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Tiny pooch, owners hold up LIRR rush-hour train

A LIRR train in Bellport. (March 4, 2009)

Photo credit: Newsday/Ana P. Gutierrez | A LIRR train in Bellport. (March 4, 2009)

A three-pound Pomeranian became the center of attention aboard a westbound Long Island Rail Road train Friday after its owner initially refused to pay an additional fare and had a dog that wasn't in a cage.

The incident delayed the 6:21 a.m. train from Speonk almost 20 minutes at Babylon so Metropolitan Transportation Authority police could escort the woman, her two companions and the dog...

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