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• Local Catholics react to annulment reform

  08-09-2015 23:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Just two weeks before Pope Francis visit the U.S., the Pontiff is making sweeping reforms when it comes to marriage annulments.
  The changes will make it easier and more affordable for people to obtain annulments.
  These reforms will take effect Dec. 8, and come after the Pope pardoned women who have had abortions, and announced that even Atheists can go to Heaven.
  Many are calling Pope Francis a progressive Pope.
  News 4 spoke to some Catholics in the Queen City, who sai
  
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• Florida teen kills masked intruder who turned out to be his dad

  08-09-2015 23:54 via wivb.com
  
  ST PETERSBURG, FL (WFLA) – Investigators are detailing a homicide now labeled as justified after a teen shot his father Tuesday morning. Malachi Heisler tells us he woke up to cries for help early Tuesday morning.
  “I woke up to my name being called, okay. I heard the words Malachi and help, that’s all I heard when I woke up,” said Heisler in front of his home.
  Heisler spoke with a bandana covering his mouth.
  “He pointed it at my mother first, and then when I ca
  
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• Community helps Hamburg boy reach his goal

  08-09-2015 23:33 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y(WIVB)- Within hours of News 4’s story airing, Bradeon Monthony received thousands of dollars in donations from people in the community.
  Bradeon is raising money so that he and his family can travel to Florida to meet Winter the dolphin.
  But this isn’t just a family vacation: Braedon has a special connection to the dolphin. Just like the dolphin, he uses prosthetic legs.
  Winter, who starred in the 2011 film “Dolphin Tale,” lost her tail after getting it caught
  
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• TV show changes coming to WIVB-TV and CW23

  08-09-2015 22:56 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) – With the fall television season starting soon, some of your favorite shows may be moving to a new time. Here are some of the major schedule changes happening on WIVB-TV channel 4 and CW23 WNLO (Time Warner Cable channel 11) over the coming weeks.
  Monday – Friday
  Status
  Meredith
  Moves to 11am on CW23 WNLO
  Dr. Oz
  Moves to 9am on CW23 WNLO
  Wendy Williams
  Moves to 3pm on WIVB-TV, repeats the following day at Noon on CW23 WNLO
  Who Want To Be A Millionaire
  Moves to at 2:30am on CW
  
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• Surge soda returns to store shelves after 12-year hiatus

  08-09-2015 22:56 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (WIVB) – Coca-Cola hopes to see a surge in soda sales, with the return of a discontinued drink.
  SURGE soda is back after a 12-year hiatus. The citrus-flavored beverage was popular in the 90s, but Coke eventually phased it out.
  Fans went crazy when Coke began selling the drink again exclusively through Amazon last year. Surge enthusiasts bought out the online supply on the first day, despite the $14 price tag for a 12-pack of 16 ounce cans.
  A surge website shows the drink
  
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• Kansas State says it will pay fine after band performance, but calls it a misunderstanding

  08-09-2015 22:50 via wivb.com
  
  MANHATTAN, Kansas – Kansas State University has agreed to sanctions from the Big 12 Conference over violations of its sportsmanship and ethical conduct policies over a halftime performance Saturday during K-State’s opener.
  The potential violations occurred during the first home football against South Dakota with the band’s halftime depiction of the KU mascot, the Jayhawk.
  The theme of the halftime show against South Dakota was “space,” and involved scenes from Star
  
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• Delay in Patrick Kane grand jury case

  08-09-2015 22:46
  
  The grand jury case involving hockey star Patrick Kane has been delayed, according to a source who spoke with Two On Your Side's Scott Levin.        
  
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• Police say high school football players targeted, blindsided referee during game

  08-09-2015 22:44 via wivb.com
  
  MARBLE FALLS, Texas (KXAN) — Marble Falls police are now investigating after they say two high school football players from San Antonio targeted and blindsided a referee in their game Friday night.
  Bill Steffek pulls out a striped jersey he hung up two years ago, after retiring as a referee from the Austin Football Officials Association. But he still observes other refs from the stands to make sure they’re doing their best.
  “I can give them some guidance or some points aft
  
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• Barbershop fined $750 for refusing to cut a woman’s hair

  08-09-2015 22:31 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania barbershop has been fined $750 for refusing to cut a woman’s hair.
  Barbiere advertises itself as a high-end gentlemen’s barbershop and offers complimentary beers and spirits. The Washington barbershop was recently fined by the state’s Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs for gender discrimination.
  Owner John Interval tells the (Washington) Observer-Reporter the fine “infringes” on his shop’s environme
  
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• Three youths accused of burning crosses into mosque’s lawn appear in court

  08-09-2015 22:09 via wivb.com
  
  CARLTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — Three people accused of burning two crosses into the lawn of a local mosque appeared in court on Tuesday before being released to the custody of their families.
  Police in Orleans County say the three people are accused of outlining the crosses in the grass with accelerant before igniting them. Each surrendered himself to police on Tuesday to be processed and arraigned.
  Two of those who are charged are underage, but 20-year-old Jarod Biemans is also charged in co
  
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• Randolph woman arrested after gunshots heard near her house during altercation

  08-09-2015 21:52 via wivb.com
  
  RANDOLPH, N.Y. (WIVB) — It took police intervention to prevent an altercation in a Chautauqua County town from escalating on Friday night.
  Police say a tow truck driver responded to the Town of Randolph to repossess a tractor, but the tractor’s owner allegedly did not willingly let it go. The truck operator left the scene after he says he heard a gunshot come from Rosemary L. McKay’s home, and he called police soon after.
  While New York State Troopers responded to the scen
  
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• Kentucky clerk who wouldn’t issue licenses is out of jail

  08-09-2015 21:23 via wivb.com
  
  GRAYSON, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky clerk who refuses to issue marriage licenses because of her religious beliefs about gay couples says that “all is well” upon her release from jail on contempt charges.
  Those were the only comments Rowan County clerk Kim Davis made Tuesday afternoon outside the jail. She smiled and appeared to be crying as she stood next to lawyer Mat Staver, with the Christian firm Liberty Counsel.
  Staver says Davis is loyal to her God and her job. But he s
  
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• Buffalo Bills tickets are 19th most expensive in the league, despite small market size

  08-09-2015 21:03 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Despite the small size of the Buffalo market — when compared to giants like New York, Boston and Denver — the Buffalo Bills command a relatively high ticket price.
  The ticket price, according to Vivid Seats, is the 19th most expensive in the NFL, of the 32 teams that sell tickets. Buffalo benefits from a large international market in Toronto, bumping ticket prices to a median price of $140 per game.
  Despite a fierce rivalry with the New England
  
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• Man robs M&T Bank in Cheektowaga

  08-09-2015 20:24 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — After an internal investigation, police are reaching out to the public to help solve a bank robbery.
  Police in Cheektowaga say they are working to learn the identity of a man caught on camera. They say he’s seen on camera robbing an M&T Bank on 900 Thruway Plaza Drive on Sept. 3.
  Officers described the photographed man as being about 5’7″ tall, thin and wearing a beard. He made off from the bank with an undisclosed amount of money.
  Anyb
  
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• Police search for man who used stolen credit cards

  08-09-2015 19:34 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amherst Police are asking for help from the public to bring to justice a man who used a stolen credit card.
  Police say they believe the man is captured on security camera while using the stolen credit cards in Amherst. Police say he’s a white man who drives a black Jeep.
  Anybody with information is asked to call police at (716) 689-1379.
  
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• PHOTO: Police search for man who stabbed students at Buffalo State

  08-09-2015 18:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A hunt is on at Buffalo State’s public campus after an altercation between a group of men sent two to the hospital with wounds incurred from some type of blade.
  Police say early Monday morning an assailant stabbed one Buffalo State student and another suffered other injuries from the assault. Officers released the man’s image on Tuesday, asking for the public’s help in identifying him as they pursue him on assault charges.
  A black man, captured
  
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• 4 students arrested for allegedly vandalizing school

  08-09-2015 17:56 via wivb.com
  
  FILLMORE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Four students face charges after police say they vandalized their school in Allegany County.
  New York State Police responded to a report of vandalism at Fillmore High School in the Village of Fillmore on Friday. At first, police thought a 15 year-old girl was identified as a suspect but she was later cleared of any involvement in the crime.
  School surveillance cameras helped to positively identify 4 boys, aged 14 – 16, all students of the school, who allegedly
  
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• Bills fans can expect changes at the Ralph this year

  08-09-2015 17:49 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Bills’ regular season home opener will be this coming Sunday, and fans heading to the Ralph Wilson Stadium can expect a few changes this year.
  For one thing, there are now walk-through metal detectors at Gate 3. Staff will continue to use wands to screen guests at other gates this season, but the walk through metal detectors are expected to be in place in front of all of the gates next year. “It will really ease the efficiency and the pro
  
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• WIVB-TV owner Media General buying Meredith in $2.4B deal

  08-09-2015 17:44 via wivb.com
  
  (AP) – WIVB-TV & CW23 WNLO’s owner Media General is buying Meredith Corp. in an approximately $2.4 billion cash-and-stock deal.
  The combined company, called Meredith Media General, will have 88 television stations in 54 markets and media brands including Better Homes and Gardens, Allrecipes, Parents and Shape.
  Meredith shareholders will receive cash and stock valued at $51.53 per share. That’s a 12 percent premium to the company’s Friday closing price of $45.94. Media
  
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• Roanoke shooting victim discharged from hospital

  08-09-2015 17:42 via wivb.com
  
  ROANOKE (WSLS 10) – The only survivor in last month’s deadly shooting of a reporter and news photographer on live television shared some encouraging news recently.
  Vicki Gardner was discharged from Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. She will continue her treatment at home.
  “Good News! Vicki’s Home! Vicki has been released from Carilion Memorial Hospital. We are thrilled to have her home but she does face a long recuperation time to be back a
  
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• Freddie Gray’s family settles with city for $6.4M

  08-09-2015 17:34 via wivb.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The family of Freddie Gray, who died after being critically injured in police custody, reached a $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the city of Baltimore, resolving civil claims about a week after the first hearing in the criminal case against six police officers, officials said Tuesday.
  Six Baltimore police officers face criminal charges stemming from Gray’s death. Gray, who was black, was critically injured April 12 in the back of a prisoner transport van
  
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• Buffalo Bills sign QB Matt Cassel

  08-09-2015 16:41 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Bills announced Tuesday morning that they have signed QB Matt Cassel, after releasing him last week. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
  Cassel will rejoin the Bills after being released by the team on Saturday. The Bills originally acquired Cassel on in March through a trade with the Minnesota Vikings.
  Head coach Rex Ryan said, “They [Taylor, Cassel, Manuel] push each other, yet they are there for each other, they watch tape together. It is
  
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• Buffalo Bills re-sign QB Matt Cassel

  08-09-2015 16:41 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Bills announced Tuesday morning that they have signed QB Matt Cassel, after releasing him last week. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
  Cassel will rejoin the Bills after being released by the team on Saturday. The Bills originally acquired Cassel on in March through a trade with the Minnesota Vikings.
  Head coach Rex Ryan said, “They [Taylor, Cassel, Manuel] push each other, yet they are there for each other, they watch tape together. It is
  
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• Dealing with school anxiety

  08-09-2015 16:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- As students head back to school, it’s common for them to develop fears about starting a new school year. Mental health expert, Lynne Shine, sat down with News 4’s Brittni Smallwood to share advice on how you can help your child with back to school jitters.
  Lynne said it’s common for children to develop anxiety about the new things happening in their lives, like a new classroom, new teachers, new friends and new subjects in school. Lynne has four tips
  
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• Preview of Music is Art

  08-09-2015 16:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Goo Goo Dolls bassist and Music is Art founder, Robby Takac, was live in studio with details on this weekend’s 13th annual Music is Art Festival. Music is Art is a local non-profit that aims to explore music’s impact on our community and culture. The festival is taking place this Saturday at Delaware Park from 10 AM to 10 PM. More than 100 bands will perform throughout the park, along with dance groups and other live entertainment.
  The Goo Goo Dolls
  
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• Back to school means busy time for barbershops

  08-09-2015 15:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO (WIVB) –    It’s rare to see an empty chair at Good Looks barbershop on Hertel Avenue. Especially this time of year.
  “The back to school shopping, the hair cuts. That’s like the final piece of the puzzle,” one mom explained.
  After ten years in business, Co-owner Thomas Barwell and his staff know to prepare for the September rush.
  “A lot of kids heading back to school. This is definitely the busy time for the little guys,” he said.
  Just
  
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• Seven people hurt in overnight fire on Hertel Avenue

  08-09-2015 11:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Seven people are in the hospital recovering Tuesday morning, following an overnight fire at an apartment building in North Buffalo.
  Firefighters say it started on the second floor of the building in the 12-hundred block of Hertel Avenue.
  Buffalo Fire Commissioner, Garnell Whitfield said three children and four adults were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, including a father who was burned.
  Firefighters managed to keep it from spreadi
  
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• Seven people hurt in fire on Hertel Avenue

  08-09-2015 11:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Seven people are in the hospital recovering after an early morning fire at an apartment in North Buffalo Tuesday.
  It started on the second floor of a building in the 1200 block of Hertel Avenue.
  Buffalo Fire Commissioner, Garnell Whitfield, said police officers and a good Samaritan worked together to evacuate three children and three adults from the apartment.
  Fire officials told News 4 everyone inside the home and the good Samaritan who helped, suffered from sm
  
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• Man arrested for armed robbery

  08-09-2015 05:37 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) – Niagara County Sheriffs made an arrest after a man was robbed at gunpoint late Monday afternoon.
  Investigators say while garnishing a handgun Thomas Byrne of Lockport, approached a man in a parking lot on South Transit Road and demanded money.
  The male victim called police after the 35-year-old Byrne left the scene.
  State Police were able to locate Bryne’s vehicle in the city of Lockport and a short time later found him.
  Bryne was charged with robbery in the f
  
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• New study shows Buffalo has one of the highest minority poverty rates

  08-09-2015 04:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Local leaders are struggling with how to reduce poverty after a report shows the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metro area has more minorities living in poverty than most other cities across America. The study ranked our region in the top 10 cities with the highest concentration of minorities living in poverty.
  News 4 talked to a handful of community activists and local lawmakers who told us they’re not surprised by the data.
  The study shows some Buffalo neighborhood
  
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• Canadian shoppers hold back in WNY

  08-09-2015 04:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Canadian dollar is weaker than it’s been in eleven years. compared to the US dollar..
  The Loonie is only worth seventy five cents cents in the United States, but there are some things that are clearly still worth it for Canadians to buy here in the States, like gas, milk and eggs.
  Even though his money is worth less here, Ontario resident, Ron Thomson was filling up at Tops Market on Niagara Street because paying $2.54 a gallon was still way better than paying ove
  
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• How to find out if airline companies owe you money

  08-09-2015 00:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you have ever had an issue with an airline but failed to file a grievance, you may want to rethink that. The time you wasted could translate to big bucks. In fact one company says airlines owe you 10 billion dollars for valid claims, but only 2 percent of flyers are getting the money they legally deserve.
  AirHelp tracks every flight in the world and keeps data on things like weather conditions. Enter your flight information for free, and you’ll know whether
  
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• Potentially salmonella-tainted cucumbers recalled

  08-09-2015 00:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A dangerous batch of cucumbers has poisoned hundreds and killed one, and now they’ve been recalled.
  Officials say Andrew and WIlliamson Fresh Produce cucumbers may be tainted with salmonella. On Friday, the company voluntarily recalled its “Limited Edition” brand cucumbers.
  Company officials are working to learn if the outbreak — that to date has sickened about 300 —  is from its cucumbers.
  The potentially tainted cucumbers has
  
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• Two refugee families from Syria start anew in Buffalo

  08-09-2015 00:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Two families from a war-torn city in Syria are thankful to have made their way to Buffalo.
  They asked that their identity be concealed because they still have loved ones hoping to get out of Syria.
  The fathers are brothers. Children in each family must share one bedroom. One family has four children, the other two.
  Five are in school.
  The fathers are being trained in carpentry and floor installation. They are eager to work.
  They described their city in Syria as being
  
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• Jets’ Smith doesn’t plan to file charges against Bills’ Enemkpali

  08-09-2015 00:34 via wivb.com
  
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Geno Smith insists he has moved on from the punch that rocked the franchise and might have cost him his starting job.
  The New York Jets quarterback has no plans to file charges against former teammate Ikemefuna Enemkpali, the linebacker who broke Smith’s jaw when he slugged him in the locker room last month.
  Smith, expected to miss at least the first four games of the regular season, would not address whether Enemkpali apologized to him. Smith also wouldn&rs
  
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• Bills bring back Enemkpali, sign Watkins’ brother, trick-shot QB to practice squad

  08-09-2015 00:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills re-signed linebacker Ikemefuna Enemkpali to their practice squad Monday.
  Enemkpali returns to the Bills three days after he was released from the active roster.
  Buffalo claimed Enemkpali off waivers Aug. 13, a day after he was cut by the New York Jets for breaking the jaw of quarterback Geno Smith during a locker room altercation.
  Enemkpali could still be disciplined by the NFL for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. He had extensive
  
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