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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. roduction at U.S. factories, mines and utilities rose a less-than-expected 0.1% in August, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. klahoma voters on Tuesday soundly defeated a statewide ballot measure that would have raised the state’s gasoline and diesel taxes to pay for bridge and road repairs, the Associated Press reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. epairing roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast states could cost as much as $5 billion, Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said Tuesday after touring the region, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. etail sales fell 2.1% in August from the previous month, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>The Transportation Security Administration temporarily lifted its background check requirement for drivers seeking first-time hazardous materials endorsements, to make it easier for non-hazmat drivers to respond to calls for aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. believe drivers were comfortable with the previous hours-of-service rules. They had enough rest, regardless of whether they rested during a split-sleeper-berth period or a full 10 hours of off-duty time.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. urricane Ophelia could make landfall in North Carolina Wednesday but was not nearly as strong as Hurricane Katrina, which caused extensive damage to the Gulf Coast region two weeks ago, news and weather reports said.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ruck drivers are among the professions which have seen wages decline on an inflation-adjusted basis from 1997 through 2004, according to a Labor Department survey reported in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. urricane Katrina's aftermath will have an isolated effect on the hiring prospects of U.S. employers, with nearly a third expecting to add to their payrolls in the fourth quarter, according to a survey by Manpower Inc., the Associated Press reported Tuesday.