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The Federal Communications Commission has mandated development of a national enhanced wireless 911 network — or E911 — by 2005. Such a network, experts say, would mean that public safety call centers across the United States would be able to locate exactly cellular telephone users making emergency calls..

The number of Americans filing applications for state unemployment benefits rose by 5,000 to 439,000 in the week ended July 5, the Labor Department reported Thursday..

Nine months after the nation’s third-largest less-than-truckload carrier declared bankruptcy, tightening capacity and pumping up freight volumes for surviving carriers, analysts and fleets said those gains were being diluted by the weak economy and by turf wars for regional freight that created excess capacity.

State officials and truckers in California said that wait times at the state’s three major ocean ports fell last week, as a law that penalizes terminal operators if they cause trucks to wait in line more than 30 minutes went into effect.

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Wholesale inventories declined 0.3% in May, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday, reflecting declines in stockpiles of automobiles, machinery and electrical equipment.

WASHINGTON — The president of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Peter Hurst, said it would be “a definite challenge” for U.S. and Canadian authorities to implement criminal background checks on hazardous materials drivers in time to meet looming U.S. deadlines. br clear=all>

Two key national associations have called on the Transportation Security Administration to delay implementing a new requirement for criminal background checks before certifying commercial drivers to haul hazardous materials.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has approved two amendments to the multiyear highway funding bill that could place additional restrictions on cross-border trucking and U.S. fleets if they become law.