Anger and violence breaks out at gas stations as fuel shortages hit Sandy recovery

People wait for gas at a Hess fuelling station in Brooklyn,, New York Harbor

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Cabdriver Harum Prince joined a nearly mile-long line for gasoline early Friday in Manhattan after already spending three hours in a similar queue in the Bronx - only to have the station run out of gas when it was almost his turn.

Prince leases his cab from a garage for $130 a day; in order to make money, he has to beat that in fares, plus what it costs to buy gas.

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