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trucks stories: 28 news summaries

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'Big Gay Ice Cream Truck' Roams Streets of NYC

Truck fights homophobia with weird toppings

Aug 26, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - This summer, there’s a new kind of ice cream truck on the streets of New York: the big, gay kind. Doug Quint, owner of the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, tells Gelf Magazine about his weirdest topping (wasabi pea dust), the definition of a choinkwich (“a freshly-made chocolate... More »

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food • New York City • trucks • soft serve ice cream • ice cream • Twitter • gay

Battle Over Big Rigs Pits Efficiency Against Safety

Measure would extended federal limits on big rigs

Jun 6, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bigger is not only better—it’s also safer and greener, say trucking-industry advocates who would like to see limits on the size and weight of big rigs on interstate highways lifted. One tells USA Today bigger trucks are more fuel-efficient and minimize pollution. But if truckers are successful, one... More »

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highway safety • trucks • road safety • drivers • 18-wheeler

(Newser) - A driver leaped onto his stolen truck as it pulled out of Georgia parking lot and held on for a 70-mile high-speed cop chase, reports CNN. The driver called police from his cell phone from the truck, and clung to the rig as the thief gunned it. The getaway was... More »

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Atlanta • crime • police • theft • Georgia • speeding • hijack • speed • truckers • trucks • car theft • police chase

 Truckers Linked 
 to Hundreds 
 of Serial Killings 

Road-trip serial killers exploit 'mobile crime scene,' says FBI

Apr 5, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI believes that hundreds of hitchhikers, prostitutes, and stranded motorists have been murdered by serial killers working as long-haul truckers, reports the Los Angeles Times. Some 500 women have been murdered over the last 3 decades and their bodies discarded along highways, and at rest stops and motels frequented... More »

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FBI • murder • truckers • trucks • highways • prostitute • serial killers

(Newser) - AT&T pledged to spend $565 million to replace its current vehicle fleet with models that run on alternative fuels, the Detroit Free Press reports. The firm will buy over 15,000 hybrid and natural-gas-powered cars, mainly from Ford. AT&T billed the move as not only environmentally responsible but... More »

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alternative energy • Ford • telecom • trucks • hybrid car • natural gas • AT&T

Recession Drives Workers
to Trucking

Surging unemployment solves industry's chronic struggle to haul in drivers

Feb 27, 09 2:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Hard times have reversed the trucking industry's trouble finding recruits, the Wall Street Journal reports. Applications have surged as workers who once shunned the industry's demanding conditions can no longer afford to be choosy. At the same time the number of trucks on the road has dropped. Firms that once... More »

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employment • recession • truckers • trucks • job • trucking • recession depression

Boy, 6, Killed at
Monster Truck Show

Washington boy dies after he's struck in head by metal debris

Jan 18, 09 6:38 AM CST
(Newser) - A 6-year-old Washington boy was killed when he was struck in the head by a flying piece of metal while watching a Monster Truck show. It wasn't immediately clear what flew off one of the trucks and up over a safety barrier. Another fan in the stands was also injured.... More »

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accident • Monster truck • trucks • accidental death • Monster Truck Jam

 3 Detroit Finalists 
 Up for Car, 
 Truck of Year 

Ford, Chrysler vehicles face off against three foreign competitors

Dec 19, 08 2:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Three Detroit-made vehicles are among six finalists for the 2009 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards, the Detroit News reports. The Ford Flex will compete with the Hyundai Genesis and the Volkswagen Jetta TDI for the year's best car, while the redesigned Ford F-150 and Dodge Ram... More »

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Ford • Dodge • auto industry • trucks • US automakers • Ford F 150 • cars

(Newser) - California passed diesel emission regulations yesterday that will likely save lives and leave truckers footing most of the bill, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The state air board ruling will require trucks in California to filter their exhaust by 2014 and replace engines by 2022. The board plans to... More »

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environment • California • vehicle emissions • diesel • trucks • California Air Resources Board

 Afghan Supply Trucks 
 Torched in Pakistan 

Attack raises concerns about supply pipeline

Dec 7, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Militants torched more than 160 trucks in two Pakistani terminals supplying US-led troops in Afghanistan, AP reports. A security guard was killed in the assault at one of the terminals. While some witnesses reported hundreds of gunmen, a US official called the attack “militarily insignificant,” saying it would... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • army supplies • trucks • militant

 Ford Tops Safe Car List 

With help from Volvo, firm leads with 16 vehicles

Nov 25, 08 11:36 AM CST
(AP) - The insurance industry named dozens of new cars and trucks, led by Ford and its Volvo subsidiary, to its annual list of the safest vehicles today. Ford and Volvo saw 16 of their 2009 vehicles make the list; Honda followed with 13. Some 72 vehicles received the top safety pick... More »

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Ford • Volvo • SUV • auto industry • trucks • car safety • cars

 Chrysler to Scrap Leasing

Struggling automaker says it will focus more on financing loans

Jul 26, 08 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chrysler will no longer offer auto leases through its financial arm, due to the declining value of used automobiles, particularly trucks and SUVs, the Detroit Free Press reports. Instead, it plans to focus on financing, which could lead to better deals for those who buy cars through loans. Given... More »

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Chrysler • SUV • trucks • car dealers • lease • financing

Earnings

Ford Posts $8.7B Loss,
Will Make Fewer Trucks 

Writedowns lead to ugly quarter

Jul 24, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(AP) - Ford Motor Co. lost $8.67 billion in the second quarter and will retool two more North American truck and SUV plants to build small, fuel-efficient vehicles, the company announced today. The net loss includes $8.03 billion in writedowns due to a decline in the value of its truck... More »

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earnings reports • Ford • second quarter earnings • auto industry • trucks • writedowns

Opinion

 Why Dodge Drivers Totally Suck 

Rams are the new Harleys, thanks to low sales

Jun 25, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Of all the rules of the road, there is one cardinal, hands-down, no-exceptions tenet: “The guy who ignores the stop sign, who blasts past me in a no-passing zone, who plays chicken on a potholed strip of county two-lane, drives a Ram,” Benjamin Percy writes in Esquire. Dodge... More »

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Dodge • driving • trucks • pickup trucks

GM, After 16% Sales Dive, Eases Finance Options

No-interest loans, for up to 6 years, on models including pickups and SUVs

Jun 23, 08 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - General Motors is offering no-interest financing for up to 6 years on a selection of its 2008 automobiles in an effort to boost US sales, which plummeted 16% in May, Bloomberg reports. Soaring gas prices have hurt sales across the board, and falling trade-in values and general tightening of purse-strings... More »

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General Motors • Treasury Department • gas prices • Chevrolet • auto industry • trucks • cars

Plunging Truck Sales Drive Ford Deeper Into the Red

Shift away from large vehicles means a rocky road ahead for Detroit's Big 3

Jun 21, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ford's recovery plans have been sent careening off the road by the continuing drop in truck and SUV sales, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company, which now expects this year's losses to top 2007's $2.7 billion, has given up hope of being back in the black by 2009.... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • automaker • Ford • SUV • auto industry • trucks • pickup trucks

7 Killed in Tokyo
Stabbing Spree

10 more wounded
after man drove truck into pedestrians in electronics district

Jun 8, 08 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Japanese man plowed his truck into Tokyo pedestrians before jumping out and stabbing them, killing at least 7 and wounding 10 more, the AP reports. Police nabbed a 25-year-old man in the attack, which occurred in the city’s leading electronics district, a hotspot for young people. The suspect... More »

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Japan • Tokyo • stabbing • trucks • bystanders

 GM to Close 4 Truck/SUV
 Plants, Reassess Hummer 

Public taste turns away from big cars

Jun 3, 08 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - GM will close four of its North American truck and SUV factories, the company announced today, as the public interest in gas-guzzlers wanes. The Hummer brand is also under “strategic review,” with all options on the table, "from a complete revamp of the product lineup to a... More »

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General Motors • SUV • electric cars • auto industry • trucks • factories • Rick Wagoner • Hummer

SUV Credit Crunch
Rolls Over Ford

Sinking value of big vehicles crashes auto firm's credit wing

May 30, 08 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ford's plans to get back in the black are being forced off the road by woes at its lending arm, the Wall Street Journal reports. The auto giant made a lot of cut-rate loans on trucks and SUVs in recent  years and has been unable to recoup losses on bad... More »

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Ford • SUV • credit • trucks • repossessions • used cars

 2 Dead, 21 Hurt in
 Chicago Truck Crash 

Semi barrels into bus stop and train station during rush hour

Apr 25, 08 9:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A speeding semitruck barreled into a Chicago train station today, killing two people and injuring 21—11 critically, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Coming off a freeway in rush hour, the truck hit a bus stop, wedged under a train overpass, and crashed "several steps" up the train platform escalator,... More »

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car accident • car crash • trucks • accidental death • traffic accident

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