Breckenridge-Wheeler Fire Department gets an assist from FEMA funds (The Morn...

27 Aug 2008 at 11:23pm  The old adage, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again," seems to fit the Breckenridge-Wheeler Fire Department perfectly. Department officials have been applying for funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency grant program for the past decade without success.

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By Kurt Helin (gazettes.com)

27 Aug 2008 at 4:41pm  An event intended to show off the next steps in the Clean Trucks Program at the Port of Long Beach last Friday also showed off the political and legal challenges the program faces.

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Political, Legal Challenges Surface With Truck Plan - Gazette Newspapers

27 Aug 2008 at 4:34pm 
Political, Legal Challenges Surface With Truck Plan
Gazette Newspapers, CA - 9 hours ago
As part of it, the truckers would get a new truck, with a maintenance program included, for $311 per month for the first two years, increasing to $511 after ...

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Jackson takes bids on new fire truck - Clarke County Democrat

27 Aug 2008 at 4:31pm 
Jackson takes bids on new fire truck
Clarke County Democrat, AL - 9 hours ago
"The new regulations to be adopted later this year will raise the price for a new truck approximately $38000." Alabama Power's Donice Wood introduced Jane ...

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New pumper truck will provide area with greater firefighting ... - Sackville ...

27 Aug 2008 at 3:15pm 
New pumper truck will provide area with greater firefighting ...
Sackville Tribune Post, Canada - 10 hours ago
Sackville has a brand new, shiny red fire truck to add to its firefighting arsenal. A new pumper truck, which comes with a price tag of more than $330000, ...

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General Tire Posts Three Podium Wins in the Best in the Desert ... - MarketWatch

27 Aug 2008 at 2:45pm 
General Tire Posts Three Podium Wins in the Best in the Desert ...
MarketWatch - 10 hours ago
General Tire also has a complete line of Grabber tires for the passenger and light truck market, including the new Grabber HTS, which delivers the perfect ...
TEAM 71 RACING TAKES FIRST PLACE IN VEGAS-TO-RENO Motorsport.com
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Risks of a Bubble in Farm Country?s Boom (AG Weekly)

27 Aug 2008 at 12:25pm  BLAIR, Neb. - The trucks rumble down the main drag of this farm town all day long, the ones heading east brimming with grains of No. 2 Yellow Corn, the ones going west filled with Sweet Bran, a cattle feed that looks like breakfast cereal and smells like warm beer.

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