The curse of free papers
They have been accused of everything from depleting Finnish forests to draining the budgets of European renovation departments. Now free papers are being blamed for causing subway track flooding in New York. The New York Sun reports that a recent investigation task force from the Metropolitan Transport Authority has found it was the city's free papers, and not neglect of track maintenace as previously asserted, that contributed to creating a crippling subway flood September 8, 2004, which affected 15 subway lines.
