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• VIDEO: Millard Fillmore implosion

  03-10-2015 23:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- After months of preparation, the walls of the former Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo came down Saturday morning. Crews used 500 pounds of explosives to take down the building and plenty of cameras were around to capture the seconds it took to fully crumble.
   
   
   
   
  
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• McDonald’s employees and customers apprehend shooting suspect

  03-10-2015 23:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo police have a man in custody following a shooting that happened at a McDonald’s on Grider Saturday afternoon.
  Police say two male customers were standing in line when one of them attempted to rob the other.
  Detectives say that when the victim resisted there was a struggle and the suspect shot the victim. At some point during the struggle the suspect shot himself in the hand.
  McDonald’s employees and customers were able to ap
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff says gunman committed suicide

  03-10-2015 21:43 via wivb.com
  
  ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say the gunman who killed nine people at an Oregon community college committed suicide as officers arrived.Sheriff John Hanlin made the disclosure Saturday at a news conference. He says the determination was made by the medical examiner’s office.
  
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• Man killed after car hits deer

  03-10-2015 19:27 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE, N.Y. (WIVB)- NYSP in Amity are investigating a one car fatal accident on Fulmer Valley Rd.
  Police say the vehicle struck a deer and exited the north side of the roadway around 1:50 a.m. Saturday morning.
  The vehicle continued down an embankment before striking large rocks and coming to rest partially in a creek bed. The male driver was pronounced at the scene and the female passenger was airlifted to ECMC with serious injuries.
  Names are being withheld until famil
  
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• SolarCity: Buffalo site to make world’s most efficient panel

  03-10-2015 17:31 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)- SolarCity says the rooftop panels it will make at a plant being built in Buffalo have been rated the most efficient in the world.
  The San Mateo, California-based solar installer says Friday the new module produces 30 to 40 percent more power than a same-size standard panel. The company also says it can make the panels at “significantly” lower cost than similar technologies.
  New York is spend
  
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• PHOTOS: Massive implosion watched by hundreds

  03-10-2015 14:15 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Although pushed back to nearly 7:20, when Mayor Brown with developers pushed the plunger, an incredibly massive explosion rocked much of Buffalo.
  PHOTOS | App users can tap here to see a gallery of the implosion. 
  
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• Gates Hospital Imploded

  03-10-2015 13:48
  
  The City of Buffalo is ready for implosion of the former Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital Tower this weekend.        
  
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• Millard Fillmore Gates building tumbles to the ground in thunderous fashion

  03-10-2015 13:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Despite delays, four piercing sirens shot through the morning air, warning of an impending implosion. Minutes after the final warning, a thunderous clap brought down one of Buffalo’s tall medical buildings.
  Hundreds gathered in the Queen City in person to watch the implosion, and thousands more tuned in online to watch. They were joined by Buffalo leaders, including Mayor Byron Brown and Darius Pridgen, along with the developer Tom Montante.
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• Prep Football Friday: Week Five Highlights

  03-10-2015 05:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Check out the following highlights from week five on the high school football scene:
  Canisius at St. Francis
  Cheektowaga at Burgard
  Aquinas at Bishop Timon
  
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• Local family has interacted with last three popes

  03-10-2015 05:45 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y (WIVB) — For a family of its size, faith has always been important. And so it’s only fitting the Bobaks have interacted with not one, but the last three popes.“We pinch ourselves all the time,” said Martin Bobak. “It’s hard for even us to believe that we’re so lucky, and that we’re so blessed, and we have these opportunities.”
  They might be the most blessed family in Western New York.
  Three interactions with the last th
  
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• UB says no to Dillon Courthouse move

  03-10-2015 04:00
  
  UB says move would isolate the law school from the campus.        
  
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• Wristbands mark the spot to watch implosion

  03-10-2015 03:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –The best place to watch a building come down is on top of one nearby.
  Those who live closest to Gates Circle were offered  wristbands allowing them to stand on top of a nearby parking ramp for a great view of the implosion of the former Millard Fillmore Hospital Saturday morning.
  “It feels nice” said neighbor Dan Regan. “It feels like I’m gonna have a unique perspective on a turning point in Buffalo.”
  Sixteen years ago, the old Ford
  
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• Buffalo Council passes medical marijuana resolution

  03-10-2015 02:35
  
  The Buffalo Common Council passed a resolution calling on the state to implement medical marijuana faster and add more dispensaries.        
  
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• National Fuel’s winter forecast—low gas bills

  03-10-2015 01:56 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – While weather forecasters are predicting a milder than normal winter, National Fuel has more good news its customers: their winter heating bills are going to be lower—-the lowest in 14 years.
  National Fuel spokesperson Karen Merkel took the good news a step further: “This is the lowest, this century, that customer bills will be,” speaking of the twenty first century.
  Merkel said low gas prices, and refilling their natural gas reserves during the su
  
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• Marilla teen makes nat'l sled hockey development team

  03-10-2015 01:27
  
  With mentoring from a local Paralympic gold medalist, 16-year-old Nathan is taking his hockey game to the next level.        
  
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• Honda recalling 143,000 Civics, Fits to fix faulty software

  03-10-2015 01:27 via wivb.com
  
  TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — Honda is recalling 143,000 Civic and Fit vehicles in the U.S. to fix a software problem that could cause the front wheels to lock up.
  The recall announced Thursday is for the 2014 and 2015 model years for the Honda Civic and the 2015 model for the Fit.
  The software that will be repaired for free manages continuously variable transmission. Honda says the software was programmed in a way that exposes the vehicles’ drive pulley shaft to more stress than it was bu
  
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• FBI gives advice on becoming victimized by scams

  03-10-2015 01:23 via wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) –  A telephone scam is targeting individuals and the FBI doesn’t want you to be a victim.
  According to the FBI, the caller starts by identifying themselves as an FBI employee and the Omaha Division telephone number is erroneously displayed in the caller ID as the originating number. The caller then advises the recipient that they are eligible for a grant from the grants department of the Federal Government.
  The recipient is asked to provide either credit card or
  
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• Police help autistic NY boy replace favorite stolen property

  03-10-2015 01:05 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Three weeks ago, officers responded to a home in the City of Albany for a report of a burglary. Upon arrival, officers met a visibly upset Messiah Hodge-Humphrey, a 13-year-old autistic boy who had some of his favorite possessions stolen.
  The teen loves to listen to music and play interesting games on his tablet. Both, including his headphones were stolen during the burglary.
  Several officers who work out of the Albany Police Center Station were determined to r
  
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• Hero father tried to stop Oregon shooter

  03-10-2015 00:59 via wivb.com
  
  PIEDMONT TRIAD, NC (WFLA) – A man who was shot in Thursday’s deadly attack at an Oregon college campus is being called a hero for his actions.
  30-year-old Chris Mintz was shot seven times when a gunman opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon on Thursday.
  Chris’ family says he played a hero’s role during the shootings. Chris’s aunt Wanda Mitz lives in the Peidmont Triad region of North Carolina and said that her nephew tried to block the door to k
  
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• Bizarre reports force first responders to search underground

  03-10-2015 00:48 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Concerned citizens called police for help after they reported hearing voices underground, underneath West Seneca on Friday.
  Police and firefighters responded during the afternoon Orchard Park Road where callers said they heard strange voices, potentially belonging to teenagers. First responders brought in sewer personnel, who utilized cameras to search the sewers for anybody who might be in need of rescue.
  After not finding any people in the sewer, officials
  
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• Local man names one of New York’s top teacher

  03-10-2015 00:40 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Hamburg social studies teacher is receiving a statewide recognition as one of the top teachers.
  Jason Steinagle works at Hamburg Middle School teaching 7th grade social studies.
  “I think it’s very important for teachers to connect with the students and understand their culture and where they’re from,” said Steinagle.
  He received a nomination for state Teacher of the Year in January. From there, he had to write essays and go through inte
  
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• Local man named one of New York’s top teacher

  03-10-2015 00:40 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Hamburg social studies teacher is receiving a statewide recognition as one of the top teachers.
  Jason Steinagle works at Hamburg Middle School teaching 7th grade social studies.
  “I think it’s very important for teachers to connect with the students and understand their culture and where they’re from,” said Steinagle.
  He received a nomination for state Teacher of the Year in January. From there, he had to write essays and go through inte
  
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• Education Secretary Duncan steps down, former NY education commissioner King elevated

  03-10-2015 00:38 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Arne Duncan, who followed President Barack Obama to Washington to serve as his education secretary, announced Friday he will step down following a seven-year tenure marked by a willingness to plunge head-on into the heated debate about the government’s role in education.
  Sidestepping a confirmation fight in Congress, Obama tapped John King Jr., a senior Education Department bureaucrat, to run the department while leaving the role of secretary vacant for the remainde
  
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• Pridgen: “Let them be famous”

  03-10-2015 00:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- It’s no secret mass shootings in the United States are becoming somewhat of a trend.
  Many, including President Obama, argued Thursday now is the time to buckle down on gun laws.
  But Common Council President Darius Pridgen said while common-sense gun laws are vital, all the gun control in the world won’t matter if our ideologies stay the same.
  He said there needs to be come protection for safe zones: like elementary schools and churches, where other recent m
  
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• Free dental day available for local residents

  03-10-2015 00:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local dentist, Dr. Robert LaCarrubba, is hosting the sixth annual Dentistry from the Heart Day on October 3, 2015.
  “It’s a day we give back to the community that has been so good to us,” said Melissa Rohrback, the office manager at the dentist’s Kenmore location.
  They do any dental work patients who don’t have coverage need for free.
  “Now a days, dental insurance is a luxury,” said Rohrback. “Not everyone can affor
  
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• Sheriff releases names, ages of each Oregon campus shooting victim

  03-10-2015 00:08 via wivb.com
  
  ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon community college where nine people were shot and killed has canceled classes for all of next week as they mourn the loss of nine people who died on their campus.
  Authorities on Friday identified the nine victims as 19-year-old Lucero Alcaraz, of Roseburg; 18-year-old Quinn Glen Cooper, of Roseburg; 59-year-old Kim Saltmarsh Dietz, of Roseburg; 18-year-old Lucas Eibel, of Roseburg; 67-year-old teacher Lawrence Levine, of Glide; Jason Dale Johnson, of W
  
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