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Texas Plan Calls for Rail Use, Truck Roadways • Midwest Storm Snarls Travel; 14 Dead • Tenneco to Close Plants, Cut Jobs • Tower Group to Acquire Clearance Operations From UPS Unit • Truck Drivers Split on Use of De-Icer • And more...

In a weekend that will see two of the largest, most visible events since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, security officials are clamping down on the cities of New Orleans and New York.

Attacks Send Security Price Tag Soaring • Pilots’ Union Seeks Stricter Cargo Screening • San Francisco Terminal Shut Down After Breach • KLLM Giving ID Cards to All Drivers • And more...

In his first State of the Union address Tuesday evening, President Bush called for a near-doubling of funding for homeland security, focused on four key areas: bioterrorism, emergency response, airport and border security and improved intelligence.

In another sign that the recession that began in March may be ended, the U.S. economy unexpectedly expanded in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has concluded that it is “not economically feasible” for small and medium-size carriers to install electronic hours-of-service recorders on trucks.

Qualcomm Inc., which suspended business in tracking unattached trailers in early September, is exploring several ways to re-enter the trailer-tracking market with a low-cost solution that heretofore hesitant motor carriers could embrace, according to Chris Wolfe, senior vice president of Qualcomm’s Wireless Business Solutions group.

Mineta to Have Hip Replacement Surgery • California to Vote on Carbon Dioxide Bill • Accounting Change Boosts J.B. Hunt Earnings • UPS Tax Case Won't Get Immediate Appeal • And more...

Trucking Firms Seen Avoiding Technology • New Night-Vision Device Offered to Trucking • Motorola Delivers Millionth ECM to Cummins • Irish Tech Firm Posts Small Loss • And more...

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it would not cut interest rates for the first time in 12 months.