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• Man charged with making bomb threats to schools in four states

  09-10-2015 23:56 via wivb.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts man faces federal charges for sending bomb threats to several schools.
  Anthony Rae, of Stoughton, is accused of sending the threats to schools in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Illinois and North Carolina.
  Charges previously filed in state court against the 24-year-old Rae were dismissed Wednesday and he was taken into federal custody.
  A criminal complaint says Rae used three different email accounts to send the threats, which authorities say began a year ago ag
  
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• Pens shaped like syringes hit Target shelves

  09-10-2015 23:46 via wivb.com
  
  RENSSELAER, N.Y. (MEDIA GENERAL) – Target is selling pens that look like syringes and needles, and it’s raising some eyebrows.
  Pens designed to look like syringes are being sold in Target stores. They can be found among the Halloween candy, costumes and other holiday novelties.
  In order to be able to write with the pen, a user has to push down on the top of it as if it were a syringe or needle.
  Sgt. Matthew Dearing with the Schenectady Police Department said the toys are dangerous.
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• Local family pushes for Down Syndrome awareness

  09-10-2015 23:09 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB)- Adopting two sons with Down Syndrome was never part of the plan for Kristen and David Coffee.
  “We originally were adopting just domestically, typically developing, after some secondary infertility. And then we really felt led to adopt a child with Down Syndrome and Elijah was born the day after we talked to each other about that,” Kristen told News 4.
  Shortly after bringing Elijah home, the family was contacted by their adoption agency in California; another chi
  
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• Buffalo ranked third most affordable city in the U.S.

  09-10-2015 22:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A growing Buffalo is looking more and more attractive from the outside with a booming housing and renting market, jobs flowing back to the region and a renewed energy not seen in years.
  The thought is one shared by many national outlets, including Forbes, which released a ranking of cities by how affordable they are. They ranked Buffalo as the third most affordable city in the nation.
  The Queen City topped every other northern city on the list of the 20 mos
  
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• Man who was caught with bloody hatchet after attacking girlfriend and child pleads guilty

  09-10-2015 22:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man apprehended with a bloody hatchet after a violent attack has pleaded guilty to his crimes in court.
  Police say they responded on Sept. 1 to a Buffalo home where a local man’s attempted robbery went south. Officers say David Wingate attempted to steal from his girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter to pay debts to his crack dealer when his girlfriend stepped in.
  When his girlfriend stopped the robbery, police say Wingate, a man who served 17 yea
  
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• 1 fatally shot at Texas Southern University housing complex

  09-10-2015 21:18 via wivb.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — One person was killed and another wounded during a shooting Friday at a Texas Southern University student-housing complex, and the Houston campus has been placed on lockdown, university and police officials said.
  Houston police spokesman Kese Smith said a possible suspect has been detained. The shooting was reported around 11:30 a.m. at University Courtyard Apartments, a student-housing apartment complex on the edge of campus.
  Smith said it wasn’t clear whether the ind
  
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• Third person charged in connection to Boys and Girls Club shooting in Rochester

  09-10-2015 20:15 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — After police traced back a host of weapons to a Rochester man, officials say he’s been charged by criminal complaint in connection with a mass shooting in Rochester.
  The charge comes after police uncovered a gun used in a mass shooting in August at a Boys and Girls Club in Rochester that killed three people and wounded seven. Officers found a discarded AK-47 under the porch of a nearby home.
  Officials say they traced the AK-47, a.40 caliber rifle an
  
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• Local charged with felony promoting sexual performance by a child

  09-10-2015 19:52 via wivb.com
  
  CANEADEA, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Allegany County man is facing felony charges related to an underage sexual act after police learned of a summer incident.
  Officers say they learned of and investigated an incident in July, sparking the arrest of 40-year-old Michael Gawlak. Gawlak stands charged with promoting a sexual performance by a child, a felony charge.
  After his arraignment on Thursday, police committed Gawlak to Allegany County Jail on $15,000 bail.
  He’ll return to court on Oct.
  
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• Buffalo Public Schools, Erie County Sheriff’s Office partner to earn inmates high school diplomas

  09-10-2015 19:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A partnership between Buffalo Public Schools and the Erie County Sheriff’s Office yielded fruit over the past year, earning 35 individuals in trouble with the law a ticket to a different future.
  Officers announced Thursday 35 earned high school diplomas by inmates of the Erie County Holding Center in the 2014-2015 school year. Police say most of those students transitioned into school systems, but four inmates earned diplomas while incarcerated.
  The e
  
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• Sleeping Idaho hunter wakes up to black bear biting his head

  09-10-2015 18:36 via wivb.com
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A hunter asleep in the remote Idaho wilderness woke up when he felt something tugging on his hair. Then he heard the black bear breathing.
  Stephen Vouch, 29, reached behind his head and felt it was wet. He yelled when he realized a bear was biting at his head.
  “He got a hold of my head, and that’s what woke me up,” the Boise resident said Wednesday, who was in the rugged area hunting bighorn sheep with friends. “That’s when I kind of freake
  
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• Beware of flammable Halloween costumes

  09-10-2015 18:31 via wivb.com
  
  MASON CITY, Iowa – As we inch closer to Halloween, families are decorating their homes and picking out those trendy costumes, but keep in mind the safety of those costumes on Halloween night.
  The bottom line is costumes and candles go hand-in-hand on Halloween, but they don’t necessarily mix well. Costume manufacturers are required to finish their products with a coating making them non-flammable, but there are still risks when it comes to certain fabrics.
  Fire officia
  
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• Netflix raising price for most popular video plan

  09-10-2015 18:28 via wivb.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix is raising the price of its Internet video service by $1 for new customers in the U.S., Canada and some Latin America countries to help cover its escalating costs for shows such as “House of Cards” and other original programming.
  The new price of $10 per month for Netflix’s standard plan — its most popular — marks the second time in 17 months that Los Gatos, California, company has boosted its U.S. rates by $1. The trend reflects t
  
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• Student assaulted early Thursday morning on UB campus

  09-10-2015 18:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Another incident at a public university in Buffalo has officers on the hunt for the suspect behind an assault.
  University at Buffalo officials say three people were playing Frisbee on the school’s south campus when a stranger approached them at about 1:35 a.m. The stranger played Frisbee with them for a short time and then attacked one of the three people, punching a victim in the face and rifling through the victim’s wallet.
  The students described t
  
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• Some municipalities will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day for the first time

  09-10-2015 18:12 via wivb.com
  
  NEWSTEAD, N.Y. (WIVB) – Lawmakers in Newstead, Lewiston, and Akron as well as the Akron School District, have declared that the second Monday in October is “Indigenous Peoples Day.”
  Natives say it’s a day meant to spread peace and friendship.
  Newstead Councilman Justin Rooney said, “Natives have a tremendous culture and history. It’s time that we have a day for them.”
  For years Rooney thought about recognizing natives on Columbus Day. He brought a resolu
  
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• Feds: Ohio man faked cancer to coerce teens into recording sex acts

  09-10-2015 16:58 via wivb.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) – An Ohio man lied about having cancer while coercing teen girls in five states into exposing themselves to him online, including one whom he persuaded to mutilate herself and act as his “slave,” the FBI said.
  A federal grand jury this week indicted Nicholas Kurtz, 21, of the Cincinnati suburb of Clearcreek Township, on two counts of coercion and enticement. One charge involves trying to get individuals to engage in prostitution or other criminal sexual activity
  
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• Accident sends cars into ditch on 190N

  09-10-2015 16:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two cars ended up in a ditch alongside the I-190 northbound near exit 23 after an accident Friday morning.
  Police say one driver attempted to pass the other, but didn’t negotiate the turn well, hitting the back of the car the driver attempted to pass. The collision sent both cars off the side of the road, however police say the accident caused no major injuries.
  An elderly couple and another woman all were brought to a local hospital to be checked out as a
  
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• Man arrested after cell phone found with 1.8K child porn photos on it

  09-10-2015 15:57 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A 27-year-old man was arrested Thursday after a cell phone that had over 1,800 child porn images was found in a downtown Nashville park.
  According to a press release, the phone was found by two people on Sept. 1. When going through the phone to find who it belonged to, police say they saw apparent child pornography as well as a photo of a nude man they recognized.
  They turned the phone in to the Metro Nashville Police Department and identified the man as Thomas Ea
  
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• Brady-taunting blimp to fly over Indianapolis for Patriots game

  09-10-2015 15:55 via wivb.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) —Some Indianapolis Colts fans started a GoFundMe campaign to pay for a sign to fly over Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis next week, taunting Tom Brady and Deflategate, when the Patriots visit the team.
  The Colts play the Patriots at home on October 18 and above the stadium will be a helium balloon with the message “#DeflateThisBrady”. The advertising company, AirSign.com, said Colts fans paid for the sign with money raised through their online campaign.
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• Officials: 1 dead, 3 wounded in university shooting in Ariz.

  09-10-2015 14:47 via wivb.com
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A shooting outside an Arizona university dormitory early Friday left one person dead, three others wounded and the suspected shooter in custody, a school official said.
  The gunfire erupted in a parking lot at the Northern Arizona University, school public relations director Cindy Brown said.
  The lot is just outside Mountainview Hall dormitory at the northeast side of the Flagstaff campus, she added.
  Student Maria Gonzalez told The Associated Press that she at first
  
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• Eichel scores in debut, Sabres lose 3-1

  09-10-2015 10:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Kyle Turris scored twice and Ottawa won a coach’s challenge to overturn a Buffalo goal in the Senators’ victory over the Sabres.
  The outcome was essentially decided with 9:26 remaining, when Buffalo’s Evander Kane scored on a wraparound that would have tied it at 2. Senators coach Dave Cameron challenged the goal, and a video review showed Sabres forward Zemgus Girgensons was offside.
  Kane’s disallowed goal came 1:23 after Sabres 18-year-old roo
  
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• Sabres fans ready for season and next chapter

  09-10-2015 06:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As the Buffalo Sabres start their new season, fans say they’re hopeful and liking what they’re seeing on the ice.
  The team welcomes a few new faces to the roster this year – newcomer and overall number two draft pick, Jack Eichel, they also have Sam Reinhart, Evander Kane and Ryan O’Reilly.
  The organization is saying this is their next chapter, a slogan fans are getting behind.
  “Last year was a little disappointing,” said Robb
  
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• Alabama man guilty of raping 4-month-old in Tennessee

  09-10-2015 02:09 via wivb.com
  
  PULASKI, Tenn. (WKRN) – An Alabama man was found guilty of raping a 4-month-old baby following a three-day trial.
  Anthony Blackwell was charged with aggravated rape of a child in June 2013.
  The rape happened at a home in Pulaski, about 70 miles south of Nashville.
  The 26-year-old has yet to be sentenced. A hearing date has not been set.
  
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• US airman who thwarted French train attack stabbed in brawl

  09-10-2015 02:07 via wivb.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, celebrated as a hero for helping to stop a terror attack on a French train over the summer, was stabbed and seriously wounded outside a bar in his hometown early Thursday in what police said was an alcohol-related brawl.
  Stone, 23, was knifed three times in the upper body but was expected to survive after about two hours of surgery, said Dr. J. Douglas Kirk, chief medical officer at UC Davis Medical Center.
  “This incident is n
  
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• Oct. 8 declared One Buffalo Day as Sabres take the ice

  09-10-2015 02:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Just one year ago, the Buffalo Bills solidified their position in western New York when Terry and Kim Pegula were approved as owners. The anniversary of the unification of the Buffalo Bills and Sabres will forevermore be known as One Buffalo Day.
  Mayor Byron Brown stood with Kim and Terry Pegula and former Sabres players before the Buffalo Sabres home opener against the Ottawa Senators. Brown proclaimed in Buffalo Oct. 8 to be celebrated as One Buffalo Day to mu
  
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• Sculptors unveil new art at Russ Salvatore’s Patriots and Heroes Park

  09-10-2015 01:49 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — A park dedicated to the men and women who have given their lives for American freedom has some of its final works of art.
  Russ Salvatore, owner of the park and local businessman and philanthropist, stood watch as three new additions to the Patriots and Heroes Park were dedicated on Thursday. Salvatore has created the park over a series of years with artist Donald Parrino and sculptors Leo Lysy and Gary Bolles.
  Pieces called the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, A T
  
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• Bridal Association marks 10 years of advancing the business and the brides

  09-10-2015 01:40 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – When a handful of local businesses formed the Buffalo Bridal Association in 2005, their purpose was giving engaged couples a one stop shop for their wedding needs.
  As association president Michael Fantaske points out, it can be the happiest time in their lives, and the most stressful.
  “Every bride is about to spend more money than she has ever spent on things she has never purchased, from businesses she has never heard of.”
  Fantaske said the 150 memb
  
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• Wales community half way to fundraising goal

  09-10-2015 00:43 via wivb.com
  
  WALES, N.Y. (WIVB) — More than $200,000 has been raised to create an athletic park in honor of a 9-year-old student at Wales Primary School, who was killed in a crash earlier this year.
  That effort continues this weekend with yet another event to raise money for what will be a massive park built to honor Katie Durkin.
  In August, organizers for the group raising money for what will be known as Butterfly Park said their goal was to raise nearly a half a million dollars.
  Three months later, a
  
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• Will travel through Williamsville ever ease?

  09-10-2015 00:29 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Main Street in Williamsville is the site of some of the most expensive real estate in the area. It’s also home to one of New York’s busiest thoroughfares through a village. Improvement has been hard to come by. And the future doesn’t seem to be any less congested, officials say.
  “We’re dealing with almost 40,000 cars a day that come down here, morning, noon and nighttime,” said Chris Duquin, the village’s deputy mayor.
  
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• Local expert talks drug costs, recent spikes

  09-10-2015 00:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y.(WIVB)– Major pharmaceutical companies often pride themselves on developing new drugs, but the prices of pre-existing medications are also climbing.
  Like the 62-year-old anti-parasitic drug called Pyrimethamine, or Daraprim. It was recently raised a significant amount by the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, Martin Shkreli.
  “They raised the price by 5,500 percent. In other words from $13.50 per pill to $750 per pill,” said Dr. John Crane, a professor of medicine
  
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• Morty, the ‘Corpse Flower’ between blooms, standing nearly 20 feet

  09-10-2015 00:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Last year, thousands of people came out to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens to see a very rare flower called “Morty.” Although, Morty has taken a much different appearance to the one he had last year.
  Nickname the “corpse flower,” Morty blooms once every 6-8 years, with a flower that has a smell similar to that of rotting flesh. In between those flower blooms, the plant can produce very tall leaves. That is the stage of
  
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