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The trucking industry very much affects The Panhandle. For example, passing through Perryton, Vega and Groom around 50 percent of the traffic is semi trucks.

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Some port truckers shut down in Oakland to protest fuel prices, surcharges Some truckers who haul containers in and out of the Port of Oakland shut down this week to protest the fact that their pay has not gone ...

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Larry Wayne Nunley, 55, of Reidsville, N.C., was sentenced here on May 7, 2008, by U.S. District Court Judge Frederick J. Martone to 78 months in federal prison. via LawFuel.com

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International DuraStar - 1.9 percent financing for 36 months/2.9 percent for 48 months/3.9 percent for 60 months; International CityStar - 3.9 percent for 36 months/4.9 percent for 48 months/5.9 percent for 60 ... via Truckers News

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“It's been over five years since an increase in wages”

Some 150 dump truck drivers launched a rolling protest from the Dixie Gurdwara on Thursday morning. via Mississauga

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“But there's no doubt that today's skyrocketing diesel prices give us an added incentive to roll it out across the industry, and for Congress to provide the support the program needs.”

DAN CATERINICCHIA WASHINGTON -- Struggling with record diesel prices, the trucking industry's main trade group on Thursday introduced a plan to reduce fuel consumption and emissions over the next decade mainly ... via InYork

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It was just last week that we learned, in a new study, that Dallas has some of the most polluted air in the country among the largest cities.

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“Three months just trying to make ends meet with my household finances”

"That leaves me out in the Midwest, fending myself, sending checks home to my family, the best I can."... While this has been going on, Anthony has been taking back road to save money on tolls, sleeping in his ... via Trucks world news

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“Your food, toys, computers, they're all hauled by truck drivers. The backbone of our trucks is diesel fuel to power them. And this rise in cost is hurting trucks, in turn hurting supplies to your stores.”

Drivers from 27 states, including Pennsylvania, are heading to Washington DC in hopes of gaining some attention. via WHP-TV Harrisburg

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“Although it's been almost a year now it's something you deal with constantly on a daily basis.”

An Orange County couple whose three children died in a highway crash nearly a year ago have become parents to triplets. via Denver Post

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State police in Beaver County say a Fort Wayne trucker has reported being accosted by a gunman who posed like a motorist needing assistance. via Journal Gazette

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Created: May 1, 2008 09:08 AM Modified: May 1, 2008 03:48 PM A truck driver was killed on Interstate 20 in Bossier Parish this morning when his truck had a blowout, careened across the interstate and hit a car ... via KTBS-TV Shreveport

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Photo Credit: AP Photo Trucks fill the bays at the truck washing center in Wilmington, Calif., Thursday, May 1, 2008. via Victoria Advocate

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The state of Tennessee plans to seek the death penalty if a jury convicts a southern Illinois truck driver in the killing of a woman in Nashville. via WAND-TV Decatur

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“Shippers and exporters know about it and plan around it, and we don't expect to see any significant disruptions from it.”

West Coast cargo traffic came to a halt Thursday as port workers staged daylong anti-war protests to commemorate May Day, terminal operators said Thursday.

Thousands of dockworkers did not show up for the morning shift, leaving ships and truck drivers idle at ports from Long Beach to Seattle, Pacific Maritime Association spokesman Steve Getzug said.

Workers were expected to return for the start of the evening shift, he said.

"There's no work happening so that means there's no cargo being unloaded and certainly being loaded either," Getzug said. Read more

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"Until the Senate joins the House to roll back tax incentives, quarterly oil company profits will continue to explode while Maine truckers, farmers, fishermen and families pay the price:, said Rep. via WLBZ

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