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Terrorists' attacks on transportation systems have prompted the government to train its searchlights on the people who move goods by air, land, rail and sea.
For some truck drivers, every work shift has become a race against the clock. New federal regs decree that their shifts end 14 hours after they begin no exceptions. And private fleets could be particularly hard hit.
His childhood fascination with the scale of the Berlin airlift led to a role as beraccountant to the logistics industry. Today, Bob Delaney's annual tallies of the nation's freight bill provide the single best indicator of the industry's performance.
As engine makers and fleet operators work toward building and operating vehicles that reduce particulates and noxious gases, some out-of-the-mainstream ideas seem to hold at least a modicum of promise.
Getting 8.5 million copies of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix into stores for sale at but not a minute before the witching hour on June 21 was only part of Andy Yablin's challenge. The other part was keeping every single copy under wraps so nobody could ruin the magic.