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TSA May Allow Some Sharp Items on Flights • NTSB Wants Better Rail-Safety Switches • Cargo Theft Costs Reportedly Run Into Billions • President Touts Immigration Policy

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration official said untethered trailer tracking systems can reduce cargo theft, lessen the chance of terrorist attack and track detention charges more accurately.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. congressional measure awaiting President Bush's signature would keep Amtrak hauling freight cars, which it wants to stop, the New York Times reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. oving company Atlas Van Lines will expand its use of background checks to include seasonal employees by the middle of 2006 in order to improve security, a company official said.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Though the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has improved its system of collecting and processing truck crash data, the agency must do more to ensure the data’s integrity, a Government Accountability Office report said.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. cean-shipping firm Horizon Lines late Tuesday said it would file a rate increase request with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to raise ocean freight rates for the company's Hawaii service, effective Jan. 2, 2006.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. economy bounced back following the two big hurricanes in August and September, but lingering high fuel prices were pushing up shipping rates in some regions of the country, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. onsumer confidence jumped in November by the most in more than two years, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he national average retail price of diesel fuel fell 3.4 cents to $2.479 a gallon, the fifth straight weekly decline, the Department of Energy said Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. new home sales rose to a record rate in October, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.