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Trucker charged with hit-and-run also faces DUI charge
Progress Index
COLONIAL HEIGHTS - The trucker involved with two crashes Tuesday night is now also charged with driving under the Influence and reckless driving. ...

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Double-murder trial opens after change of venue denied in Port Townsend
Peninsula Daily
Pat Yarr had worked as a log trucker across the North Olympic Peninsula since the early 1960s, and the family had lived in Forks and Chimacum before ...

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Rig count reflects oil boom in North Dakota
Bismarck Tribune
A trucker signs in at an oil rig site north of Killdeer before making a delivery in 2007. The number of operating oil rigs in the state hit 101 on Wednesday ...

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Madonna and Lourdes to Outfit Teens, Possibly in Ed Hardy
Gawker
Madonna : Ed Hardy :: Ashton Kutcher : Trucker hats? [NYPost] [Racked] [WWD subscription req.] Send an email to Maureen O'Connor, the author of this post, ...

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Preliminary inquiry to be held for trucker facing drug charges
Western Star
A preliminary inquiry will be set during the next court appearance involving a trucker from Hare Bay accused of transporting drugs. ...

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'Working' the Musical at Wilson Hall March 15-18
West Kentucky Star
... the trucker, the fireman, the housewife, just to name a few. It's a highly original look at the American landscape that's simply impossible to forget. ...

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Cactus flowers
NOW Toronto
A roadside encounter with Shane Jacobson's beefy trucker proves a distraction, but when Cactus is on track, it feels like a pleasant throwback to the glory ...

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Theater Reviews: The Unexpected Man, Influence, Old Glory, Dreamgirls
LA Weekly
The hurtle toward that wreck clips right along, gathering the speed and intensity of a cranked-up trucker; then the abrupt change in tone after such a ...

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AP-PM Prep-TV/Birthdays
FOX Charlotte
Then, on "Criminal Minds" a trucker is kidnapping women. Gabrielle Cateris has a guest role. "CSI: New York" is next. And, it's all comedy on ABC: "Scrubs," ...

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Looking ahead: Thursday
USA Today
In Michigan, jury deliberations are expected to begin in the murder trial of a trucker charged with killing an anti-abortion protester and a gravel-pit ...

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Abbotsford Trucker is BC's Newest Multi-Millionaire
Marketwire (press release)
RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 10, 2010) - "Millionaire March" continued today in BC with the fourth major lottery jackpot winner this ...

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Deal clears way for the redevelopment of Fairfield industrial area
Daily Record (subscription)
Baltimore officials Wednesday amended a deal to buy 81 lots in South Baltimore's Fairfield industrial area from trucker Kevin McNeil, ...

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Port Authority of NY, NJ offers grant to help finance new eco-friendly trucks
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
asked trucker Ramon Colon of Newark. But Colon said that even with the incentives, too much of the burden is placed on the drivers. ...

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WIT Halfway to Setting Record For Largest Meeting of Female Truck Drivers
Truckinginfo
Women In Trucking has announced it is halfway to meeting its goal to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of female professional ...

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Oil reverses gains, settles just above $82
The Trucker
... in Singapore and Joe McDonald in Beijing contributed to this report. Dorothy Cox of The Trucker staff may be contacted to comment at dlcox@thetrucker.com.

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Goodyear Highway Hero finalists risk their lives to save lives of others
Modern Bulk Transporter
?Lantzy, a driver for Fubar Trucking, was driving his tractor-trailer March 12, 2009, on Route 22 outside of Weirton WV, when he noticed a car along the ...

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The Big To-Do (2010)
Entertainment Weekly
Fortunately ? at least for Drive-By Trucker's creative juices ? there's been no shortage of woe in the world of late, and The Big To-Do features some of the ...

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Treehugger

The Port of NY/NJ Will Replace Dirty Old Diesel Trucks to Slash Air Pollution
Treehugger
Under the program, the PANYNJ will cover 25% of trucker's costs for newer trucks [with a low-interest loan for the rest]. PANYNJ also plans to phase out ...

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Mack says it's top exporter of trucks from North America in 2009
The Trucker
... from VCE might also operate dump trucks or equipment transporters. Dorothy Cox of The Trucker staff may be contacted to comment at dlcox@thetrucker.com.

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Austin 360

SXSW to-do: Go to panels, see shows, drink cheap American beer
Austin 360
We put on our low-rent finery (trucker hats, pearl-snap shirts) and headed to the Ginger Man, the greatest bar in the known universe. ...

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Oil reverses gains, slides back below $82
The Trucker
... in Singapore and Joe McDonald in Beijing contributed to this report. Dorothy Cox of The Trucker staff may be contacted to comment at dlcox@thetrucker.com.

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Scotland stuns the Slam
BikeRadar.com (blog)
But step up DCI (we've promoted him) Simon Brydon who over dinner suggested that the A75 trucker route along the coast was maybe not the best way, ...

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Killer Harlan Drake wanted victims to die quickly
Argus Press
Drake, a former trucker, also is accused of planning to murder area businessman James Howe the morning of Sept. 11. He was arrested before any attack on ...

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Grazia

Madonna = Fashion Mogul?
Grazia
Now, we're not quite sure we can pinpoint where Madonna's style is at in 2010? trucker caps, rather a lot of leather, many many tracksuits, ...

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Truckers getting worst of I-70 closure
KKCO-TV
But since truckers can't fly they're stuck with the detour until things get cleared up. Copeland says, "Lot of switchback corners real curvy, ...

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East Coast Clean Trucks Plan launches without ban on independents
The Trucker
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) today congratulated the leadership of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for developing a Clean Trucks ...

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Wholesale inventories fall while sales increase
The Trucker
... are now hoping to see the beginning of sustained inventory rebuilding. Kevin Jones of The Trucker staff can be reached for comment at kevinj@thetrucker.com.

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ABC News

Armed Robbery Growing Problem for Truckers
ABC News
Trucker Tom Connors says safety is always a major concern, especially now with the reported increase of armed robberies at rest stops. ...

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City, State and Federal Government Take Action for Cleaner Port of New York ...
U.S. EPA.gov (press release)
Under the program, the PANYNJ will cover 25% of trucker's costs for newer trucks. PANYNJ also plans to phase out additional older trucks serving the port as ...

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Stocks rise after inventories fall but sales gain
The Trucker
... Group Inc. and mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Kevin Jones of The Trucker staff may be contacted to comment at kevinj@thetrucker.com.

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