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The president will travel to Detroit this week to talk up a trade agreement backed by the United Auto Workers.

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A proposed light rail in the Washington, D.C., suburbs in Maryland has been approved for additional planning.

British automaker Jaguar-Land Rover wants to build cars in China.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a near collision between a military plane and a private airplane in Alaska.

The Department of Transportation has revoked money it awarded for a study about privatizing the Ohio Turnpike.

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Protesters at the Cairo airport have grounded flights.

The director of the Tampa International Airport has declined a raise.

Swedish automaker Saab says it has several potential buyers.

A bus crash in Nebraska injured 30 people.

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A study says texting while driving is even more dangerous than previously thought.

The Department of Transportation has awarded $196 million to increase the speed of Amtrak trains between Chicago and Detroit.

A highway in North Carolina that was damaged by Hurricane Irene is on the verge of re-opening.

A former National Basketball Association player was arrested for trying to bring a gun through security at St. Louis's Lambert International Airport.

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A man accused of using remote-controlled model airplanes in a terror plot has pleaded not guilty.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood appeared at an event in New York with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) to push President Obama's proposed "American Jobs Act."

A light rail train in Houston derailed, injuring 15 people.

The Chevrolet Volt electric car has won a recommendation from Consumer Reports magazine.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood praised legal cases being prosecuted against men who sold cars with fraudulent mileage readings Tuesday.

LaHood, who has called the practice of rolling back odometers in cars "unscrupulous" in the past, said Tuesday on the Department of Transportation's blog that he was glad four men in Seattle had recently pled guilty to mileage tampering.

"In a blog post last April, I wrote that 'If an unscrupulous seller rolls back the odometer, you could end up driving a car that is considerably less valuable and less safe than you thought,'" LaHood wrote Tuesday.

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Detroit-based Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers union announced Tuesday they had agreed to a four-year labor agreement both sides say will add jobs by 2015.

The sides say the deal, which will still have to be approved by UAW members, will create 5,750 new jobs at Ford facilities across the country.

It calls for Ford to spend $16 billion on its U.S. operations, including $6.2 billion for plants, and retain 12,000 positions in total.

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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) has a plan to fix the bad bridges in her state.

A commuter rail fare hike in Connecticut is being referred to as the "Malloy Tax."

A proposed extension of the Washington, D.C., MetroRail to Dulles International Airport is in danger of being delayed.

Paris is testing electric cars for its short-term rental programs.

The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman has requested a slew of documents from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation about increased fuel economy standards being enforced by the Obama administration.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) wrote letters Friday to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood expressing his concern with the fuel efficiency standards, which call for cars getting 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.

"I have been following with careful scrutiny the actions of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gasses, pursuant to the decision rendered in Massachusetts v EPA," he wrote in a letter to Jackson that was obtained Friday by The Hill. "As you are aware, the last Congress did not enact cap-and-trade legislation, which would have given the administration explicit authority to regulate GHGs. In this Congress, a cap-and-trade bill has not been reconsidered."

The House Oversight chairman used Twitter to demand Ford answer questions about pulling an ad critical of the auto bailout.