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• Massachusetts commission pushes drowsy-driving crackdown

  By Kelsey Abbruzzese The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 10th 2009 4:10AM

  BOSTON — A Massachusetts legislative commission is pushing for measures to combat drowsy driving, contending th...

• Passage of appropriations bill expected Tuesday as Senate defeats efforts to clean out pork

  By Andrew Taylor - The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 10th 2009 4:09AM

  WASHINGTON  — Members of both parties Monday voted to keep their cherished home-state projects as the Sena...

• Oil rises to near $48 as OPEC signals supply cuts

  By Alex Kennedy - The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 10th 2009 4:06AM

  SINGAPORE — Oil rose to near $48 a barrel Tuesday in Asia after OPEC signaled it will likely announce another p...

• SC trio arrested for trucker’s murder at abandoned gas station

  By Reed Black, staff writer, Land Line
  Posted Mar 10th 2009 4:05AM

  Three young men are under arrest in South Carolina in connection with the fatal shooting of a trucker who pulled into ...

• Freightliner to lay off 500 more workers in North Carolina

  By The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 9th 2009 4:56AM

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Truck-maker Freightliner plans 500 more layoffs in North Carolina. The Charlotte Observer r...