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• Local documentary aims at giving hope to Syrian Refugees

  07-09-2015 23:59 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — “Waiting at the Door” is the name Akram Shibly has given to his documentary on the plight of Syrian refugees currently in camps in the Middle East.
  He traveled to the camps in Jordan recently with his father and sister.
  One camp in particular houses children and mothers who lost fathers and husbands.
  At his editing bay, Akram translated the testimonies of young boys he videotaped.
  “We had a beautiful childhood, but with time, war came. The air strik
  
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• Hamburg boy raises money to meet Winter

  07-09-2015 23:59 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y.(WIVB)- Ever since seeing the film “Dolphin Tale” in 2011, 6-year-old Braedon Monthony has had one goal: to meet Winter.
  Winter is a dolphin and the star of the movie. She got her tail caught in a crab trap and now uses a prosthetic fin.
  Like Winter, Braedon knows what it’s like to have a prosthetic. The 6-year-old lost both his legs to a rare infection when he was a baby.
  He said watching Winter in “Dolphin Tale” is a reminder he’s
  
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• Hamburg boy raises money to meet dolphin with prosthetic limb

  07-09-2015 23:59 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y.(WIVB)- Ever since seeing the film “Dolphin Tale” in 2011, 6-year-old Braedon Monthony has had one goal: to meet the dolphin, Winter.
  Winter the dolphin is the star of the movie. She got her tail caught in a crab trap and now uses a prosthetic fin.
  Like Winter, Braedon knows what it’s like to have a prosthetic limb. The 6-year-old lost both his legs to a rare infection when he was a baby.
  He said watching Winter in “Dolphin Tale” is a reminder
  
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• King’s spear missing from Hawaiian statue

  07-09-2015 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Part of King Kamehameha’s spear is missing.
  Police on Hawaii’s Big Island are asking the public for help locating the top section of the spear that’s part of the statue of the Hawaiian warrior in Hilo (HEE’-loh).
  Police say the spear was last seen Saturday and was reported missing Sunday.
  The bronze spear with a golden tip is about 6 feet long.
  Kamehameha the First is known for uniting the Hawaiian islands in 1810. The statue in Wailoa State Park
  
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• Tampa police rescue kitten from manhole

  07-09-2015 23:29 via wivb.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Tampa police officers rescued a kitten who found itself in a dangerous situation over the weekend.
  A concerned citizen called 911 after hearing a kitten’s repeated cries for help. The striped kitten had somehow wound up in a manhole.
  Tampa Police Officer’s Dwight Vinkemulder and Matthew Drumsta rescued the kitten from the a manhole and took a few photos of the unusual 911 call.
  Tampa Police Department posted the photos on its Facebook page with the followin
  
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• Ohio man tries to teach his wife how to shoot a gun, accidentally shoots her in ankle

  07-09-2015 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  KETTERING, Ohio (WDTN) — Police and medics rushed to a Kettering home after they say a husband accidentally shot his wife.
  It happened after 10 a.m. in the 1500 block of Springhill Avenue.
  According to police, the husband shot his wife in the ankle in the living room of their home. Officials said he was trying to show her how to operate the gun when he fired the shot. Police said they believe the incident was accidental.
  Officers said the man is a CCW permit holder and has no record.
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• City of Tonawanda man arrested, charged with beating dog with pipe

  07-09-2015 23:09 via wivb.com
  
  CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local man is facing animal cruelty charges after officers responded to calls for help from nearby neighbors.
  Police say they learned Dmitriy Blyashuk, a 20-year-old Fuller Avenue man, beat his husky with a PVC pipe on Sunday night at about 9:30 p.m. When officers arrived to his home, they say they found the 2-year-old dog bleeding from its spine, nose and face.
  Working to rescue the animal, first responders rushed it to a vet where it received treatm
  
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• Ingersoll Rand machinists reach tentative agreement to end strike

  07-09-2015 22:35 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A strike that sidelined more than 200 skilled machinists at a local factory could soon be over.
  Nearly a month passed after union representatives of the Local 330 decided to go on strike due to unsuccessful negotiations with Ingersoll Rand, a Cheektowaga plant. Now, company officials signal a standoff could soon be over.
  “A tentative agreement was reached between Ingersoll Rand and the union for our engineered centrifugal compression facility in Buffal
  
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• Police: Drunk man jumps in and out of traffic for entertainment

  07-09-2015 21:23 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Bystanders who say they witnessed a man jumping in and out of traffic on a busy road called in for help and police responded soon after.
  Police who were first on the scene Sunday morning say they saw a drunk man acting erratically by jumping in front of cars and jumping out of the way thereafter. When the Trooper attempted to talk to the man, identified as 21-year-old Scott Meyer, police say he didn’t cooperate and acted even more erratically.
  Meyer repor
  
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• Police: Drunk man rear-ends car, is arrested

  07-09-2015 21:15 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — An accident along Niagara Falls Boulevard led to the arrest of a local man on Saturday.
  Police say they responded to the accident and realized the driver behind the wheel was drunk. New York State Troopers tested the man’s intoxication, and say Richard A. Rogers registered a .21 percent blood alcohol content.
  Rogers allegedly drove drunk nearly three times the legal limit, leading to charges of felony aggravated DWI and aggravated unlicensed operatio
  
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• Poll: Sanders leads Clinton in NH

  07-09-2015 20:46 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEWS10) — Senator Bernie Sanders now holds a 9-point lead in New Hampshire over Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton, according to a new poll released yesterday.
  The poll shows sanders leading 41 to 32. That’s up 19 points from a poll in July.
  He’s also closing the gap on Clinton in Iowa.
  On Saturday, September 5 Sanders said it’s no accident he’s gaining on Clinton.
  Sanders credits his growing support to his stance on economic issues
  
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• Reward offered for potentially armed wanted man

  07-09-2015 20:35 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — As police search for a potentially armed man, agencies are teaming up to put a reward on his arrest.
  Police say they’re searching for 19-year-old Christopher R. Cooper. He’s wanted on felony drug charges. Police say the 5’6″ tall man weighs about 140 pounds and is known to carry a handgun.
  There’s a reward of up to $1,000 for anybody who can provide arresting information to police. Anybody can call in a tip to Crimestoppers at (
  
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• Cheektowaga Police search for debit card thief

  07-09-2015 20:19 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A debit card thief who used cards at several local stores is on police radar on Monday.
  Police in Cheektowaga are asking for help from the public to bring the credit card thief to justice. They say the suspected thief appears on camera after using the debit card to purchase gift cards from Tops, Target, K-Mart and Dollar General.
  After the thefts, police say he fled in a silver four door vehicle. Anybody with information is encouraged to call police at (716)
  
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• Burglars target Orchard Park taco bell twice in two weeks

  07-09-2015 20:10 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local Taco Bell is asking for police help after the second burglary in two weeks.
  Police in Orchard Park say they responded Monday morning to the Orchard Park Road Taco Bell when an employee came to work and found a broken window. Investigators say they took to the task of learning what they could, and say the burglar made off with cash.
  As detectives work to learn more about the two burglaries, they’re asking anybody with information to call in and
  
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• Car goes airborne, crashes; driver charged with DWI

  07-09-2015 19:25 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — An allegedly drunk driver is facing charges after crashing her vehicle early Monday morning.
  Police say they responded to the scene of the accident, explaining the car went airborne then rolled over, totaling the vehicle and damaging property belonging to a local business.
  The driver, identified as 22-year-old Tiffany Kwiatkowski, suffered injury in the crash, leading medical personnel to rush her to the Erie County Medical Center. She faced arrest at the h
  
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• Three teens charged with felonies after 15-year-old is violently robbed

  07-09-2015 19:14 via wivb.com
  
  CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Three local teens face felony robbery and assault charges after police in the City of Tonawanda arrested them overnight on Monday.
  Police say they responded to an overnight robbery that left a 15-year-old with potentially lasting injuries. Officers say the group, a 16-year-old and two 17-year-old teens, beat the 15-year-old just after midnight by punching and kicking him.
  The group allegedly left with his cell phone and sneakers before officers and fir
  
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• Union workers celebrate mass outside

  07-09-2015 18:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A special blessing on Labor Day allowed union and craft workers to have their tools of the trade blessed.
  The annual tradition at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church, held outdoors, saw a large turnout on Monday morning. The south Buffalo church has an outdoor shrine to Saint Joseph the Worker.
  The St. Joseph Guild of Buffalo sponsors the mass each year.
  
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• Community comes together for Peace and Nonviolence Festival

  07-09-2015 18:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – This Labor Day, a lot of people are planning to come together with family and friends, maybe firing up the grill, to enjoy this long holiday weekend. At Buffalo’s Martin Luther King Jr. park, people are gathering to do all that – for a good cause.
  The WNY Coalition of Peace and Nonviolence Advocates, including Stop The Violence Coalition, the WNY Peace Center, the SSJ Sr. Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence, and more than 80 groups supporting peace and
  
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• Marking Labor Day, Obama extends contractors paid sick leave

  07-09-2015 18:01 via wivb.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Republicans who stand in the way of helping workers have been wrecking the economy for “a long, long time.”
  Obama is marking Labor Day by addressing a major union rally and breakfast in Boston. He says he’s glad Republicans are trying to rebrand themselves as the party of the middle class. But he says their rhetoric is all talk and no action.
  Obama says opponents of his economic policies don’t let facts or evidence get in th
  
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• Labor Day freebies and deals

  07-09-2015 17:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Many restaurants are offering Labor Day deals and freebies. Some of the deals are only valid on Monday, others are good before and after.
  Applebee’s: $6.99 burger and bottomless fries on Monday (dine-in, 3 p.m. to close).
  Ancestry.com: Through Monday you can search Ancestry.com’s databases for free. This includes databases of probates and wills, and records of births, marriages and death.
  Arby’s: FREE slider with any sandwich purchase. To
  
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• ‘Meter fairy’ told he can’t feed other people’s parking meters

  07-09-2015 17:55 via wivb.com
  
  ALBUQERQUE (KRQE) — It’s happened to the best of us. You get back to your car to find a parking ticket. One Albuquerque man is trying to make sure that doesn’t happen. Yet, you might be surprised to learn what happened when city officials saw him trying to help.
  He may look tough, but Steven Gomez is a softie at heart.
  “The highlights of my week are playing hide and seek with my granddaughter and having a tea party,” said Gomez.
  He does a lot of business downtown.
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• Hamburg’s sister city in Pa. serves up hamburgers galore

  07-09-2015 17:31 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) — Where’s the beef? On Saturday, it was at the Taste of Hamburg-er Festival in the eastern Pennsylvania town of Hamburg.
  The town named after the German city held its 12 annual festival featuring food, music, eating competitions and children’s activities. Some in attendance donned attire paying tribute to their favorite meat. There were more than 30 stands serving a variety of burgers.
  Last year, the festival drew more than 35,000 people. The attendance for Sa
  
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• Member of Gov. Cuomo’s administration shot in Brooklyn

  07-09-2015 17:25 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Cuomo administration released a somber announcement Monday as they revealed a member of the staff remains in critical condition following a shooting in Brooklyn.
  Governor Andrew Cuomo announced 43-year-old Carey Gabay, the first deputy general counsel at Empire State Development, suffered gunshot wounds in Brooklyn early on Monday morning. Injuries sustained in the shooting forced first responders to rush him in critical condition to Kings County Hospital.
  
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• Serious accident closes Route 438 in Erie County, helicopter on scene

  07-09-2015 17:11 via wivb.com
  
  IRVING, N.Y. (WIVB) — A serious crash between at least two vehicles forced the response of medical personnel and first responders in Erie County Monday morning.
  Officials say they were forced to close Route 438 in both east and west directions from Route 5 to Brant Reservation Road after the 10 a.m. accident. Following the crash, officials called for an emergency helicopter, which stationed nearby.
  News 4 has reached out for additional information and will update this story when
  
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• Serious accident closes Route 438 in Brant, helicopter on scene

  07-09-2015 17:11 via wivb.com
  
  BRANT, N.Y. (WIVB) — A serious crash between at least two vehicles forced the response of medical personnel and first responders in Erie County Monday morning.
  Officials say they were forced to close Route 438 in both east and west directions after the 10 a.m. accident. Following the crash, officials called for an emergency helicopter, which stationed nearby.
  News 4 has reached out for additional information and will update this story when more details become available.
  
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• Stabbing on Buff State campus sends two to hospital

  07-09-2015 17:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An on-campus altercation between three men left police searching for an assailant with a knife on Monday morning.
  Police say one person received stab wounds and one suffered other minor injuries in an altercation with a black man between 18- and 22-years-old. Police didn’t describe what led to the incident, but say the three fought outside the student apartment complex at about 2:30 a.m.
  First responders took the wounded men to Sisters Hospital where they
  
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• Homicides, shootings have activists looking for peace

  07-09-2015 05:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police have been busy investigating and following up on nine reported shootings leading to six deaths within the last seven days.
  That has people across the city alarmed and community activists and city leaders are looking for ways to stop this from happening and bring peace.
  “You can have real peace in Buffalo,” said Pastor James Giles. “It is lofty but it is attainable. IT will take a lot of components to work together to make it so.&
  
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• Police look for suspect in West Seneca armed robbery

  07-09-2015 03:09 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB)- Police are looking for a man who they say robbed a West Seneca Pharmacy Sunday evening.
  Police say a man robbed the pharmacy at gunpoint using a long barreled gun. It happened around 6:00 p.m., the store’s closing time.
  Authorities describe the suspect as a black male, who is about 6 feet tall, and was wearing a red shirt and a blue shirt with NAUTICA 1 embroidered on the back. Anyone with information is asked to call the anonymous tip line at 675-8423 or 558-3145
  
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• Buffalo schools failing to meet federal recommendations

  07-09-2015 01:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)– A federal agency has rejected the Buffalo School District’s plan to resolve discrimination in criteria-based schools.
  The United States Department of Education rejected the district’s resolutions, saying the district failed to respond to a number of recommendations.
  This comes after a fight that has lasted for almost two years continues. As another school year starts, parents and community members are still fighting to have their children accepted int
  
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