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Feb 07, 2012 02:47PM

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Feb 07, 2012 12:00PM

Harlin Named President of U.S. Xpress

Ray Harlin has been promoted to president of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, the truckload carrier said Tuesday.

Feb 07, 2012 08:45AM

XTRA Lease to Add 9,400 Trailers, Rebuild 1,000 More

XTRA Lease said it plans to buy about 9,400 new dry van and refrigerated trailers this year and refurbish another 1,000 flatbed trailers to extend their service life.

Feb 07, 2012 07:30AM

USA Truck Reports 4Q Loss

USA Truck reported a fourth-quarter loss of $4.4 million, or 42 cents per share, compared with a loss of $1.8 million, or 17 cents, a year ago.

Feb 07, 2012 07:00AM

Penske Plans to Hire 3,500 This Year

Penske Truck Leasing and Penske Logistics plan to hire 3,500 employees in the United States and Canada this year.

Feb 07, 2012 06:30AM

Diesel Rises 0.6˘ to $3.856; Gasoline Gains 4.8˘ to $3.482

Diesel rose 0.6 cent to $3.856 a gallon, its fourth increase in the past five weeks, while gasoline continued to climb at a faster rate, the Department of Energy said Monday.



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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:44:17 GMT

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Feb 07, 2012 06:51PM

Appeals court throws out same-sex marriage ban (AP)

Robin Tyler, right, who with her partner Diane Olson, not shown, became the first same-sex couple to wed in Los Angeles County in 2008, embraces her attorney Gloria Allred after hearing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision on the validity of gay marriage, in Los Angeles Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The federal appeals court declared California's same-sex marriage ban, passed as Proposition 8 in 2008, to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Same-sex marriage moved one step closer to the Supreme Court on Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled California's ban unconstitutional, saying it serves no purpose other than to "lessen the status and human dignity" of gays.


Feb 07, 2012 07:44PM

Santorum leads in early Minn. GOP caucus returns (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum greets supporters after a campaign stop in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Former Sen. Rick Santorum jumped ahead Tuesday night in early returns from Minnesota's caucuses, hoping to extinguish front-runner Mitt Romney's modest campaign winning streak and launch a comeback of his own in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.


Feb 07, 2012 04:26PM

Abortion, birth control grab political spotlight (AP)

Karen Handel speaks during an interview in Atlanta Tuesday,  Feb. 7, 2012. Handel announced earlier her resignation as vice president for public policy for Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity.  (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception.


Feb 07, 2012 03:37PM

Russia pushes Syria reforms as bloodshed mounts (AP)

Pro-Syrian regime supporters wave Syrian and Russian flags as they cheer a convoy believed to be transporting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Thousands of Syrians waving Russian flags cheered Russia's foreign minister as he arrived in Damascus Tuesday for talks with embattled President Bashar Assad on the country's escalating violence. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)AP - Days after blocking a U.S.-backed peace plan at the U.N., senior Russian officials pushed for reforms Tuesday during an emergency meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, promoting a settlement to end the uprising without removing him from power.


Feb 07, 2012 07:54PM

No charges against NYPD boss' son after rape claim (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2010, file photo, TV personality Greg Kelly, the son of New York Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly, arrives at the New York Comedy Festival's Stand Up For Heroes concert in New York. Prosecutors in New York say that have decided not to pursue charges against Kelly following a woman’s claim that he raped her in October 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)AP - Prosecutors have decided not to pursue charges against the police commissioner's son following a woman's claim that he raped her.


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