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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Safety professionals for years have examined crash data and worked to reduce crash frequency on the long-held belief that frequency creates severity.

Crude oil prices fell to their lowest level in two weeks following positive inventory reports from the Department of Energy that supplies were holding strong.

The average U.S. retail price of diesel fuel fell 1.6 cents to $2.392 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday, and gasoline also fell off its record set a week earlier.

Congress is set to increase U.S. daylight-saving time by two months, to run from March to November, in a move to save energy, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

FedEx Corp.’s less-than-truckload unit FedEx Freight said Tuesday it was opening of five new service centers as part of a strategic expansion throughout the United States.

SCS Transportation late Monday reported a first-quarter profit of $5.8 million or 38 cents a share, up from $5.5 million or 36 cents a year earlier.

Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises Inc. said late Monday its net income for the second quarter grew 17% to $25.3 million or 31 cents a share, up from $21.6 million or 27 cents a year earlier.

The level of housing starts was unchanged in June from May’s rate, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

Ford Motor Co. Tuesday reported its profit dropped 19% as North American auto operations lost money on falling car and truck sales.