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CINCINNATI — Truck and engine makers said that meeting the federal government’s greenhouse-gas standards that take effect in 2017 while still complying with the 2010 emissions rule is a difficult challenge and could result in more “hard programming” of engine settings and fewer choices for fleets in their tractors.

Other than agreement over the need for more infrastructure investment, there has been very little formal discussion of the issue between President Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday temporarily waive federal clean diesel fuel requirements in New Jersey to allow the use of home heating oil in most generators and pumps in emergency service in New Jersey.

Voters in Maine will decide on Nov. 6 whether to approve $51.5 million worth of bonds, with the bulk of the money designated for highway and bridge improvements.

The “fiscal cliff” lurks as a major potential danger, and not far down the road. The danger is to us all, in the form of higher taxes, spending cuts in vital areas and what a failure to act might mean to the country’s psyche.

The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2% in the third quarter, improving from the second quarter, the Commerce Department said.

Consumer confidence rose to a five-year high in October, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

The road with the nation’s fastest speed limit — 85 mph — opens Wednesday, a 41-mile stretch of a new toll road in Texas, the Associated Press reported.

Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Co. reported higher third-quarter earnings.