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American Trucking Associations said it has hired Mary Phillips as its new senior vice president of legislative affairs.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — An executive of Xata Corp. said the company’s plans for its phone-based tracking and logging system — Xata Turnpike — include pushing the unit into trucks that already have mobile communications hardware installed.

WASHINGTON — Highway crash deaths involving large trucks plummeted 20% in 2009 to 3,380, the third straight year it has set a record low, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.