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This afternoon's headlines: Paint spill ties up traffic on I-95; Officer says Caltrans OKd route followed by tanker in crash; and Caterpillar's second-quarter earnings plunge 37%.

Trism Inc., Kennesaw, Ga., reached an agreement in principle with its bondholders to restructure its long-term subordinated debt.

Protesters who staged last week's human interstate blockade say they'll do it again Friday, but state highway officials are working hard to get them to change their minds.

Another figure involved in the state’s commercial driver license scandal pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to issue CDLs and funneling illegal funds into campaign contributions.

In this morning's headlines: CNF Transport’s trucks drive record second quarter; Arkansas Best reports record second quarter earnings; and S.C. county mulls steeper rig parking fines.

Eddie Brown, president of Landair Corp., resigned July 19 after the Tennessee-based truckload carrier announced that it would incur a substantial loss in the second quarter.

Refrigerated freight carriers got a frosty forecast about their segment of trucking from two analysts at a meeting conducted by a unit of the Truckload Carriers Association.

This afternoon's headlines: Communications exec sees bright future for onboard computer systems; Training vs. technology in trucker safety; and Peterbilt rolls out a new online service.

West Coast longshoremen and port managers came to terms July 15, after weeks of contract talks, a strike that shut down the Port of Oakland and work slowdowns at all the coast’s major ports.

A planning committee recommended some fine-tuning in the way the Safety Management Council of American Trucking Associations does business.