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See photos, video and stories from the 78th annual National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships.

ST. LOUIS — You might think that a heavy truck with an automatic transmission would make it easier to negotiate the tight course here at the 2015 National Truck Driving Championships. You would be wrong.

ST. LOUIS — North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper J.D. Berrong was presented the Jimmy K. Ammons Award, the highest honor for roadside inspectors.

Eleven women drivers were in the National Truck Driving Championships competition last year — the most ever. But this year they lost ground, with only five women qualifying.

Quack by popular demand, it's the truck vs. duck showdown from the skills course at NTDC. Watch the video to see if the bathtub toy is a sitting duck.

If crude’s slump back to a six-year low looks bad, it’s even worse when you reflect that summer is supposed to be peak season for oil.

Confidence among U.S. consumers eased for a second month in August as households braced for an increase in interest rates that could slow growth.

Factory production rose more than economists forecast in July on record automobile assembly, indicating American manufacturing is regaining its footing after a slowdown.