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US transit security beefed up after Moscow blast (AP)

Emergency Ministry workers carry the body of a victim of a bomb explosion at Park Kultury metro station in Moscow March 29, 2010. At least 37 people were killed and 33 wounded on Monday when suicide bombers detonated explosives on two packed Moscow metro trains during the morning rush hour, the worst attack in the Russian capital for six years, officials said. The blasts took place at Lubyanka and Park Kultury metro stations.  REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva (RUSSIA - Tags: DISASTER CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP – U.S. transit agencies beefed up security as a precaution Monday after the double suicide bombing in Moscow’s subway system, sending more police into stations and officers to conduct random inspections of rail yards.


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US transit security increased over Moscow blast (AP)

Interactive graphic on bomb attacks in Russia as 38 people are killed when two female suicide bombers blow themselves up on the packed Moscow Metro in the morning rush hour.(AFP iactiv)AP – U.S. transit agencies beefed up security as a precaution Monday following the suicide bombing in Moscow’s subway system, sending more police into stations and having officers conduct random inspections of rail yards.


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US transit security increased over Moscow blast (AP)

Interactive graphic on bomb attacks in Russia as 38 people are killed when two female suicide bombers blow themselves up on the packed Moscow Metro in the morning rush hour.(AFP iactiv)AP – U.S. transit agencies beefed up security as a precaution Monday following the suicide bombing in Moscow’s subway system, sending more police into stations and having officers conduct random inspections of rail yards.


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Fare-beaters cost NYC Transit a staggering $27 million in 2009, new research finds

For years, NYC Transit has wildly underestimated how often riders beat the fare, which cheats the cash-crunched agency out of millions of dollars, the Daily News has learned.

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Bronx buddies facing year in jail after ‘hitting’ off-duty transit cop – with a snowball!

Four Bronx buddies are facing a year in jail for criminal possession of a weapon – a snowball that hit an off-duty transit cop.

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