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3 hrs ago | WRAL.com

Teen charged in fatal Rocky Mount wreck

A 16-year-old Nash County girl faces charges in connection with a wreck last week that killed a Rocky Mount truck driver.

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Related Topix: Nash County, NC

4 hrs ago | Suwanee Democrat

Boarding up the roundabout

Lumber spilled on the roadway at the roundabout Wednesday afternoon causing traffic to be detoured on SR 51. According to witnesses on the scene, the truck driver, Brian Owens, said that he had picked up the load of lumber bound for Virginia.

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Related Topix: Live Oak, FL

8 hrs ago | Daily News

Trucker loses challenge on brake-check regulation

A provincial court judge dismissed a constitutional challenge by a trucker whose lawyer argued B.C.'s brake-check regulation is vague and unenforceable.

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12 hrs ago | Monster.com

Truck Driver - CDL Training Provided

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Related Topix: Monster, Human Resources

Tue Jun 18, 2013

The York Daily Record

Lauren Boyer: A 'healthy respect' for truckers is a good thing

On the way to Virginia two weekends ago, my Toyota Camry became sandwiched in a middle lane between two tractor-trailers.

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Related Topix: Coupe, Wagon, Hybrid, Toyota, Sedan, Toyota Camry

Trucker

House hearing on new HOS - contentious;' trucking, Congressmen question common sense of rule

Thirty months after the notice of proposed rulemaking was issued, 18 months after the Final Rule was issued and two weeks before the compliance date for two new key and controversial provisions, the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure gathered together six Hours of Service stakeholders in ... (more)

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Related Topix: Trucking, US Politics, Thomas Petri, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Iol.co.za

Trucks, buses face William Nicol ban

Heavy goods trucks and buses might never use William Nicol Road in Roodepoort again if the Joburg metro police department has its way.

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Related Topix: World News, South Africa,

Mon Jun 17, 2013

OregonLive.com

Steve Duin: What's left to save at the U.S. Postal Service?

For a festive 20 minutes, Saturday's protest at the Portland Air Cargo Center was a demonstration without an audience, robust theater on an empty stage.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service, Indie, US News, Marketing, Peter DeFazio, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Guthrie Man's Missing Dog Turns Up In Iowa After Hopping Train

"I probably burned half a tank of gas hollering for Lady Bird," says Allie Blevins.

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SooToday

Truckers driving distracted common on Ontario roadways

ELLIOT LAKE, BLIND RIVER, THESSSALON, ON The Ontario Provincial Police is partnering with the Ministry of Transportation , Ministry of the Environment and police services throughout the province to crack down on aggressive commercial truck drivers and unsafe commercial vehicles on Ontario's busiest highways.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Truck News

For the health of it

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. Siphiwe Baleka was a world-class athlete before deciding to embark on a career as a professional driver with Prime Inc. "I'd never been overweight," he recalled, when speaking at a recent Driving for Profit seminar on health and wellness.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Zap2it.com

'Ice Road Truckers': Lisa Kelly is back and ready to 'have some fun

After a season off the reality show "Ice Road Truckers," Wasilla, Alaska, resident Lisa Kelly is back in the driver's seat Sunday nights on History "I took a break," she tells Zap2it .

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Related Topix: Ice Road Truckers, Entertainment, Television, IRT Deadliest Roads, Wasilla, AK

Bakersfield.com

Trash pickup program a pathway out of homelessness

Duane Miller picks up trash in Bakersfield Friday with an entire crew from the Bakersfield Homeless Center.

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Observer & Eccentric

Trucker marks 1.7M miles without an accident

Con-way Freight truck driver Ed O'Mara was recently honored for driving 1.7 million miles in 25 years without having an accident.

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Related Topix: Westland, MI, Romulus, MI

The Hill

Trucking industry wants to jam brakes on looming driver regulations

Trucking companies are about to get hit with a new set of regulations further limiting the time a driver can spend behind the wheel.

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Related Topix: Trucking

Fri Jun 14, 2013

WDHN

New Federal Rules For Truck Drivers Take Over July 1

Starting in July, a new federal rule will prevent truckers from driving more than 70 hours in a seven-day span.

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Related Topix: Rick Scott, US Governors

WSFA-TV Montgomery

New 70 hour per week restriction to hit 18-wheeler drivers on July 1

Danny Loftin remembers the days he used to drive more than a hundred thousand miles a year as a truck driver.

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Related Topix: Prattville, AL, Clanton, AL

WTVY Dothan

Truck Driver Hours Limited

"But I think especially the I85 corridor there is a lot of accidents I don't know with the sleeping or not having their eyes on the road," said truck driver Stephen Lewis.

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The Tennessean

Trucker may face criminal charges in fatal I-24 wreck

Charges are pending against a tractor-trailer driver who slammed into a traffic jam early Thursday on Interstate 24 near Murfreesboro.

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Related Topix: Murfreesboro, TN, Vanderbilt University, Rutherford County, TN

Springfield News-Leader

Truck driver receives 17-year prison term in child porn case

A Springfield man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Prison, Springfield, MO

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