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Storm-crippled NYC subway creaks back into service

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Commuters wait in a line to board buses into Manhattan in front of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Thursday. The line stretched twice around the arena and commuters reported wait times of one to three hours to get on a bus.

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Commuters wait in a line to board buses into Manhattan in front of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Thursday. The line stretched twice around the arena and commuters reported wait times of one to three hours to get on a bus.

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Morning commuters walk through a near empty Penn Station in New York, during the morning rush hour on Thursday. As commuters tried to get back to a normal pace, trains in Manhattan ran only north of 34th Street, unable to travel through flooded tunnels in downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn.

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Subways started running again in much of New York City on Thursday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy, but traffic at bridges backed up for miles, long lines formed at gas stations, and tempers flared as commuters waited for buses.