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News in Review, sponsored this week by the Truckers’ Roundtable, held the first Wednesday of every month from 7 to 9:30 pm Central. Come join the crowd and drive your opinion home instead of your truck. Call 800-292-8072 to get the details and sign up.

The week of May 11th is National Transportation week.

Join us now as we check on IdleAire Technologies; what one penny can do to your fuel costs, the unusual market for used trucks, the squeeze on drivers at US seaports, Congressional testimony, a truck hijacking, wildcat strike and razorbacks on the road.

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Truckin' Trivia answer: The answer is ‘Delaware,’ declared the First State in 1787.