Tons of trucking jobs … that nobody wants

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — During tough economic times with high unemployment, Americans should be jumping at any chance to work, but trucking companies are struggling to hire drivers.

There are as many as 200,000 job openings nationwide for long haul truckers, according to David Heller, director of safety and policy for the Truckload Carriers Association.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also sees the demand for truckers increasing, up from the 1.5 [...]

Truck driver takes wrong turn, hauls 268,000 rounds of ammo into Mexico

The U.S. truck driver detained by Mexican authorities Tuesday with 268,000 rounds of ammunition was transporting a legal cargo to Phoenix but mistakenly exited to Juárez, the man’s employer said on Wednesday.

Dennis Mekenye, owner of Demco Transportation Inc. in Arlington, Texas, said Bogan Jabin Akeem, 27, left Dallas on Monday with a trailer with nine pallets containing the ammunition.

• Photos: Ammunition seizure in Juárez, U.S. trucker arrested

The cargo was being taken from [...]

Rush hour horror as British woman is DECAPITATED by lorry in hit-and-run… and workmen post sick pictures of her body on Twitter

Trucker arrested on suspicion of murder, but released without charge

Police investigating whether death was accident or suicide plunge

Twitter users were condemned as ‘sick ghouls’ last night after they posted pictures of a woman decapitated when she was hit by a 40-ton lorry on a busy road.

Passersby stopped in rush-hour traffic to take grisly pictures of the victim’s body on their phones.

They then uploaded the disturbing photos to their Twitter accounts. [...]

This Man Was Fined For Not Mowing The Lawn On A Home He Lost To Foreclosure

by Mandi Woodruff

An Arlington, Tex. man learned the hard way that some homes can haunt their old owners even years after foreclosure.

CBS 11′s Arezow Doost reports David Englett will have to pay fines for citations made against a home he lost to foreclosure two years ago – including failure to mow the lawn (Via/The Huffington Post).

“I feel like I’m being punished for something I didn’t do,” Englett, a truck driver, told CBS. “It’s really frustrating [...]