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The Oregon House on Thursday refused to go along with the Senate's version of a controversial gas tax bill, which would have replaced the state's weight-mile tax.

Driver error appears to be part of the cause of a deadly 1998 gasoline explosion in Mississippi that killed five people, a preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report says.

Louisiana forbids the owner of a vehicle to offer a chassis or container in intermodal exchange that does not meet federal safety regulations, under a law signed July 16 by Gov. Mike Foster.

In the news this morning: U.S. increases inspection force on Mexican border; Celadon earns Volkswagen pact to carry auto parts; and Lawmaker wants Caltrans permit procedure probed.

CSX Corp. says it will sell Sea-Land Service, Inc.'s international liner business to A.P. Moller-Maersk Line for $800 million. The deal includes 70 ships and several container terminals.

A federal grand jury in Richmond, Va., charged a mother and two of her three sons with running a violent hijacking ring along the Interstate 95 corridor that preyed on independent truckers.

According to two General Accounting Office studies, the Defense Department isn't likely to choose a new way of shipping the household goods of service members any time soon.

The Federal Highway Administration extended the deadline to participate in its paperless logs pilot program for a second time.

This afternoon's headlines: Rollins Truck Leasing reports higher third quarter earnings; Oshkosh Truck increases operating capacity; and Truck driver cited in Wash. bus crash.

In the news this morning: Ryder plans to sell bus unit; amid many sea changes, IKEA seeks consistency from carriers; and last of 'Big Dig' wage cases settled as law is under study.