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Reports on torrential rains and gusting wind that caused flooding and transportation delays across the New York metropolitan region. Service was disrupted at airports and subway lines. Central Park recorded at least 3.54 inches of rain last night. Description of conditions include the Northern State Parkway, the Great Falls on the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey, and a residential area of Sea Bright, N.J.

A 27-year-old police officer in the central New Jersey township of Lakewood was shot in the head and killed Friday afternoon by a man he had stopped for routine questioning, the authorities said. The officer, Christopher Matlosz, was driving his patrol car along August Drive in Lakewood about 4 p.m. when he pulled alongside a man in a black hoodie and began to ask him a question, Marlene Lynch Ford, the Ocean County prosecutor, said at a news conference Friday night. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Seven people were shot, three of them fatally, in an explosion of violence in Newark on Thursday evening. The bloodshed was part of a spate of shootings and violent carjackings -- including the carjacking of a state official -- in the city over the last month. The latest eruption began about 4:30 p.m. in the city's South Ward. A gunman approached a group of five young men who had congregated by a bail bonds office near the corner of Avon Avenue and South 12th Street and opened fire, then fled, the authorities said. Two of them, both 16, were taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead. The others were treated there for injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Catching a flight in the New York region will soon include the prospect of taking a trip through a full-body scanner first. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced Friday that the scanners, which use imaging technology to display near-naked images of airline passengers, will be installed in the three major New York-area airports in September. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NEWARK -- A federal judge denied bail on Thursday to two New Jersey men accused of trying to fly to Somalia to join an Islamist insurgent group. The judge, Madeline Cox Arleo, cited safety concerns and the risk that the men would flee. Prosecutors had earlier hinted that they would oppose bail. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Amid pressure from New Jersey political leaders, the Libyan government has canceled plans for its nation's president, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, to stay in New Jersey during his visit to the United States next month. Colonel Qaddafi's change of plan was confirmed on Friday night by Representative Steven R. Rothman, a New Jersey Democrat, and by the State Department, according to The Associated Press. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Federal officials on Thursday suspended two air traffic employees at Teterboro Airport who had been overseeing the Piper plane that collided with a helicopter over the Hudson River on Saturday, killing nine people. One of the employees was the air traffic controller who handled the flight but was on the phone ''involved in apparently inappropriate conversations'' at the time of the accident, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on United Water New York Inc.'s plans for utilizing water of Hudson river. The regional water supply company plans to build a desalination plant to cater long term water needs of Rockland County, New York. However, according to John Waldman, professor of biology at Queens College, for New Yorkers, the river still falls amongst polluted water bodies.

The article reports on developments in New York and New Jersey. The price of electricity continued its months-long increase in New York area. Police officers in Bronx, New York have investigated the death of Jaylee Logan, a 2-month-old girl, in a public housing apartment. Joseph J. Roberts Jr. is expected to be named Assembly speaker when the 212th session of the Assembly convenes.

Reports on the evacuation of residents in Oakland, New Jersey due to rising floodwaters.

Reports developments in various sectors in the U.S. Announcement that the State Ethics Commission had ordered a Metropolitan Transportation Authority official to pay a fine for accepting an improper gift; Apprehension of forty-one people on charges of possessing or making fraudulent identification documents; Closure of the Marymount College in Tarrytown; Proclamation of Trenton state officials that they have eliminated the backlog of children in detention awaiting placement in behavioral treatment programs.

Reports on social and political issues in New York and New Jersey. Indictment of arts patron Alberto W. Vilar on ten counts of conspiracy to commit fraud in Manhattan; Concerns of New York comptroller Alan G. Hevesi about debt facing the city; Arrest of five illegal aliens in Newark.

The article presents news briefs related to criminal activities in New York City and New Jersey.

Reports on social developments in New York and New Jersey. Plan of Revered Al Sharpton to stage a demonstration to protest the beating of hate crime victim Glenn Moore in Brooklyn, New York City; Collision of a police van with a Hyundai automobile that injured police officers; Burial of suffocated boy Annibal Cruz in Coamo, Puerto Rico.

The article offers news briefs related to crime and offenses in the metropolitan areas in the U.S. A 16 year old teenager was stabbed during a fight in New York City. The federal immigration agents arrested 363 illegal immigrants including 48 people with criminal records in New Jersey. A computer consultant was charged with mail fraud in New Jersey.