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Business
Driver responds to crash in snow
TCA recently named Donald Mackin, of West Bridgewater, Mass., a Highway Angel. Mackin, a driver for ABF Freight System, Inc. in Fort Smith, Ark., responded to an accident during a nasty snowstorm. On Jan. 28, 2013, Mackin was driving on I-495 near Tauton, Mass. Snow was falling heavily, with thick blowing drifts covering the roadway [ā€¦]
July 1, 2013
Life
Wrestling diva carries country tunes
With the May release of ā€œSomebodyā€™s Gonna Pay,ā€ pro wrestlingā€™s Renaissance woman Mickie James goes big with musical pursuits.
July 1, 2013
Professional wrestler and performer Mickie James’ website you can find here.
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Business
Price of freedom ā€” and a historic smackdown!
ā€œA Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.ā€ ā€“Thomas Jefferson, 1776
June 30, 2013
John Hancock's Defiance
Life
Homeopathic healing
The rise of homeopathic and other alternative remedies to supplement traditional medicine in the U.S. holds potential for all manner of U.S. patients.
June 29, 2013
Business
Diagnosing ā€˜do as I sayā€™ disorder
ā€œIā€™m heading to the eye doctor as soon as the Tyrannosaurus Rex clears out of the driveway. The thing shows up every Friday and eats my trash.ā€
June 28, 2013
Garbage truck or T-Rex
Business
Going somewhere
Philosophy on the places youā€™ll go: ā€œYou donā€™t have to like it all, but you need to experience it, at least see it with your own eyes before passing judgment.ā€
June 26, 2013
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Alternative two-wheeled transport and fitness on the long road
Prime driver and cyclist Mario Almendarez shares strategies for cycling routes and fitness motivation on the road to better health.
June 25, 2013
Securely strapped as well as locked, Mario Almendarez’s mountain bike on the back of his tractor’s cab.
Business
Threats from children
Itā€™s summertime, school is out and the travel plaza food courts are full of whining six-year-olds, demanding Whoppers and $5 coffees from Starbucks.
June 24, 2013
dino-kid
Custom Rigs
Jonathan Eilenā€™s ā€™07 Peterbilt 379 named SuperRigs winner
Jonathan Eilen and his 2007 Peterbilt 379 and matching 2013 Mac Trailer won Best of Show at the Shell Rotella SuperRigs show held last week in Tomah, Wis.
June 24, 2013
Jon Eilen
Life
Voting for Overdriveā€™s Most Beautiful ends this week
This weekā€™s the last chance to cast your vote for who should be named the winner of Overdriveā€™s Most Beautiful contest.
June 24, 2013
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Life
Health tip: Chase with grapes
Eating a handful of grapes may prevent your blood vessels from some of the effects of a fatty, fast-food meal.
June 24, 2013
Voices
Salute: From a truck driverā€™s daughter to her dad
Rici Lowe, 44, penned a poem of appreciation for her father, former owner-operator Richard ā€œBuckā€ Buchholz of Caldwell, Idaho, on the occasion of Fatherā€™s Day that she included with this letter.
June 23, 2013
Richard “Buck” Buchholz of Caldwell, Idaho
Life
Gluten or not?
A new buzz-phrase that seems to be dropped whenever new diet trends are discussed is ā€œgluten-free.ā€ What exactly is gluten? And why are so many people cutting it out of their diet?
June 22, 2013
Wheat-derived products are the most prevalent source of gluten, a problem for the 1 in 200 people who suffer from celiac disease.
Business
Preventing Roomba suicide
Clean, clean, clean: ā€œYou see, no matter how easy technology makes things for us, we are still a necessary part of the equation.ā€
June 21, 2013
Roomba
Business
Citizen Driver award launched
TA Petroā€™s new award program recognizes exemplary professional drivers.
June 21, 2013
Click through the image to nominate a driver for the Citizen Driver award.
Life
Driver rescues drowning motorist
Owner-operator Scott Rosenburg rescued a drowning motorist after happening upon a pickup that had veered off the road and into a pond.
June 21, 2013
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Business
Unwanted pests
The strange things we do when in combat with an enemy, even a fruit fly.
June 19, 2013
Fruit Fly
Life
Prime driver comes out on top of company cycling competition
Mario Almendarez rode a total of 538.99 miles to win the carrierā€™s 2013 May Bicycle Challenge.
June 18, 2013
Prime leased owner-operator Mario Almendarez, who rode a total of 538.99 miles to win the carrier’s 2013 May Bicycle Challenge. Nearly 30 of the company’s operators carry bikes with them on the road.
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