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Posted: Tuesday, 01 April 2008 2:52PM

Truckers Protesting High Fuel Prices on New Jersey Turnpike
TRENTON, N.J. (AP)  -- Truckers protesting high fuel prices are clogging the New Jersey Turnpike.

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Turnpike Authority spokesman Joe Orlando says trucks ``as far as the eye can see'' are driving about 20 mph and heading south near Exit 14 in Newark.

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He says truckers are also chanting and protesting at the Vince Lombardi Service Area in Bergen County.
   
Orlando says the protest is backing up Turnpike traffic.

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Truckers have been staging other protests throughout the country.

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