Copper Thieves Strip NYC's A Train Cables, Creating Hellish Commute

``At least 500 feet of copper power cables were missing from around 12 locations on the A train line when MTA officials discovered the theft at 11:22 p.m. Tuesday. Signal equipment and track components were also found to be damaged because electrical current was unable to flow through the missing cable, according to the MTA. The A train and its connected C line, which was also delayed Wednesday morning, carry roughly 100,000 people to work in the morning, according to the MTA. Service had not fully resumed by late morning, and crews were replacing the stolen infrastructure, the MTA said. '' -- The "commodities boom" lives on...