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A new era for the Port of New York and New Jersey started this morning with the arrival of the largest ship to ever stop over on the East Coast.  The CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt sailed under the newly-elevated Bayonne Bridge today on its maiden voyage to the United States, as locals gathered at Dennis P. Collins Park to watch the massive ship's arrive. Four times larger than the Statue of Liberty and the length of five football fields, the Theodore Roosevelt can carry more than 14,400 20-foot equivalent units (TEU). Owned by French shipping group CMA CGM, the ship made its...

THREE SHIPS COLLIDE IN NEWARK BAY, NEAR NEW YORK CITY -- CNN

The channel between Staten Island and New Jersey meanders past smokestacks, oil tanks and towering cargo cranes, an industrial landscape that overshadows the occasional stretch of marsh or woodlands. It was this gritty waterfront that provided the background for one of nature's stunning revivals, starting in the mid-1970s: the return of herons to New York Harbor. It started when a longshoreman spotted some of the graceful birds wading near islands in the harbor. By the late 1980s, New York Harbor had become home to one of the largest heron rookeries in the Northeast, with several thousand birds nesting on the...

Tornado touch down on upper Newark Bay. No reports yet of damage. Heavy squalls continue in area.

Al-Qaida suspect arrested in NYC By Lisa Myers NBC NEWS NEW YORK, Aug. 4 — The FBI has arrested a Pakistani man with alleged ties to al-Qaida in New York City, NBC News has learned. THE MAN is alleged to have close ties to the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. What most worries senior law enforcement officials is that the man is involved with the shipping industry. About four months ago, in the heart of New York’s garment district, agents from the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested a young Pakistani man as he sat at his...