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This afternoon's headlines: Hours-of-service debate gets ongoing play in national media; CN adds trains to better compete with trucks; trucker shortage has some carriers hiring illegal drivers; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Rising truck sophistication helps carriers retain drivers; leading telecom operators see location-based wireless as the next boom; AOL in pact to provide content via AT&T Wireless; and more.

The Senate voted Friday to eliminate estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period to help preserve family-owned trucking operations, but the bill faces a veto by President Clinton who said it benefits wealthy Americans.

The price of diesel fuel crept downward 0.4 cents a gallon this week amid arguments over inventories, oil production quotas and reserve plans, but analysts aren't holding out much hope for a significant drop in fuel prices anytime soon.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission relaxed the rules that determine which hazardous materials may be trucked through the four mountain tunnels on its toll road.

The House Treasury and Postal Subcommittee on July 11 approved the long-awaited appropriations bill that includes funding for the U.S. Customs Service’s Automated Commercial Environment.

Orbcomm Global and its Vantage Tracking Solutions division will remain in the trailer-tracking business in spite of a significant layoff in personnel, according to the chairman of the limited partnership.

In the news this morning: Senate sets Friday vote on estate tax repeal; Senate votes against suspending motor fuel taxes; Yellow Freight plans rate increase in August; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: Appeals court upholds STB's rail-merger moratorium; Air Canada, pilots break off talks; Airborne Express looks to trucking to boost business; and more.

Today's technology headlines: How to answer those "How's My Driving" stickers; Feds look into danger of driving while phoning; EarthLink says it won't install FBI's controversial Internet tapping device; and more.