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Lights, trains return, but Sandy recovery is patchy

Gas hard to get, and many areas still devastated

People lined up for free gas, both in cars and on foot, in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens on Saturday.

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People lined up for free gas, both in cars and on foot, in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens on Saturday.