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• Country’s first rec center for kids with weakened immune systems opens in Michigan

  16-09-2015 23:57 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The country’s first year-round recreation center for children with weak immune systems opened Wednesday in Grand Rapids.
  “These families, their week immune systems put them at a really high risk of infection so often times they are isolated from the public. This is a place that is safe and clean that they can come and be with other kids,” said Amanda Winn, the Founder and Executive Director of the Children’s Healing Center.
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• Hamburg man jailed with help from Orchard Park homeowner

  16-09-2015 23:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 27-year-old man is behind bars after a homeowner in Orchard Park alerted police to suspicious activity.
  Authorities say Timothy J. Grandits, of Hamburg, was seen lurking between houses on the 6000 block of Big Tree Road late Tuesday night. When confronted by a homeowner, he allegedly claimed to need help with his broken down truck, parked in a lot at 84 Lumber on South Taylor Road.
  According to investigators, Grandits took off when the homeowner went insi
  
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• Buffalo ranked 10th best city in the nation for job opportunities

  16-09-2015 20:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Although America can be considered the land of opportunity, Buffalo may be one of the best places in the U.S. to settle down and dig in to grab a slice of opportunity pie.
  A new list ranked the Queen City as number 10 on a list of the largest 358 metro areas in the nation. It won out over 348 other municipalities by exceeding in some of six key categories, including unemployment rate, rate of employment, growth of median income, housing costs and more.
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• Surveillance photo shows suspects in double car break-in

  16-09-2015 20:20 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Authorities are hoping a surveillance image will help catch the two men believed to be responsible for two car break-ins in one night.
  Police say the suspects managed to get inside two vehicles parked at Weco Tire & Auto Sales on Ludington Avenue on Sept. 7.
  The men are accused of taking the stereos from both cars, along with other items.
  Anyone with information is asked to call (716) 686-3922.
  
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• Local crash leads to drunk driving arrest

  16-09-2015 20:09 via wivb.com
  
  ATTICA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A crash along an Attica road led one man to serious charges of drinking and driving last week.
  Police say they investigated a crash that sent one car off the highway and into a tree, causing heavy damage to the front of the car.
  When the driver, identified by police as 27-year-old Ryan W. Blatt, continued to drive his car, police say they caught up with him and started treating him for minor wounds.
  First responders brought Blatt to a local hospital where police
  
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• Burglars break into Verizon store but only steal fake phones

  16-09-2015 19:34 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A north Columbus Verizon store was the victim of a break-in overnight, but the thieves didn’t get away with what they thought they did.
  It happened early Wednesday morning at a store at the corner of North High Street and Royal Forest Blvd.
  Police say one or more people used large rocks to break the glass in the store’s back door and gain entry.
  Once inside, several phones were cut or ripped from the displays.
  Lucky for the store, all of the display phon
  
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• Wisconsin firefighters rescue cat from underground pipe

  16-09-2015 19:23 via wivb.com
  
  De Pere, Wis. (WBAY) — It’s a joke firefighters hear all the time, but now some firefighters in Wisconsin can say they’ve rescued cats — not from up in a tree, but from an underground pipe.
  Around 11 o’clock Tuesday morning, landscapers heard meows coming from a pipe outside a home.
  First responders found a small cat stuck in a pipe that carries storm water from downspouts to the storm sewer under the street.
  Firefighters had to dig up the pipe and then cut it
  
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• Union members at Ingersoll Rand ratify contract

  16-09-2015 19:22
  
  Union employees are Ingersoll Rand are headed back to work.        
  
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• Ryan and Bills not intimidated by Patriots

  16-09-2015 19:22
  
  Bills head coach Rex Ryan has plenty of respect for the Patriots, but he says his Bills team does not fear them.        
  
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• 90s kids could get channel dedicated to vintage Nickelodeon shows

  16-09-2015 19:14 via wivb.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WISH) — Nickelodeon is trending over rumors that might make a lot of people happy.
  The rumor suggests the TV network may launch a new channel dedicated solely to cartoons from the 90s.
  A Nickelodeon Twitter account, @thesplat, has been sharing the hashtag #TheSplatisComing, with pictures and videos of cartoons from that decade.
  However, the network hasn’t confirmed what the splat is all about.
  On Saturday a video was released on YouTube with clips from severa
  
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• Cuomo aide Carey Gabay declared brain dead, family says

  16-09-2015 18:54
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• New blueprint for Outer Harbor’s future calls for open, green space

  16-09-2015 18:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Local leaders have high hopes for the future for the Outer Harbor. The new blueprint for the Outer Harbor was formally submitted to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation’s board at a meeting Wednesday morning.
  The blueprint lays out the basic goals and plans for the Outer Harbor, including the plans to use $5 million from the Buffalo Billion investment for “targeted, first phase, short term investments” that feature a lot of open space impro
  
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• Kane listed on Blackhawks Training Camp Roster

  16-09-2015 18:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Chicago Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane has been listed on a roster for the team’s upcoming training camp and is expected to attend.
  Blackhawks team leadership, including president John McDonough, general manager Stan Bowman and head coach Joel Quenneville will be available for comment on Thursday ahead of the training camp that opens on Friday.
  MORE | League decision likely to come soon on Pat Kane practicing. 
  Kane has had a quiet summer in the
  
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• Deal reached to send striking workers back to Ingersoll Rand

  16-09-2015 18:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some 200 local workers are heading back to their jobs after more than a month on the picket line.
  Ingersoll Rand confirms that striking union employees approved a new contract deal Wednesday.
  Workers will return to their posts starting with the Sunday overnight and Monday shifts.
  The agreement passed with a 161 to 65 vote.
   
  
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• Police standoff with irrational man ends peacefully

  16-09-2015 17:58
  
  Buffalo Police were held at bay for about 90 minutes early Wednesday morning by an irrational man standing on a roof        
  
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• Cheektowaga Police looking for suspects in car break-ins

  16-09-2015 17:54
  
  Cheektowaga Police are looking for two men believed to be connected to car-break-ins earlier this month.        
  
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• Inmate attacked at Erie County Holding Center

  16-09-2015 17:53
  
  An inmate at the Erie County Holding Center was hospitalized following an attack at the jail.        
  
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• Police investigating fatal shooting on Northumberland Ave.

  16-09-2015 17:49
  
  One man was killed after a shooting on Northumberland Avenue.        
  
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• SportsCenter to broadcast live from Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sunday

  16-09-2015 17:41 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two bitter rivals will again face each other when the Buffalo Bills take the field at the Ralph Wilson Stadium against the New England Patriots, and national media outlets are taking advantage of the sparks that are expected to fly.
  ESPN’s SportsCenter spokespeople announced they will be hosting a two-hour broadcast from 8 a.m. through 10 a.m. outside of the stadium, near the newly unveiled statue of Ralph Wilson himself.
  The SportsCenter team will ge
  
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• 2 inmates charged after alleged gang assault on rival inmate

  16-09-2015 17:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two inmates at the Erie County Holding Center are facing felony charges after an attack that police are calling gang-related.
  Sheriff Timothy Howard reports that an inmate was targeted while in his housing unit by two suspected rival gang members at around 5 a.m. Tuesday.
  Deputies rushed in to break up the assault. The victim was then rushed to the hospital with injuries to his head, body and lower leg.
  The two inmates, identified as&nbs
  
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• Buffalo Philharmonic kicks off season with world famous pianist

  16-09-2015 16:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Music will fill the air at Kleinhans Music Hall again Thursday night. The Buffalo Philharmonic is getting ready to kick off the season along with a special guest.
  Internationally known pianist Lang Lang will join the orchestra to perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 for the first performance of the 2015-2016 season. The superstar musician, who audiences may recognize from his recent Grammy performances with Pharrell Williams and Metallica, last shared th
  
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• Three people escape house fire on west side

  16-09-2015 11:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Three people escaped a house fire on Buffalo’s west side on Tuesday night.
  It happened on Cambridge Avenue around 11:30 p.m.
  A neighbor told our News 4 photographer that a candle started the fire.
  The residents inside all made it out safely.
  There is no word on how much damage the fire caused.
   
   
  
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• Site of West Side blaze that injured firefighters now an eyesore

  16-09-2015 05:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The weeds are so high, folks on Sherwood Street say you could lose a child in them, which is one of the reasons they are fed up with an eyesore on their street.
  Neighbors are frustrated because they say have been trying to get help from city officials, with no luck, so they contacted Call 4 Action.
  The target of their ire is a vacant lot covered with high weeds and trash, drawing rats and other vermin to Sherwood Street.Sherwood Street resident Dana DiLauria said th
  
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• Investigator: Cyberstalking Case "One of the First" With Multiple Victims

  16-09-2015 05:30
  
  James Allen, convicted of cyberstalking victims in Western New York, will spend 22 years in prison.        
  
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• Facebook ready to test “dislike” button

  16-09-2015 04:05 via wivb.com
  
  MENLO PARK, CA (AP) – Facebook may finally be getting a button that lets you quickly express something beyond a “like.”
  Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that people have been asking for a “dislike” button on the social media site for years.
  Speaking at an event at Facebook’s Menlo Park, California, headquarters that was streamed live online, Zuckerberg acknowledged that “like” isn’t always appropriate for some posts — about
  
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• State DOT to announce more changes to the 198 at public meeting

  16-09-2015 03:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  The NYS Department of Transportation continues to consider more changes to make the Scajaquada Expressway safer to drive on.
  Changes along the 198 began nearly four months ago after three-year-old Maksym Sugorovskiy was killed when a car went off the expressway and into Delaware Park, hitting him and his sister. Stephanie Sugorovskiy is still recovering from her injuries.
  The speed limit was reduced and crews installed guide rails and stop signs along the road.&n
  
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• Police investigating deadly east side shooting

  16-09-2015 03:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened in an east side neighborhood early Tuesday evening.
  Police say a 31-year-old Amherst man was shot on Northumberland Avenue just after 5 p.m. He was transported to ECMC where he later died.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the confidential TIPCALL line at (716) 847-2255.
   
  
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• Sonic Drive-In renovations taking longer than expected

  16-09-2015 02:41
  
  Western New York's first Sonic Drive-In was supposed to be open by the end of the summer, but things are taking longer than originally planned.        
  
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• Man charged with beating dog pleads not guilty

  16-09-2015 02:23
  
  A man who was charged with beating a dog with a PVC Pipe pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.        
  
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• Fans trying to break record for loudest football crowd

  16-09-2015 02:14
  
  One Bills fan is trying to get Guinness World Records to come to the game on Sunday to measure the crowd noise.        
  
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• Driver slams into Gates Circle fountain, is charged with driving drunk

  16-09-2015 00:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A dangerous roundabout that drivers have failed to negotiate throughout the summer is at the center of another accident.
  Police say another car crashed into the fountain at the center of the Gates Circle roundabout on Delaware Avenue at about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
  The crash led police to take into custody 37-year-old Julieanne Carr. They say she crashed through the circle, drove through the fountain and caused damage to a fence, warning lights and stairs wh
  
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• Bills fans raise money to compete for ‘loudest fans’ world record

  16-09-2015 00:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Bills fans are raising money to find out if they’re the loudest fans in the NFL.
  Brandon Campbell, otherwise known as “Grippy” is the master mind, and mega-Bills fan trying to break the world record for loudest fans. That record is currently held by Kansas City.
  Campbell says Sundays match up against the Colts was the loudest game he’s ever been to, and he thinks this Sunday’s game against the Patriots will be even louder.Now h
  
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• Police offer reward for man wanted across the region on weapons charges

  16-09-2015 00:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local 19-year-old is the subject of a manhunt by police from Erie, Pa. to western New York.
  Officers put out a reward for anybody who can give information that will lead them to arrest Detavion MaGee, a local 19-year-old who had tattoos on his left hand and right wrist.
  Police say he’s wanted on second degree criminal possession of a weapon charges in both Erie, Pa. and Buffalo, N.Y.
  Anybody who can provide information is eligible to claim a reward
  
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• Buffalo State officials remain on alert after felony-level crimes

  16-09-2015 00:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Law enforcement on the campuses of UB and Buffalo State are using footage from surveillance cameras to piece together incidents that sparked alerts this week.
  UB officials said Tuesday they don’t believe there was a threat on campus, despite the fact they created and released a warning to students on social media.
  The description released Monday was established from witness reports, as university police flooded the student union during the late afternoon. But t
  
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• Clear photo captured of suspected bank robber in West Seneca

  16-09-2015 00:41 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A bank robber in West Seneca may not be on the run for long; police say they captured a clear image of him on surveillance cameras.
  Officers with the West Seneca Police Department say they responded to a bank robbery at the M&T Bank on Slade Avenue at about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
  A bank teller reported the robbery, saying a man who fled in a silver Mitsubishi slid a threatening note over the counter to her while demanding cash.
  Anybody who can identify th
  
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• Local lawmaker urges FAA to implement Flight 3407 safety rules

  16-09-2015 00:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Years after a flight tragically crashed, killing 50 people aboard Colgan Air Flight 3407, lawmakers and victims are still trying to improve the safety of air travel.
  Rules aimed at improving airline safety have stalled out after being put forward to the Federal Aviation Administration. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says the FAA is needlessly dragging its feet to implement the safety reforms.
  She says she’s been working with families of those who died in
  
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• Food pantries at UB, Buffalo State help students in need

  16-09-2015 00:30 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — On the shelves inside an old gymnasium at University Presbyterian Church is more than just canned goods and boxes of cereal boxes. It’s an opportunity for students to concentrate on their studies rather than their stomachs. And for local residents to give back to the thousands who call their community home.
  “We are a client’s choice, which means our clients choose what they want,” said food pantry volunteer Barb Pearson.
  Located at the Univers
  
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• Local cyber stalking case: “It was emotional torture.”

  16-09-2015 00:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- FBI officials and U.S. Attorney William Hochul called 38-year-old James Allen “a master manipulator.”
  The Detroit man was convicted of Child Pornography and Cyber Stalking for harassing 18 Western New York girls online between April and August of 2012.
  Monday, Allen was sentenced to more than 20 years behind bars.
  Assistant Special Agent in Charge with the FBI in Buffalo, Holly Hubert, said despite Allen’s invasive crimes, he wasn’t an expert hacker
  
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• Community kicks off Hispanic heritage month

  16-09-2015 00:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – It’s a celebration of one of the fastest growing populations in Western New York. Tuesday kicks off month-long celebrations of Latino heritage.
  The Hispanic Heritage Council commemorates the history of the Hispanic community here in our area. While area Latinos can sometimes seem like a hidden population here in Western New York. But, the Latino community is made up of about 44 thousand people. Leaders say Latinos here deserve recognition, and they want ki
  
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• Congressman Higgins urges DL&W Terminal development

  16-09-2015 00:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – With record numbers of visitors coming down to Buffalo’s revitalized Waterfront, Buffalo Congressman Higgins is calling on Erie Canal development officials to take it to the next step, and Higgins has two new projects specifically in mind.The Washington lawmaker believes the old Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Terminal–tucked behind the First Niagara Center along the Buffalo River–is ripe for commercial development, and Kelly Island could b
  
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