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• Marriott opens at HARBORCENTER

  27-08-2015 23:56
  
  The final piece of HARBORCENTER opened Thursday, one week early.        
  
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• Most popular baby names for 2014

  27-08-2015 23:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Social Security Administration has released their list of popular baby names for 2014.
  Topping the list for boys names for the second year in a row is the name Noah. For girls, it is Emma that took the top spot for the first time since 2008.
  According to CNN, Noah gained popularity in 2005 after Ryan Gosling stole hearts as Noah in “The Notebook.” Emma debuted on the list in 2002, around the same time that actress Emma Watson debuted as Hermoine in th
  
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• UB Students returning means boom in local business

  27-08-2015 23:52 via wivb.com
  
  Today was move in day for all the new University at Buffalo North Campus students; about 4,000 of them ready and excited to start the Fall semester. The rest of this weekend will see returning students moving in, and it won’t be long before campus is bustling.
  “We’re a community of about 40,000 people on a daily basis.” says Dennis Black, the Vice President for University Life and Services. “About 29,000 students and about 10,000 faculty, staff, supporters, voluntee
  
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• Search warrant: Journalist killer had disguises, ammunition, to-do list

  27-08-2015 23:48 via wivb.com
  
  MONETA, Va. (AP/WAVY) — The disgruntled former employee who shot and killed a TV reporter and cameraman Wednesday in Virginia may have been hoping to stay free with the help of disguises.
  According to a search warrant for the rental car Vester Flanagan was driving, police found extra license plates, a wig, sunglasses and a hat. He was also traveling with a Glock pistol with multiple magazines and ammunition.
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  Also inside his car, investigators say they fou
  
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• License plate readers found Virginia suspect

  27-08-2015 23:40 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB)- In Virginia it worked perfectly. Once police knew they were looking for Vester Flanagan for the shooting deaths of two journalists on Wednesday, Virginia State Police plugged his license plate number into license plate readers on some of their patrol cars.
  “As soon as it was entered it came up with a positive hit that the vehicle just passed me less than three minutes earlier.” said Virgina State Trooper Pamela Neff. “I let my dispatch know that the vehic
  
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• Suspended BPD officer Corey Krug facing another federal charge

  27-08-2015 23:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An embattled Buffalo Police Department officer is facing additional federal charges after new details surfaced over an event that allegedly happened five years ago.
  A grand jury chose to indict Corey Krug with additional charges of deprivation of rights under color of law. Earlier in August, Krug faced the same charge for allegedly beating a man on Thanksgiving day in 2014. 
  Officials say the latest charges stem from an incident on Aug. 29, 2010 when he all
  
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• 21 local schools awarded football grants through Buffalo Bills, USA Football

  27-08-2015 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — More than a dozen schools in western New York will field teams with equipment partially funded thanks to western New York’s NFL team.
  The Buffalo Bills in conjunction with USA Football awarded 21 local schools with grants valued anywhere between $1,500 and $2,500 per school. The grants will all be used towards new equipment, primarily focusing on safety equipment from Riddell.
  Grants were awarded to the following schools:
  Amherst High School,
  Albion Youth
  
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• Traffic stop leads Lancaster police to arrest alleged garage burglar

  27-08-2015 22:26 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — After a month of garage and shed burglaries, police say they think they have the burglar in custody.
  Lancaster Police say they stopped a man with a snowblower in his vehicle after learning of a stolen snowblower only a night before. They traced the snowblower back to its owner, who confirmed it had been stolen.
  Police say further investigation uncovered more stolen items in the 26-year-old man’s possession. Police are withholding the name as investigatio
  
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• Man wanted on charges of robbing Mighty Taco

  27-08-2015 22:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO,N.Y. (WIVB) — Following a robbery at a local Mighty Taco, police are asking for the public to step forward and aid in the investigation.
  Police are using images of the robbery caught on surveillance tape to aid in the identification effort. Seen on tape, police say, is the suspected criminal wearing a hat and dark shirt. He struck the Mighty Taco on Delaware Avenue on Aug. 23.
  A reward of up to $1,000 has been extended to anybody who can help police identify the man. Anybody w
  
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• Memories, tears mark newscast a day after on-air shootings

  27-08-2015 21:52 via wivb.com
  
  ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The colleagues of two journalists shot to death on live television returned to their morning show Thursday with memories, tears and a determination to carry on.
  WDBJ-TV’s “Mornin'” show opened with images of reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, with the words “In Memory.”
  “We come to you with heavy hearts. Two of our own were shot during a live shot yesterday morning,” said Kim McBroom, the anchor whose open-mouthed s
  
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• Loved ones continue to mourn loss; survivor of triple on-air shooting continues recovery

  27-08-2015 21:04 via wivb.com
  
  ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The woman who survived an on-air shooting is doing better at a hospital a day after a disgruntled former reporter wounded her and killed a TV cameraman and a reporter.
  Hannah Cline, a spokeswoman at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, said Vicki Gardner was in good condition. Gardner was being interviewed by Alison Parker when Vester Flanagan began firing. Cameraman Adam Ward was also killed in the attack.
  Gardner is the executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Cha
  
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• Olean man accused of stealing Buffalo taxi at gunpoint

  27-08-2015 20:43 via wivb.com
  
  OLEAN, N.Y. (WIVB) — A lengthy cab ride from Buffalo to Olean ended abruptly when a man allegedly pulled a gun on the taxi cab driver.
  Police say Darrin V. Hunter, 24, called for a cab in Buffalo and then rode with the driver all the way to Allegany when he revealed he couldn’t pay for the ride. The cab driver reportedly explained he wouldn’t complete the drive without payment, to which Hunter then allegedly pulled out a gun.
  After seeing the weapon, police say the ca
  
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• Buffalo man arrested after speeding stop

  27-08-2015 20:13 via wivb.com
  
  RUSHFORD, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man is facing two charges after a traffic stop in Allegany County.
  Police in Rushford pulled over Tupac T. Thompson, 20, for speeding along Route 243. While investigating him, police learned the man had a suspended license.
  Thompson faces charges of third degree aggravated unlicensed operation and failure to obey a traffic control device. He’ll return to court at a later date in September.
  
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• First Niagara Center seasonal employees needed; job fair to be held

  27-08-2015 19:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Applicants are encouraged to attend a job fair for seasonal employees at the First Niagara Center.
  Delaware North Sportservice announced they’d be holding a job fair at the First Niagara Center on Aug. 31 to help fill positions for cooks, servers, bussers, runners, utility stand attendants and food prep help. The privately held food service company provides employment for events at the popular home of the Buffalo Sabres.
  Anybody interested in attending can
  
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• Losing arm hasn’t slowed down 14-year-old Tennessee girl

  27-08-2015 19:24 via wivb.com
  
  PARSONS, Tenn. (WKRN) – From beauty pageants to paddle boarding, losing an arm is not slowing down a Parsons, Tennessee, teen.
  We first introduced you to Chloe Monroe in July after she lost control of a Utility Terrain Vehicle and it flipped.
  Chloe is working to make sure her tragic accident inspires others.
  “It’s made me such a stronger person,” she told News 2.
  Six surgeries later, the 14-year-old is back to somewhat of a normal teenage life.
  “Learning h
  
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• 7-year-old causes scare with toy gun

  27-08-2015 19:10 via wivb.com
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KRQE) — Police in New Mexico swarmed a Chili’s parking lot after getting reports of a gunman. They found the gun was fake and the suspect was a second-grader.
  Police showed up, weapons drawn, after getting a call about someone waving a gun around in the parking lot. What the caller failed to mention to police is that the gun was a toy and the person “waving it around” was 7-year-old Wyatt Hooten.
  “The 7-year-old was out there pl
  
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• U.S. Army gives inside look into ‘Jade Helm’ training

  27-08-2015 19:06 via wivb.com
  
  CAMP BULLIS, Texas (KXAN) — Four months ago, members of the U.S. Army local governments hosted special meetings with the public to squash rumors about martial law and the military taking over Texas. One meeting in Bastrop County was tense and standing room only, but since then it’s been quiet.
  Amidst the social media firestorm, the U.S. Army Special Forces started their training across 12 counties in Texas in mid-July. The U.S. Army Special Forces have also trained on milit
  
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• Buffalo Zoo to raise admission prices

  27-08-2015 18:55
  
  The zoo announced Thursday they are increasing the admission fee by $1.50.        
  
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• Daily News cover stirs outrage following slaying on live television

  27-08-2015 18:37 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (WIVB) — When two journalists working on a story about local business and their Roanoke Chamber of Commerce were gunned down on live television Wednesday, understandably newspaper headlines focused on the tragic event a day later.
  However, one newspaper may have crossed the line with the images they paired with their headlines. The New York Daily News went to print with the headline: EXECUTED ON LIVE TV. Three still images from the gunman’s GoPro show the fea
  
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• Lockport man accused of rape to appear in court

  27-08-2015 17:35
  
  A Lockport man accused of rape is expected in court Thursday afternoon.        
  
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• ECSO warns Grand Island residents about car break-ins

  27-08-2015 17:31
  
  The Erie County Sheriff's Office is alerting residents to a string of vehicle break-ins.        
  
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• Frozen green beans recalled due to listeria

  27-08-2015 17:12 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — General Mills is recalling about 60,000 packages of its Cascadian Farm frozen green beans after one package tested positive for listeria.
  The Minneapolis-based food company said Wednesday no illnesses have been reported.
  Listeria can cause fever, muscle aches, gastrointestinal symptoms and even death. Earlier this year, ice cream maker Blue Bell recalled all its products after they were linked to three deaths in Kansas.
  The Cascadian Farm recall is for 10-ounce bags of the
  
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• Police: Driver of Cantina Loco crash high on heroin, requires Narcan

  27-08-2015 16:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Mike Andrzejewski and Kyle Mackiewicz were gathered in the basement at Cantina Loco at 3 o’clock Tuesday for an afternoon meeting with their employees when they heard a crash over their heads.
  “It startled everybody, all over the place,” Andrzejewski said. “We knew immediately that it wasn’t just dropping a plate or something like that. We raced upstairs to see what happened.”
  “It was like a huge bang and shatter like ic
  
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• Josh Duggar enters rehab for pornography addiction

  27-08-2015 15:32 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Days after he confessed to cheating on his wife and an addiction to pornography, Josh Duggar has entered rehab.
  The ex-reality star checked himself into a long-term treatment center, according to his parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.
  Their announcement Wednesday on the family’s website did not specify the nature or duration of treatment, nor did it identify the facility. But the statement spoke of “a long journey toward wholeness and recovery.”
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• Study: Many kids hide bullying from parents

  27-08-2015 15:30 via wivb.com
  
  EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A lot can happen during the school day after your children leave your sight. Would you know if they were being bullied at school, or if they were bullying others?
  Harassment could be happening right in front of you thanks to an increased use of mobile devices such as smartphones.
  East Providence police said not a week goes by during the school year without receiving some kind of complaint about cyber-bullying.
  Most of the issues are happening between middle a
  
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• ‘Hangry’ and ‘awesomesauce’ among new Oxford words

  27-08-2015 15:25 via wivb.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Oxford Dictionaries has added another round of new words.
  It’s a branch of Oxford that focuses on modern language, separate from the Oxford English Dictionary.
  Some of the new words include:
  Awesomesauce — an adjective meaning extremely good or excellent.
  Hangry — bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger.
  Butt dial — inadvertently making a call on a mobile phone in one’s rear trouser pocket
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• Fire on Leslie St damages repair shop

  27-08-2015 13:28
  
  Buffalo firefighters responded to a fire at the corner of Leslie St and Scajaquada St just before 4:30am.        
  
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• Over 100 evacuated during Delaware Ave apartment fire

  27-08-2015 08:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Firefighters responded to the call of a fire at 715 Delaware Avenue just before 11:30 p.m.
  The building was a large occupied apartment complex. When firefighters arrived a second alarm was called in.
  The fire was on the 6th floor of the building. Over 100 residents were evacuated but there was only damage done to the one apartment.
  All of the residents were uninjured including the resident who lived in the apartment where the fire started.
  Firefighters were quic
  
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• Fire on Delaware Avenue

  27-08-2015 08:51 via wivb.com
  
  Firefighters responded to the call of a fire at 715 Delaware Avenue just before 11:30 p.m.
  The building was a large occupied apartment complex. When firefighters arrived a second alarm was called in.
  The fire was on the 6th floor of the building. Over 100 residents were evacuated but there was only damage done to the one apartment.
  All of the residents were uninjured including the resident who lived in the apartment where the fire started.
  Firefighters were quickly able to get the fire unde
  
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• Cash Outlines Platforms At First Board Meeting

  27-08-2015 05:28
  
  Dr. Kriner Cash attended his first school board meeting on Wednesday.        
  
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• Nursing home demolition leaves dust trail

  27-08-2015 04:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Progress is not always clean.
  That’s what residents near the Peace Bridge on Buffalo’s West Side are finding out over the past couple weeks.
  “It’s like hail…small hail.” said Steve Greene, who has lived on Columbus Parkway for thirty seven years, but for the past couple weeks, the demolition of the Episcopal Church Home across the street is leaving all sorts of residue on his car, in the cob-webs, and even in his backyard.
  “White r
  
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• Man accused of gunning down reporters live on TV was ‘a gentle giant’ neighbor says

  27-08-2015 02:33 via wivb.com
  
  VALLEJO (KRON) — Vallejo residents are in shock after learning that their former neighbor, Vester Lee Flanagan II, fatally shot two reporters on live television. They say it’s difficult for them to see the person they once knew as a well-mannered, soft-spoken gentleman being called a “disgruntled employee” and murderer.
  “He was nice looking, well-dressed, very respectful, handsome, groomed…this is totally out of his character as far as I know,” said Vir
  
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• Suiting up with the Bomb Squad; an exclusive look behind the scenes

  27-08-2015 01:35 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A whizzing noise followed a tank-like robot with a single retractable pincer attached as it zipped out of a hidden away training facility in Cheektowaga. On Wednesday the sound marked a fun show-and-tell, but its operators say the remote controlled robot serves a serious role on the front line of protecting the general populace.
  A crew of five green-clad Sheriff’s Deputies who only just returned from an emergency call unloaded gear into their centrally
  
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• Suiting up with the Bomb Squad; an exclusive look behind explosive scenes

  27-08-2015 01:35 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A whizzing noise followed a tank-like robot with a single retractable pincer attached as it zipped out of a hidden away training facility in Cheektowaga. On Wednesday the sound marked a fun show-and-tell, but its operators say the remote controlled robot serves a serious role on the front line of protecting the general populace.
  A crew of five green-clad Sheriff’s Deputies who only just returned from an emergency call unloaded gear into their centrally
  
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• Attorney General working to send roof contractor to jail for the second time

  27-08-2015 01:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – You would have thought George Anna had learned his lesson last year, when he was sentenced to 90 days in jail for shortchanging his customers, in violation of a court order.
  Now the Attorney General is asking a state judge to give the local home improvement contractor even more jail time, after receiving new complaints against Anna following his release from custody.This is Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s third try in four years to keep George Anna in lin
  
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• FBI raids seven Kingsmen Clubhouses

  27-08-2015 01:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Federal, state, and local agencies raided seven Kingsmen clubhouses in Erie, Niagara, and Cattaraugus counties.
  The FBI-led Safe Streets Task Force carried out the raids. It was created to dismantle and remove criminally-organized gangs.
  Agents gained entry by battering into doors and using flash bombs.
  “We heard a big boom at six in the morning,” said Eagle Street resident Sharon Dingeldey. “I woke up and thought who’s making all that noise o
  
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• Wingfest preview party

  27-08-2015 01:19
  
  Mayor Brown and the Wing King Drew Cerza were on hand Wednesday to kickoff the upcoming National Buffalo Wing Festival.        
  
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• Suspect in police custody after stabbing 2, shooting police officer and two others

  27-08-2015 01:09 via wivb.com
  
  LOUISIANA (MEDIA GENERAL) — St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz tells news outlets that a man is in custody after allegedly stabbing two people and shooting a police officer who responded to a violent situation in southwest Louisiana.
  Guidroz did not identify the man, who drove his car into a nearby convenience store in Sunset, about 70 miles west of Baton Rouge, and barricaded himself inside. The sheriff says officers threw in tear gas and then stormed the JR Food Mart when the m
  
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• 3 shot in Louisiana including police officer

  27-08-2015 01:09 via wivb.com
  
  LOUISIANA (MEDIA GENERAL) — Following a shooting, a Louisiana man has barricaded himself inside the JR Food Mart in Sunset, Louisiana. Police are trying to talk to the suspect into surrendering.
  Police dispatched along with medical personnel at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday to respond to the gunfire that injured three people. Acadian Ambulance sent eight ground units and three air units to the scene in Sunset, about 70 miles west of Baton Rouge.
  Tonette Thibodeaux of the Sunset pol
  
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• Hundreds turn out to hear SolarCity explain open positions

  27-08-2015 01:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- SolarCity is expected to create thousands of jobs and put Western New York on the map for solar panel production. Its new $900 million complex on the RiverBend in south Buffalo will be the second largest solar panel production site in the world, according to Mayor Byron Brown.
  Hundreds of people turned out for an informational session on Wednesday. It’s the first of many meetings this year intended to tell people how the company plans to fill 1,500 positions.
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• Ryan: ‘We’ll know’ starting quarterback after this weekend

  27-08-2015 00:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Rex Ryan’s timetable for naming a starting quarterback hasn’t changed: He plans to make his decision known leading up to the Bills’ season opener against the Indianapolis Colts.
  But there’s a difference between an announcement and a decision, and according to Ryan, he will have made his decision on the Bills’ starting quarterback following Saturday’s third preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
  During an appearance on
  
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• Mayor weighs-in on Mascia suspension

  27-08-2015 00:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y.(WIVB)- Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority Commissioner Joe Mascia told News 4 his recent suspension isn’t stopping him.
  “What we want to do is focus on the campaign and move forward. It’s obvious that things like this happen two weeks before a campaign, that something like this is released. Our feeling is that they’re always trying to influence the outcome of an election,” he said.
  Mascia is running for a seat on the Buffalo Common Council, but n
  
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