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Marc Beam, the Truckload Carriers Association’s 2011 Highway Angel, is the type of person who saves the lives of a woman and two babies on a dark August night and doesn’t immediately tell anyone about it.

Tolls on bridges and tunnels would be subject to federal oversight under legislation introduced in Congress during December.

Used-truck sales declined in November, the result of both a lack of supply and increasing buyer resistance to high prices, according to two trucking-industry research groups.

An index of manufacturing activity in the Chicago area dipped in December but showed continued expansion, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago said Thursday.

Supporters of a national network of natural gas fueling stations for motor carriers have invested an additional $150 million in the project, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. said Thursday.

Oil rose slightly Thursday but held under under $100 a barrel, down from more than $101 earlier in the week, Bloomberg reported.

Initial jobless claims increased last week for the first time in a month, the Labor Department said Thursday.

As it has with trucking rules, the federal government has tightened hours-of-service rules for airline pilots, while exempting air cargo pilots.