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Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced $600 million in grants for 72 transportation projects in 46 states, including several projects aimed at rehabilitating deteriorating infrastructure.

Nevada officials said they hope to open one lane in each direction this weekend on Interstate 15, closed due to severe flood damage, but trucks still will be detoured.

U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 4.5% in the week ended Sept. 6 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

The price of imported goods dropped in August, after falling the prior month, the Labor Department reported Sept. 12.

Sales at retailers climbed in August at the fastest pace in four months and prior readings were revised up, boosting prospects for U.S. economic growth this quarter.

Deaths in the truck transportation industry declined 8% to 461 in 2013, according to a preliminary report on fatal occupational injuries by the U.S. Department of Labor.

The head of the Panama Canal Authority said completion of the canal’s $5 billion expansion has been delayed until 2016, from a previously targeted late 2015 completion date, the Associated Press reported.

Omnitek Engineering Corp. said it has received certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for diesel-to-natural-gas conversions of the Detroit Diesel Series 60.

Fleet Advantage, a truck fleet equipment financing firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, announced that it promoted Brian Holland to president from senior vice president.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week to a two-month high, interrupting a steady decrease to the lowest level since before the last recession.