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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1439399, member: 4381&quot;]If It’s Made of Metal, Thieves Aren’t Picky</p><p>By PATRICK MCGEEHAN</p><p>On Restaurant Row,&nbsp; 46th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues, missing grates around trees are believed to have been stolen to sell for scrap metal. Earl Wilson/The New York TimesOn Restaurant Row,&nbsp; 46th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues, missing grates around trees are believed to have been stolen to sell for scrap metal.</p><p>Kids Draw the News</p><p><br /></p><p>DESCRIPTION</p><p><br /></p><p>Children: Submit your drawing of the manhole thefts.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Go to Kids Draw the News »</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Submit a Drawing »</p><p><br /></p><p>The high price of oil is not the only effect of commodity inflation hitting the streets of New York. A surge in the value of copper, iron and other metals has fueled a wave of thefts from sidewalks, roadways and rail yards in the last few months.</p><p><br /></p><p>On Wednesday alone, the New York police arrested three men for stealing hunks of cast iron — grates made to protect tree roots and manhole covers weighing as much as 300 pounds. The arrests followed reports of the disappearance of dozens of the grates and covers across the city and came on top of a continuing spree of thefts of copper wire from utility cables.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/if-its-made-of-metal-thieves-increasingly-have-an-eye-for-it/?ref=todayspaper" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/if-its-made-of-metal-thieves-increasingly-have-an-eye-for-it/?ref=todayspaper" rel="nofollow">http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/if-its-made-of-metal-thieves-increasingly-have-an-eye-for-it/?ref=todayspaper</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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