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9 min ago | Denver Post

South Carolina truck driver held after allegedly taking DOT employees hostage

Samuel Ervin Brown A South Carolina truck driver was arrested Tuesday night at the northbound Port of Entry weigh station on Interstate 25 in Fort Collins after holding two state employees hostage at knife point.

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Related Topix: Fort Collins, CO

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Ipswich Evening Star

Trucker visits Ipswichs around the world

IPSWICH: An ex-truck driver from Ipswich has declared his love of his home town by venturing to five other destinations with the same name.

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Related Topix: Ipswich, MA, Australia, World News,

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WAFF-TV Huntsville

Trucker claims he was kidnapped, then rescued 4 days later

A truck driver claimed he was hit in the head, kidnapped and locked in the back of his own rig for days.

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Related Topix: Falkville, AL

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Olympian

Lacey rape suspect sentenced

A trucker who allegedly raped and robbed a college student at Saint Martin's University was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for luring and sexually assaulting a developmentally disabled girl in Nevada.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Lacey, WA, Saint Martin's University

Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

Civil suit seeks damages in fatal wreck

A trooper testified during a civil trial Wednesday that he found no signs a sod truck driver tried to stop as his rig sped past a stop sign at Cody's Corner and collided with a minivan, killing a Palm Coast woman and seriously injuring her husband.

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Related Topix: Palm Coast, FL, Flagler County, FL

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Jackson truckers charged in mill fraud

Four Jackson County truck drivers face federal wire fraud charges in connection to a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme that allegedly cheated a Rome cardboard mill out of $4.8 million.

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Related Topix: Jackson, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jefferson, GA, Commerce, GA

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Inside Bay Area

Truckers scrambling after grant money dries up

Roberto Ayala, who has been a trucker for the past 13 years, sits in his truck outside the OT-411 Trucker Information Center in Oakland, Calif.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA

The Toronto Star

Truckers gather for downtown protest

Truck driver training schools are planning a rally at Queen's Park today in a bid to force the resumption of driver testing in Ontario.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Truckers News

FMCSA to reconsider hours rules

By Avery Vise The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has decided to conduct another rulemaking regarding hours-of-service regulations as part of an Oct.

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The Indianapolis Star

Trucker hurt in I-70 ramp crash

A truck driver was injured when his rig overturned on the on-ramp to I-70 on the Near Southside this morning.

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Related Topix: Indianapolis, IN

Sun Nov 01, 2009

CBS4

I-Team: Danger On The Road

Share + Nov 1, 2009 8:48 pm US/Eastern It was 4:12 p.m. on a September day last year when the first call for help was placed to 911.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids

Sat Oct 31, 2009

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Trucking Industry Looking for Exception from Texting Bans

Across the country, there has been a movement at the state and federal levels to ban drivers from sending, receiving and reading text messages while driving.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

WISH-TV Indianapolis

Trucker beaten in liquor load heist

A carefully planned heist has left a truck driver rubbing his bruised head while police officers search for two robbers.

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Related Topix: Beverages, Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Metro

WWSB

Man pleads guilty to beating trucker to death

A Pasco County man has pleaded guilty to beating an Ohio truck driver to death in 2002.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

WBBM-AM Chicago

Truckers May Be Ordered To Take Extra Hour Of Rest

CHICAGO a * This is a story about 60 minutes that might mean the difference between life and death on the highways and expressways.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro

Scotsman.com Business - Latest York a...

Appeal to trace trucker over shopper thefts

Police are trying to trace a truck driver who handed in a bag of stolen items belonging to around 70 Northallerton shoppers.

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Truckers News

Rush Enterprises reports third quarter results

By Successful Dealer Staff Rush Enterprises, Inc. announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, 9

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Times Leader

Alabama trucker sentenced in fatal Pa. crash

An Alabama truck driver has been sentenced to six to 22 months in jail in a western Pennsylvania crash that killed two Michigan men last year.

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Related Topix: Greene County, PA

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Transport Topics

N.Y. Seeks to Require Truck-Specific GPS Following Several Collisions With Bridges

This article appears in the Sept. 21 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today.

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Related Topix: David Paterson, US Governors, Westchester County, NY

The Herald Democrat

Obama administration to reconsider trucker rule

The Obama administration has agreed to reconsider a rule that allows long-haul truckers to drive for up to 11 hours straight, bowing to safety advocates who say longer hours could lead to greater fatigue and more accidents.

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