Stop Smoking Now – Buy NicoDerm CQ Online
That’s the latest price for a pack of cigarettes at Hudson News in Grand Central.
Grr.
Just wanted to vent.

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Get Your New York City Subway T-Shirt Here
A reader writes in this morning:

“Was there a stopage or halt to the Uptown 6 train service last night (Nov. 4th) in NY around 11pm or so? I heard there was a police investigation somewhere down the track line and that hundreds of people were stranded inside the [...]

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A reader lost her iPhone on the New Haven Line this morning – if you found it or know someone who did, email me using the ‘Contact Us’ form to the left. There is a $100 reward for the return of this iPhone, no questions asked.
The iPhone is in a black rubbery case, but the [...]

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Harlem Line trains were delayed for about 10 minutes this morning while the police investigated a dead body found near the tracks at 7 AM. Police have not released any additional information about the discovery, but its usually a suicide-by-train.
I hope this isn’t the body Conductor Bobby couldn’t find when his Engineer thought he hit [...]

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I was awoken around 5 this morning to some loud, distant crashing sounds, then heard a lot of sirens.
Two tractor trailers and a Lincoln Town Car were involved in an accident on I-95 just south of Exit 5 Southbound in Riverside, from reports one of the trailers, which was empty, was split in half, closing [...]

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As a Metro-North rider I can confess to several a late-night drunken rush for the last train out of Gotham.
And yes, I will confess to making the semi-conscious decision to miss the 1:53 AM out of Grand Central on more than one occasion, and sorrowfully, shamefully watching the sun come up over the Harlem 125th [...]

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Summers over – that sucks. To add insult to injury, everyone is back to work, and many of our trains are overcrowded.
Nowhere is this more brutally felt than on the New Haven Line, whose ancient cars are always going into the shop for repairs.
Indeed, my wife hit this head-on this morning, in a scene that [...]

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