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This afternoon's headlines: Port truckers planning New York fuel protest; DOT budget seeks big increase for safety; and Transport Corp. stock plummets 40% after USF merger called off.

Railroad management and labor unions have agreed on changes they want to make in the Railroad Retirement Act, and now they want Congress to enact them.

In the news this morning: AFL-CIO to give Teamsters $500,000 in support of Overnite strike; Congressman seeks probe of diesel fuel costs; and U.S. Trucking moves into hauling flowers.

The American Lung Association has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court decision that blocked the enforcement of new federal smog and soot regulations.

USFreightways Corp. and Transport Corp. of America have called off a $150 million plan to merge the companies.

Speculation on hours-of-service reforms that may force the industry to adopt paperless logging systems presents a new quandary: What’s coming on market that will fill the bill?

Put the cellular phone down when you’re driving. That’s the message some legislators in 10 states hope to deliver to all drivers, four-wheelers and big rigs alike.

Oregon last week dropped out of Norpass, a transponder-based weigh station bypass system it helped nurture, over terms of an agreement reached with rival service PrePass.

Bring together an American trucking industry in desperate need of qualified drivers and a U.S. territory searching for ways to create jobs for its residents, and it just may be a match made in heaven.

This afternoon's headlines: Fuel prices keep breaking records while analysts predict a drop in oil prices; and M.S. Carriers Inc. posts strong fourth-quarter earnings, beating Wall Street estimates.