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• City tearing down former drug houses

  25-08-2015 23:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- U.S. Attorney William Hochul announced a historic demolition of several former drug houses in the Queen City Tuesday.
  The houses were used by the Anderson family drug organization; all members have been convicted, but Hochul said this is the first time local authorities have been able to use drug dealers’ money to tear down their houses, and that sends a message.
  One of the properties was torn down during the announcement, at 41 Deschler Street.
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• Paul McCartney to perform in Buffalo October 22

  25-08-2015 23:42
  
  Sir Paul McCartney will be performing in Buffalo at the First Niagara Center October 22.Tickets go on sale Monday, August 31.        
  
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• Pair found asleep in garage after homeowner reports burglary

  25-08-2015 23:42 via wivb.com
  
  NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) — Police in Pennsylvania say officers found a couple asleep in a garage with the light on after a homeowner reported a burglary.
  New Castle police tell the New Castle News that they found the couple early Saturday, shortly after the homeowner called them.
  Police say the homeowner had gone downstairs and found a glass jar containing cash missing, some furniture moved and cabinets opened. She also found her safe on the back porch, her purse missing and her basement
  
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• Practice Recap: Bills camp wraps up with questions still remaining

  25-08-2015 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WIVB) — Tuesday marked the end of the Buffalo Bills camp, with the team finally departing St. John Fisher College for One Bills Drive without a key component of the roster resolved: starting quarterback.
  Throughout camp, Matt Cassel and Tyrod Taylor have slowly edged out EJ Manuel in the competition; Cassel and Taylor took the majority of the first team snaps on Tuesday, leaving Manuel to work most of practice with the scout team.
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• Buffalo Bills camp wraps up with questions still remaining

  25-08-2015 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WIVB) — Tuesday marked the end of the Buffalo Bills camp, and despite its conclusion, coaches still say questions on starters are up in the air.
  
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• Ex-mobster charged with bringing drugs into WNY prison

  25-08-2015 23:32 via wivb.com
  
  ALBION, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Rochester man with a checkered past is accused with crimes in western New York.
  Police say Thomas M. Torpey tried to smuggle drugs into the Albion Correctional Facility. The 68-year-old is a former bodyguard who served in the Rochester Mafia. Officials convicted him of hiring an assassin to kill a union official in Rochester 34 years ago.
  Now police say Torpey stands charged with third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, fi
  
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• Tropical Storm Erika heads for Caribbean

  25-08-2015 23:29
  
  Tropical storm watches have been posted for several islands in the Caribbean.        
  
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• Man critically injured in Buffalo shooting

  25-08-2015 23:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The victim of Tuesday gun violence in Buffalo recovered in the Erie County Medical Center following a shooting on the east side.
  Police are investigating a shooting after shots rang out at 4 p.m. on Genesee Street and Burgard Place. First responders rushed a man to ECMC in critical condition after he sustained gunshot wounds.
  Buffalo Police are asking for help from the public to solve the crime. Anybody with information is asked to call police at (716) 847-2255.
  
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• NRG to shut down Tonawanda & Dunkirk plants

  25-08-2015 23:17 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y (WIVB) – The huge facility along the Niagara River has been burning coal to make electricity for more than fifty years, but pending approval by the Public Service Commission, it could all come to an end in six months.
  NRG Corporation announced today that it will ask for Public Service Commissioner approval to retire the Huntley Station by March.
  NRG East Region Spokesman David Gaier explained why. “This is essentially three things, low natural gas prices becaus
  
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• The Latest: US stocks drop sharply at close, end day lower

  25-08-2015 22:19 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. stocks are closing lower Tuesday after falling sharply in the final hour of trading.
  Stocks had surged early, rebounding from a big sell-off on Monday, after the Chinese central bank said it was cutting interest rates to shore up its economy.
  However, investor confidence remains fragile after a series of big drops in recent days and the market suffered a dramatic reversal in the final hour of trading.
  The Dow Jones industrial average fell 204.78, or 1.3 perc
  
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• SUV collides with Cantina Loco on Allen Street

  25-08-2015 22:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — While on the scene of a crash on Allen Street, police say nobody suffered injury.
  A blue Jeep Grand Cherokee collided with the popular Cantina Loco restaurant on Allen, shattering windows and closing down the street temporarily.
  Police on the scene did not comment on if anybody has been charged in relation to the crash. A cleanup effort is underway.
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• Overdose leads to SUV collision with Cantina Loco on Allen Street

  25-08-2015 22:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — While on the scene of a crash on Allen Street, officials say a person crashed into a restaurant.
  A blue Jeep Grand Cherokee collided with the popular Cantina Loco restaurant on Allen, shattering windows and closing down the street temporarily. Fire officials say they treated one person, but nobody inside the restaurant suffered injury.
  Officials who responded to the scene say they treated the driver of the vehicle for a drug overdose. Medical personnel utilized
  
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• Man charged with DUI, reckless driving after SUV crashes into Cantina Loco restaurant

  25-08-2015 22:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Amherst man is facing charges after allegedly crashing his SUV into a popular Allentown restaurant while under the influence of heroin.
  Police charged 27-year-old Amherst native Ryan Hudson with DUI, reckless driving and criminal possession of a controlled substance after his blue Jeep Grand Cherokee collided with Cantina Loco Tuesday afternoon.
  Officials who responded to the scene say they treated Hudson for a drug overdose. Medical personnel utilized N
  
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• Contagious Emergency: Ohio doctors monitoring patient who traveled abroad

  25-08-2015 21:45 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Doctors are monitoring a patient in a Columbus hospital who traveled abroad recently and are calling the situation a “contagious emergency.”
  The Columbus Fire Department transported the patient at around 12:46 p.m. from Rocky Way Lane on the southwest side.
  South 6th Street and East Chapel Street are shut down outside of Grant Medical Center until the ambulance can be decontaminated.
  There is no restoration time at the moment.
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• Hospice dog tenderly cares for dying patient in video

  25-08-2015 21:16
  
  A video of Oregon therapy dog JJ tenderly caring for a hospice patient quickly went viral this week.        
  
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• ‘Tough’ 75-year-old hiker survives three nights lost in Mount Hood National Forest

  25-08-2015 21:07 via wivb.com
  
  MOSIER, Ore. (KOIN) — For three nights, David Bullock shivered in the Mount Hood National Forest as searchers looked for the 75-year-old hiker and his dogs.
  Bullock and his wife, Joella, were hiking near Laurence Lake last week when he went to explore a rock formation. He left his backpack — with his food and water — with his wife, but he took the dogs with him.
  Four hours later, his wife called for help to find him. An immediate search on ground and by air didn&rsquo
  
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• Angry woman keys ex-boyfriend’s car, but misspells word

  25-08-2015 20:50 via wivb.com
  
  STAMFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A 20-year-old Stamford woman is accused of keying her ex-boyfriend’s car, as well as a friend’s car, along with damaging their tires; but police couldn’t help but notice a misspelled word keyed into the paint.
  Last Thursday, officers arrested Shannon Csapilla, 20, of Stamford. Early in the morning on August 7, Stamford officers discovered that vehicles belonging to Csapilla’s ex-boyfriend and one of her girlfriend’s had been
  
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• Business owner works to stop ‘Portland Pooper’

  25-08-2015 20:47 via wivb.com
  
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  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It’s isn’t pretty. In fact, it’s pretty gross.
  A Southeast Portland business owner set up a small surveillance camera that allegedly caught a man using a nearby parking lot as his own personal bathroom.
  “I’m really curious what the circumstances are as to why he’s doing this,” the business owner, who wished to remain anonymous, said.
  It’s enough to make anyone scratch their head: a
  
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• NFL lawyer: Judge can’t toss Brady’s Deflategate suspension

  25-08-2015 20:43 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (MEDIA GENERAL) — As the legal battle surrounding Tom Brady’s Deflategate suspension unfolds, both sides have been on a court document filing spree, in an effort to help the judge make his decision.
  Most recently, NFL attorney Daniel Nash filed a letter to Judge Richard Berman, arguing that the judge has no grounds to overturn Brady’s four-game suspension.
  “These cases confirm that courts vacate arbitration awards only in extraordinary circumstances, none of whic
  
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• Buffalo Police search for missing teen

  25-08-2015 20:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A search is under way by Buffalo Police to find a missing teenager in the Queen City.
  Police say 13-year-old Hassian Humprey went missing on Johnson Park. Family members say they last saw him wearing a blue and white shirt, blue jeans and a pair of white Nike sneakers.
  Officers advised the youth could be in the MLK Park, Guilford, Best or East Parade areas. He’s described as being 4’11” tall, weighing about 100 pounds with black hair and brown
  
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• Lockport man charged with rape, strangulation and sexual abuse

  25-08-2015 20:21 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Lockport man is behind bars after police in Niagara County say they completed an investigation into alleged rape.
  Police say they arrested Craig R. Mullett, 21, on Monday evening after completing their investigation into allegations of rape, strangulation and sexual abuse. Niagara County Sheriff’s Deputies say they headed up the investigation and gathered enough information to charge Mullett with first degree rape, second degree strangulation and two co
  
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• Dozens could lose jobs as NRG announces plant closure

  25-08-2015 19:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Seventy-nine workers learned they will be out of a job by March if NRG’s plans move ahead to close at least one of its local plants.
  The company filed a notice on Tuesday to close the Huntley Coal Facility in Tonawanda by next March, citing low natural gas prices as the nail in the coffin.
  The move could also impact residents in Dunkirk, as the plant there continues to be mothballed. The community in Dunkirk has fought to keep the plant open, citing jobs c
  
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• Patients getting cancer for a second time is becoming more common

  25-08-2015 19:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Many of us know someone affected by cancer. New data shows one in five new cases in the United States are due to people getting cancer for a second time.
  Dr. Philip McCarthy, a Professor of Oncology and Internal Medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Institute said, “People need to know they may be at risk for developing other cancers.”
  Second cancer is not a reoccurrence of the original tumor. It means it has affected a different site or tissue.
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• Advocates hope ‘Yes Means Yes’ law has impact as college starts

  25-08-2015 19:38 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As college students move in, for many it is their first time away from home for an extended period of time.
  “We have students coming to campus who may not have had this conversation before,” said Caitlin Powalski, the Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator with Crisis Services.
  The conversation Powalski is talking about is about consent, what it is and discussing healthy relationships.
  “We significantly lack comprehensive sex education i
  
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• Marco Rubio to campaign in Buffalo

  25-08-2015 19:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Following in the footsteps of presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio is coming to Buffalo to raise money.
  Reports suggest Rubio, the son of a family that immigrated from Cuba, hopes to come away with more than $200,000 — what Bush reportedly raised when he briefly stopped by in June.
  Rubio will have dinner at the house of a wealthy local patron, similar to Bush’s brief stop in the Queen City.
  To date, reports suggest Rubio has raised more than $4
  
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• Largest freshman class ever moves into Buffalo State

  25-08-2015 19:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Students never forget moving into their first college dorm rooms, and a record setting number of students are making those memories today at Buffalo State College. The campus is preparing to welcome it’s largest freshman class ever this semester.
  There are 2,000 students in the Class of 2019, and about 1,300 of them will live on campus.
  “It’s a really tech savvy class,” President Dr. Katherine S. Conway-Turner said. “We have 17
  
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• UB officials warn of email phishing scam

  25-08-2015 19:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The latest organization to warn of a phishing scam explained students at the University at Buffalo are the targets.
  University at Buffalo officials say they warned their students of a false email looking for personal information. The email threatens students of a suspended email account, asking for personal information to restore it.
  Students are advised to delete the email and block the sender.
  College students across New York State are heading back to their do
  
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• Moms seek recall of Huggies wipes after particles found

  25-08-2015 18:54
  
  Mothers across the country are noticing a sparkly substance that has irritated their child's skin.        
  
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• Augusta, Georgia elementary student shot, school locked down

  25-08-2015 18:24 via wivb.com
  
  GEORGIA (MEDIA GENERAL) — An elementary school in Augusta, Georgia is on lock down after a student was accidentally injured by a gun Tuesday.
  A call rang out around 11:10 a.m. Tuesday from the Augusta Fire Department to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office about an incident at the school. The Richmond County Board of Education says the local police department needed assistance.
  Officials say a male student had a gun in his desk and was reportedly playing with the gun w
  
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• Lockport man charged with rape, strangulation & sex abuse

  25-08-2015 17:42
  
  A Lockport man is facing charges for rape and sexual abuse.        
  
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• Report: Wegmans rates as top pharmacy in U.S.

  25-08-2015 17:31 via wivb.com
  
   ROCHESTER, NY (WIVB)-  Wegmans Pharmacy takes the top spot in the country in consumer satisfaction.
  The J.D. Power Pharmacy Study was released on Monday showing that Wegmans beat out all categories of ‘brick and mortar’ pharmacies – event the chain drug stores.
  Wegmans scored 887 on a 1,000 point scale.  Satisfaction was measured in prescription ordering, store, cost competitiveness, pharmacist and non-pharmacist staff.
  “Our pharmacy employees ha
  
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• VIRAL VIDEO: How well does LeSean McCoy know Buffalo?

  25-08-2015 16:37 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Maxim magazine recently posted a video with The Buffalo Bills to YouTube that has lots of western New Yorkers talking.
  Titled “How Well Does LeSean McCoy Know Buffalo?”, the video quizzes the new Bills running back how well he knows the Queen City.
  Buffalo superfan Dan Borowski, the owner of Dan & John’s Wings in NYC, asked McCoy questions such as “What culinary dish is Buffalo know for?”  The answer to that one was “
  
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• Wall Street opens up Tuesday

  25-08-2015 15:31 via wivb.com
  
  New York, N.Y. (WIVB) — Stock prices are making up for lost ground in early trading Tuesday, up about 180 points in the first minute of trading.
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained about 350 points, or 2 percent of its value, within 5 minutes of opening Tuesday.This comes after consecutive trading days where the index lost over 500 points.
  China’s main stock index fell over 7 percent in trading Tuesday, less than the 8.5 percent drop in that market Monday.
  
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• Wall Street making up for lost ground in early trading Tuesday

  25-08-2015 15:31 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Stock prices are making up for lost ground in early trading Tuesday, up about 180 points in the first minute of trading.
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained about 350 points, or 2 percent of its value, within 5 minutes of opening Tuesday. This comes after consecutive trading days where the index lost over 500 points.
  China’s main stock index fell over 7 percent in trading Tuesday, less than the 8.5 percent drop in that market Monday.
  
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• Sir Paul McCartney to play First Niagara Center

  25-08-2015 15:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Recently a billboard went up on the 290 teasing a big event coming soon to the First Niagara Center. It invited western New Yorkers guess who may be coming to the Queen City with the hashtag #GuessWhoFNC.
  News 4 has confirmed that Sir Paul McCartney is the big name who will perform in Buffalo this fall.
  This is a first for the former member of the Beatles. During his 55 year career, he has had shows across the state and in nearby Toronto but never in Buffalo.
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• Paul McCartney to play First Niagara Center on Oct. 22

  25-08-2015 15:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Recently a billboard went up on the 290 teasing a big event coming soon to the First Niagara Center. It invited western New Yorkers guess who may be coming to the Queen City with the hashtag #GuessWhoFNC.
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  News 4 has confirmed that Sir Paul McCartney is the big name who will perform in Buffalo on Thursday, October 22. Tickets will go on sale on Monday, August 31.
  This is a first for the former member of the
  
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• Paul McCartney to play First Niagara Center

  25-08-2015 15:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Recently a billboard went up on the 290 teasing a big event coming soon to the First Niagara Center. It invited western New Yorkers guess who may be coming to the Queen City with the hashtag #GuessWhoFNC.
  News 4 has confirmed that Sir Paul McCartney is the big name who will perform in Buffalo this fall.
  This is a first for the former member of the Beatles. During his 55 year career, he has had shows across the state and in nearby Toronto but never in Buffalo.
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• Buffalo State College prepares to welcome students back to campus

  25-08-2015 13:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Buffalo State College is about to come back to life.
  “It’s very exciting, and it’s really neat for all of the students to come back with all of that energy,” Student Apartment Complex Director Mary Toll told News 4. “Campus is really quiet without them.”
  Toll and her fellow campus housing staff members still have a lot to do to get ready for move in.
  “We go through every single room to make sure that it’s all prep
  
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• Rainbows on a Tuesday

  25-08-2015 13:21 via wivb.com
  
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• PHOTO GALLERY: Rainbows in WNY this morning

  25-08-2015 13:21 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  WNYers shared with News 4 their great photos of Rainbows on Tuesday.
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• GALLERY: Rainbows on a Tuesday

  25-08-2015 13:21 via interactives.wivb.com
  
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• Teenagers may be spreading lice with ‘selfies’

  25-08-2015 13:14 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) – With back to school around the corner, parents and teachers with younger kids are on high alert for lice. But lately, doctors say they’re seeing more teenagers contracting the bugs.
  Jeff Cushman, a pharmacist, explained, “It’s usually school aged children is what i see most often come in for lice treatment, and we usually see it start up about this time of year.”
  But what’s been confusing Pediatrician Dr. Sharon Rink is that she’s seeing a surge
  
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• Chinese stocks tumble again as other Asian markets rebound

  25-08-2015 13:09 via wivb.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Chinese stocks tumbled again Tuesday after their biggest decline in eight years while most other Asian markets rebounded from a day of heavy losses.
  The mixed picture comes after a tumultuous day on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones industrial average ended down 3.6 percent after trimming much bigger losses. European markets were also hit badly. Analysts said it was unclear whether this was a sign the worst was over, or a reprieve in a longer-term bear market.
  The declines in
  
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• NEW TODAY: Buffalo State College prepares to welcome students back to campus

  25-08-2015 11:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Buffalo State College is about to come back to life.
  “It’s very exciting, and it’s really neat for all of the students to come back with all of that energy,” Student Apartment Complex Director Mary Toll told News 4. “Campus is really quiet without them.”
  Toll and her fellow campus housing staff members still have a lot to do to get ready for move in.
  “We go through every single room to make sure that it’s all prep
  
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• Couple’s break-up on plane shared live on Twitter

  25-08-2015 05:22 via wivb.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A woman on a flight out of Raleigh-Durham International created a sensation Sunday when she live tweeted about a couple on the plane having a break-up.
  Kelly Keegs was on the flight when she noticed the couple across the aisle having an intimate conversation. She started posting what was happening on Twitter.
  “This guy on the plane just broke up with his girlfriend and she’s SOBBING,” Keegs tweeted.
  She continued to tweet about their conversation, a
  
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• How young adults are reacting to stock market plunge

  25-08-2015 05:16 via wivb.com
  
  GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Monday’s stock market plunge comes after concerns about the Chinese economy slowing down, affecting markets around the world.
  However, some young people told News 4’s sister station 22News, they didn’t feel any personal impact from the faltering global markets. “I mean, I don’t feel that it affects me directly. I don’t really understand the stock market,” said Jordan Parks of Harpswell, ME.
  Although many young adults told
  
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• Financial analysts say don't worry about your 401k

  25-08-2015 05:12
  
  Jitters over the stock market plunge shouldn't cause you to change your 401k        
  
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• Vigil held for missing woman

  25-08-2015 05:11
  
  A candlelight vigil was held Monday night for a woman who has been missing for over a month.        
  
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• Community honors missing Niagara Falls woman with cell-phone vigil

  25-08-2015 04:38 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A community is coming together to support the family of Amber Merrell, 37, from Niagara Falls. She went missing last month. Now her family says they won’t stop looking until they find her. Instead of candles, they lit the sky up with cell phones to help spread the word to bring Merrell home.
  Rose Harvey said she hasn’t been able to sleep since her Granddaughter went missing July 18th. She said, “I just want to know tha
  
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• IndyCar driver Justin Wilson dies of head injury

  25-08-2015 04:28 via wivb.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, IN (AP) – IndyCar driver Justin Wilson has died from a head injury suffered when a piece of debris struck him at Pocono Raceway. He was 37.IndyCar made the announcement on Monday night at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  Wilson is a British driver who lived outside Denver in Longmont, Colorado. He was hit in the head during Sunday’s race by piece of debris that had broken off another car. Wilson’s car veered into an interior wall at the track, and he was swiftly taken
  
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