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• WNYers leave on Pope pilgrimage to Philly

  25-09-2015 23:59
  
  Many Western New Yorkers are headed to see Pope Francis in Philadelphia this weekend.        
  
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• Oregon mother accused of shooting teenage son to death

  25-09-2015 23:52 via wivb.com
  
  GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN) – The mother of a teenager shot to death inside a Gresham home was arrested and will be charged with murder, police say.
  Dianne Davidoff, 42, is accused of shooting and killing her 17-year-old son, Jacob Ryan Davidoff, at around 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
  When officers arrived at the house, they tried to perform CPR on the teen, but their efforts were not successful.Gresham Police Officer Malaka Kerbs told KOIN 6 News the teen was shot in the back.
  Kerbs did not comment
  
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• Mother charged with murder in infant's death

  25-09-2015 23:52
  
  Buffalo Police are investigating the death of a four-month-old baby girl.        
  
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• Sedita: 'Mother has carried out an elaborate hoax'

  25-09-2015 23:47
  
  Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita, III addressed the media on allegations of evidence tampering in connection to the Pat Kane alleged rape case.        
  
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• Kane’s attorney: ‘From the beginning, it was a hoax’

  25-09-2015 23:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In addition to the investigation, Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita should consider whether Patrick Kane’s alleged victim or her mother committed a crime, according to Kane’s attorney Paul Cambria.
  Cambria who went on the offensive Friday, saying the accuser should now be the accused.
  The accuser and her mother knew what they were doing when they handed their attorney an evidence bag, and said they found it stuffed inside their front door.That&rs
  
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• District attorney says Kane accuser’s mother may not face charges

  25-09-2015 23:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The District Attorney’s office is now trying to figure out who was involved in what they’re calling a hoax to discredit forensic evidence.
  The mother of the woman accusing Patrick Kane of rape claimed an evidence bag was ripped open and placed at her front door. The accuser’s lawyer Thomas Eoannou announced the claims to the media and then took himself off the case the next day, saying he no longer had confidence in the mother’s story.
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• District Attorney says accuser’s mother may not face charges

  25-09-2015 23:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The District Attorney’s office is now trying to figure out who was involved in what they’re calling a hoax to discredit forensic evidence.
  The mother of the woman accusing Patrick Kane of rape claimed an evidence bag was ripped open and placed at her front door. The accuser’s lawyer Thomas Eoannou announced the claims to the media and then took himself off the case the next day, saying he no longer had confidence in the mother’s story.
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• Reward offered for help catching burglary suspect in South Buffalo

  25-09-2015 23:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police are asking for the public’s help finding a wanted man in South Buffalo.
  Authorities say a reward of up to $1,000 is available for information leading to the arrest of Louie Rodgers.
  The 44-year-old is suspected in a burglary case.
  Anyone with information should call the Greater Buffalo Metropolitan Crime Stoppers at (716) 867-6161.
  
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• Hyundai recalls 470,000 Sonatas to fix engine problem

  25-09-2015 23:05 via wivb.com
  
  DETROIT, Mich. (AP) — Hyundai is recalling nearly a half-million midsize cars in the U.S. to replace the engines because a manufacturing problem could cause them to fail.
  The recall covers 470,000 Sonata sedans from the 2011 and 2012 model years equipped with 2-liter or 2.4-liter gasoline engines. At the time, the Sonata was Hyundai’s top-selling vehicle in the U.S.
  The company also is recalling nearly 100,000 Accent small cars because the brake lights can fail.
  In documents on the S
  
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• Moose on the loose in Massachusetts town

  25-09-2015 22:00 via wivb.com
  
  NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – There are a lot of unique things to see in densely-populated areas, and giant animals are not usually among them. However, that is exactly what some people saw early Friday morning in Massachestts.
  Northampton Police Detective Corey Robinson says that patrolling officers had been following a moose that was roaming around the downtown area during the early morning hours. They also received a report of a moose sighting along the railroad tracks at a
  
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• Buffalo PD identify victim in Woodlawn shooting

  25-09-2015 21:45
  
  Buffalo Police are investigating a shooting near Buffalo Academy For Visual and Peforming Arts School Thursday afternoon.        
  
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• Feds: Buffalo `Porn King’ sentenced for duping 250-plus job seekers

  25-09-2015 21:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A western New York man who called himself the “Porn King” has been sentenced for duping more than 250 people into giving him money in return for jobs in the pornography business that didn’t exist.
  Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that 37-year-old John Northrup, of Buffalo, was convicted of wire fraud and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
  Authorities say Northrup posted online classified advertisements offering employment in the adult pornography
  
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• Kane’s lawyer: We don’t yet know the real victim

  25-09-2015 21:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The attorney for Patrick Kane is questioning who the real victim is in the ongoing rape investigation involving his client.
  Paul Cambria spoke Friday following a press conference from Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita, and drew concern about the reliability of Kane’s accuser.
  He said that Kane is suffering and warned the public not to jump to any conclusions, to keep an open mind, and to wait until all the facts are in before deciding wh
  
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• News 4 legal analyst: Kane’s accuser’s mother could be charged

  25-09-2015 20:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Former Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark said the county’s current DA Frank Sedita revealed a lot during the press conference about the Patrick Kane investigation.
  Sedita said the accuser’s mother is responsible for telling the family lawyer an evidence bag was dropped at her front door and tampered with. Sedita called it a bizarre hoax.
  After the press conference, Clark said that first thing that stood out to him was a comment Sedita maid. The DA
  
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• Timeline of Patrick Kane investigation

  25-09-2015 18:36 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) – View a timeline of the major events in the Patrick Kane rape investigation.
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• Legal analysis of Kane evidence tampering press conference

  25-09-2015 18:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – After an eventful press conference Friday morning from Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita, News 4 spoke to legal analyst Terry Connors to break down the important points of the 40-minute long session.
  SUMMARY OF MAIN POINTS
  DA Frank Sedita identified who he said is the perpatrator of what he called a “hoax” involving an evidence bag which was misidentified as containing a rape kit, as the alleged victim’s mother
  According to Sedita if the ac
  
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• Wax figure of Francis causes confusion in NYC

  25-09-2015 16:52 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A publicity stunt featuring a life-size wax figure of Pope Francis appearing to wave from the back of a convertible caused some confusion before the real pontiff showed up in New York City.
  Officials at Madame Tussauds New York debuted their wax pope Thursday, showing the white-robed figure off around Manhattan in a popemobile-like car hours before Francis’ plane arrived.
  But spokeswoman Hillary Karsten says a surprised onlooker called police after mistakenly believin
  
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• Columbia man arrested after allegedly drowning girlfriend’s cat

  25-09-2015 16:25 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBIA COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Columbia, Tennessee man was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly killing his girlfriend’s cat.
  Columbia police were called to the 300 block of Pitts Court around 9 a.m. after the girlfriend’s mother called 911. Kaitlin Vail, 18, said she was at work when her boyfriend, James Evans, 19, sent her a disturbing text message.
  “He said, ‘I think I killed the cat. He’s not breathing,’” Evans told Vail. He then allegedl
  
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• Police seize heroin, marijuana from Gowanda home

  25-09-2015 16:13 via wivb.com
  
  GOWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Multiple law enforcement agencies reported Friday that a search warrant was executed at a home on West Main Street in the Village of Gowanda as part of an ongoing investigation in heroin and crack cocaine sales in and around the village.
  In the course of the search a large quantity of packages heroin and marijuana was seized, authorities say, that was ready to be distributed to sell.
  Six people were arrested as a part of the investigation and a seventh was arrested o
  
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• Good Neighbors: Free Chiropractic Care for Injured Vets

  25-09-2015 15:58
  
  Hands Healing Heroes in Niagara Falls is committed to providing complimentary chiropractic care to any serviceman or woman wounded in combat.        
  
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• Speaker John Boehner to resign

  25-09-2015 15:38 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stunning move, House Speaker John Boehner informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, giving up his top leadership post and his seat in the House in the face of hardline conservative opposition.
  The 13-term Ohio Republican shocked his GOP caucus early Friday morning when he announced his decision in a closed-door session. It came one day after a high point of Boehner’s congressional career, a historic speech b
  
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• Speaker John Boehner announces resignation

  25-09-2015 15:38 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stunning move, House Speaker John Boehner informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, giving up his top leadership post and his seat in the House in the face of hardline conservative opposition.
  The 13-term Ohio Republican shocked his GOP caucus early Friday morning when he announced his decision in a closed-door session. It came one day after a high point of Boehner’s congressional career, a historic speech b
  
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• Reports: Speaker John Boehner will resign

  25-09-2015 15:38 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stunning move, House Speaker John Boehner informed Republicans that he would step down at the end of October.
  Rep. John Mica said Friday that Boehner “just does not want to become the issue. Some people have tried to make him the issue both in Congress and outside.”
  Boehner took over the speakership in January 2011.
  
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• Buff State students head to NYC to see the Pope

  25-09-2015 15:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Some Buffalo State students are lucky enough to be headed on a road trip of a lifetime. They are traveling to New York City to see the Pope.
  Thirty students, faculty members and staff hit the road at 5 a.m. in order to avoid early morning traffic.
  Carmen Staff, a campus administrator, told News 4 that this trip is something they’ve been waiting a long time for.
  
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• Pope Francis thanks UN workers

  25-09-2015 15:23 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Pope Francis is thanking United Nations employees for work he says makes “possible many of the diplomatic, cultural, economic and political initiatives” of the world body.
  Speaking to about 400 staffers in the lobby of the U.N.’s New York headquarters, the pope praised the contributions of everyone from officials to cooks, fieldworkers to maintenance workers.
  He encouraged them all to “be close to one another, respect one another” and e
  
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• District Attorney to speak after Pat Kane investigation twists

  25-09-2015 15:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita is scheduled to speak to the media about the Pat Kane investigation at 11 a.m. Friday.
  He is expected to address allegations of evidence tampering made by the lawyer who stepped down from representing Kane’s accuser late Thursday evening.
  Thomas Eoannou decided to leave the case one day after he claimed an evidence bag from the investigation had been tampered with and left at the alleged victim’s mother’s h
  
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• District Attorney Sedita refutes claims of evidence tampering in Kane investigation

  25-09-2015 15:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – In a press conference Friday morning, Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita addressed claims that evidence in the Patrick Kane alleged rape investigation had been tampered with.
  SUMMARY OF MAIN POINTS
  DA Frank Sedita identified who he said is the perpatrator of what he called a “hoax” involving an evidence bag which was misidentified as containing a rape kit, as the alleged victim’s mother
  According to Sedita if the accuser is in any way involv
  
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• Kane attorney: Civil charges against accuser a possibility

  25-09-2015 05:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Could the alleged victim in the Patrick Kane rape investigation face civil charges? Kane’s attorney says that it’s “not outside the realm of possibility.”
  Paul Cambria spoke to the media late Thursday night after the attorney for Kane’s accuser announced he was withdrawing himself from her representation. He called the latest events “bizarre,” and said he believes that anytime someone attempts to corrupt the legal
  
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• Alleged bank robber caught after getting away with cash

  25-09-2015 04:29 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A hold-up at a Cattaraugus County Bank didn’t end well for the alleged robber.
  Police say 29-year-old Tyler Moon passed a note demanding money to a teller at a Main Street branch in Dunkirk Thursday afternoon, without saying a word.
  The teller complied, but pressed a silent alarm allowing officers to set up a perimeter in the area. Officers say they tracked down Moon in a field not far from the bank and recovered more than $1,000.
  Moon is charged with
  
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• Buffalo police investigate ‘suspicious’ death of 4-month-old girl

  25-09-2015 04:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Police Department says it is investigating the death of a 4-month-old girl as suspicious.
  Authorities say they have one person in custody in connection with the case, but no further details have been made available.
  The child was found dead Wednesday.
  News 4 will update this story as more information becomes available.
   
  
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• 4 killed, 12 critically hurt in Seattle tour bus crash

  25-09-2015 03:53 via wivb.com
  
  SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — A “duck boat” tour vehicle and a charter bus carrying foreign college students collided on a busy Seattle bridge Thursday, killing four people and sending dozens to hospitals.
  The collision happened on the Aurora Bridge, which carries one of the city’s main north-south highways over a lake. At least eight people were in critical condition, and many others suffered lesser injuries.
  There was no immediate word about the cause of the crash, which involv
  
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• Phone lines restored after major outage in WNY

  25-09-2015 03:14
  
  Several businesses, residents and government offices were without their landline phones for a short while after Windstream suffered an electrical card failure.        
  
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• Attorney withdraws representation for Patrick Kane’s accuser

  25-09-2015 02:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The attorney who was representing the alleged victim in the Patrick Kane rape investigation has announced that he can no longer represent his client.
  “In keeping with my ethical obligations as an officer of the court, I can no longer represent my client effectively,” Thomas Eoannou said during a press conference Thursday night.
  He added that he made every effort throughout the investigation to represent his client’s interests, citing misrepresentati
  
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• Get ready for new “smart cards” at your favorite store

  25-09-2015 02:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Starting next week, stores that accept credit cards for payment are supposed to have new chip-embedded card readers in place, or face some serious consequences.U.S. banks get stuck with billions of dollars in losses due to identity fraud, every year, and that is going to change Oct. 1.Responsibility for fraudulent credit card transactions is about to shift from the banks to the businesses that unknowingly process those crooked deals, under new rules adopted by Maste
  
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• If the IRS calls, hang up, it is not the IRS

  25-09-2015 01:47 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – John Brunetto got the phone call Thursday morning and the electronic voice said, “This call is officially a final notice from the IRS—Internal Revenue Service. The reason of this call is to inform you that the IRS is filing a lawsuit against you,” and Brunetto was instructed to call a phone number with a Seattle, Washington area code.
  Those words are enough to scare just about anyone, even people who should know better: the IRS is calling and they
  
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• Law firm's letters about stadium "premature and sent in error"

  25-09-2015 01:40
  
  A law firm in New York City admits letters it sent to residents in Buffalo's Old First Ward were "premature and sent in error."        
  
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• Tennessee pug ‘launches’ presidential campaign

  25-09-2015 01:12 via wivb.com
  
  MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WKRN) – A pug has entered the 2016 presidential campaign as a way to raise money for an animal rescue in Tennessee.
  Mildred, a permanent resident at the Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary, entered the race on Tuesday.
  Courtesy: Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary/bonfirefunds.comIn the one-eye pup’s parody campaign ad on Facebook, Mildred is touted as a “Pug you can trust” and someone who will “work like a dog for American jobs” and is &ldqu
  
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• Local police officer involved in crash while en route to another accident

  25-09-2015 00:58 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local police officer is recovering after crashing into a car while responding to another accident.
  The Town of Tonawanda Police Department says the officer collided with another vehicle at Delaware Avenue and Sheridan Drive at around 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
  The officer was driving with his lights and sirens on after receiving a call about a crash between a motorcycle and a car, authorities say.
  The impact of the accident caused the police cruiser to fl
  
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• Ribbon-cutting at Niagara Falls Greenpac Mill

  25-09-2015 00:42
  
  A new state-of-the-art mill celebrated its grand opening Thursday in Niagara Falls.        
  
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• Sabres deliver season tickets to fans

  25-09-2015 00:08
  
  The team sent out some of their players to deliver tickets to their long-time fans.        
  
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• Town of Tonawada Police officer involved in crash

  25-09-2015 00:06
  
  Town of Tonawanda Police are investigating a two-car accident involving one of their own.        
  
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• “Supermoon” lunar eclipse to be seen Sunday night

  25-09-2015 00:01 via wivb.com
  
  For the first time since 1982, we will witness a rare Supermoon Lunar Eclipse this Sunday. A few spots in Western New York will be holding mass viewings, including Penn Dixie Site.
  What makes this particular eclipse so special is that fact that it will be a Supermoon. This means that the moon will be the closest to the Earth in it’s orbit, causing the moon to appear 14% larger, and up to 30% brighter in the sky. Although the eclipse is the main event, skygazers will also have plenty more t
  
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