rebates and other significant incentives, partly because their sales overseas are strong and help offset a second straight year of falling domestic sales, analysts and dealers said.