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Kansas’ move to become the 26th state to outlaw texting while driving has drawn praise from U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for pushing the country past the halfway mark to a nationwide ban on the practice.

A new Department of Transportation study hints that the Obama administration’s ambitious plans to increase heavy truck fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases emissions will likely rely on a combination of existing aerodynamic design technologies and future diesel engine modifications that have barely left the laboratory or are still under development.

YRC Worldwide said Monday that joint committees representing the company and the Teamsters union are being formed to address YRC’s “competitiveness and reentry into union pension plans.”

Existing home sales rose in April to the highest level in five months, the National Association of Realtors said.

The need for total control of the “cold chain” — every point in a refrigerated shipment’s environment — is driving demand for more efficient ways of maintaining cargo temperature during the transfer of goods between dock and trailer.

Intermodal rail traffic continued to rise last week to its highest level since fall 2008, the Association of American Railroads said.

Iteris Inc., which makes lane-departure warning systems for the trucking industry, said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell from a year ago.