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Dems, labor renews fight to block overtime pay cuts
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on September 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Democrats and their labor allies renewed their drive Tuesday to block proposed Bush administration rules that could cost up to 8 million workers their overtime pay. Sen. Tom...
Pacer Stacktrain expands its non stop Mexico service
(Pacer Stacktrain issued the following news release on September 3.) CONCORD, Calif. -- Pacer Stacktrain, a division of Pacer International, Inc., the North American freight transportation and logistics provider, said it has just expanded its "PacerMex NonStop"...
Man lives after being run over by 114-car train
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on September 3.) PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man is alive but in critical condition after being run over by a freight train. Matthew Lewis was taken to OSF-Saint Francis Medical Center Friday night with cuts, scrapes,...
Officials want ODU maglev back on track
(The Virginian-Pilot published the following story by Debbie Messina on its website on September 2.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Old Dominion University had hoped to make history this time last year by putting students on the nation's first magnetic levitation train and whisking...
Terrorism concerns find issue with hazardous materials placards
(The St. Louis Post-Dispatch posted the following article by Ken Leiser and Andrew Schneider on its website on September 2.) ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Department of Transportation wants to keep hazardous materials warning placards on trucks and trains even though the...
Lawsuit against CSXT may move forward
(The Fayetteville Observer published the following story by Paul Woolverton on its website on September 3.) RALEIGH, N.C. -- The widow of a Fayetteville firefighter can continue her lawsuit against the train company that she claims is responsible for his death, the...
Train derailment prompts hazardous material response
(Biloxi television station WLOX posted the following article to its website on September 2.) BILOXI, Miss. -- A train derailment in North Gulfport caused a few tense moments Monday. Two chemical tanker cars left the tracks, with one overturning. It happened near 33rd...
Kansas City Southern files for injunction against partner
(The Kansas City Star posted the following article by Randolph Heaster on its website on September 3.) KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City Southern took legal action Tuesday seeking to preserve the status quo while trying to settle the disputed sale of Mexico's biggest...
Dukakis criticizes president over Amtrak board vacancies
(The following article by Keith Reed was published by the Boston Globe on September 3.) BOSTON -- Michael S. Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor, criticized the Bush administration yesterday for not acting to fill vacancies on the Amtrak board of directors that...
Opinion: Bombardier CEO can tough it out
(The Globe and Mail published the following column by Douglas Goold on its website September 1. TORONTO -- History at Bombardier -- or the "New Bombardier" as the company is calling it -- literally stops and starts with Paul Tellier. If you look at the history of the...
