Now that NYC has two free morning papers, we're expecting some bloody street entertainment on our commutes. (Good news for the papers: the cab fare increase + good weather = more folks on the streets and subways.) We're already starting to see nastiness between the paper distributors. More violence, please! A report:

At 34th and Park two pushers of the Metro paper had strategically placed themselves between that busy intersection and the entrance to the downtown 6 train at 33rd. Flustered AMNewYork slingers huddled at the bottom of the station's stairs, passing out their product to loyal customers and trying in vain to shove a second piece of crap into the hands of those poor souls who had already been accosted just moments before. Tensions appeared high.

Let the blood bath begin [Two-Twenty]

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