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• University at Buffalo takes second place at Solar Decathlon

  17-10-2015 22:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo took second place at the Solar Decathlon in California Saturday.
  The teams competed in 10 contests throughout a nine-day stretch that gauged each house’s performance, livability and affordability.
  DOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Dr. David Danielson said, “Your hard work makes this unique competition possible. The homes you built demonstrate how affordable, renewable, and energy-saving products availabl
  
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• Two shot while exiting bus Saturday morning

  17-10-2015 19:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police are investigating an overnight shooting that occurred at Kensington Avenue and Eggert Road.
  Detectives say two men were struck by gunfire while apparently exiting a bus in a parking lot just before 4 a.m.
  The two males, a 19 year-old and a 21 year-old, were transported to ECMC with apparent non-life threatening injuries.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Buffalo Police confidential TIPCALL line at 847-2255.
  
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• Two males shot while exiting bus Saturday morning

  17-10-2015 19:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo police are investigating an overnight shooting that occurred at Kensington Avenue and Eggert Road.
  Detectives say two males were struck by gunfire while apparently exiting a bus in a parking lot just before 4 a.m.
  The two males, a 19 year-old and a 21 year-old,  were transported to ECMC with apparent non-life threatening injuries.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Confidential TIPCALL Line at 847-2255.
  
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• Thousands walk to support fight against breast cancer

  17-10-2015 19:35
  
  Thousands of people gathered at Canalside on Saturday morning for breast cancer awareness.        
  
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• Thousands support survivors in fight against breast cancer walk

  17-10-2015 19:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  It’s a big year for The American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.  The Western New York chapter of this walk turns 20 this year.
  More then 10-thousand people make their way to Canal-side to show their support. Among them, is survivor Julie Williams from Amherst. She says, “There are so many strong and amazing women here,  I am so proud to be among them.”This walk is personal for the hundreds of survivors
  
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• Disability awareness outreach day at EC Auto Bureau

  17-10-2015 15:35 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB)- Erie County Clerk Jacobs and the Erie County Office for the Disabled will be holding a special disability awareness outreach day on Saturday, October 17th from 9am -12:30 p.m.
  The outreach will be held at the Erie County Auto Bureau located at 3095 Sheridan Driver in Amherst.
  Disability awareness outreach day at the Auto Bureau is the first planned event of this type created to assist individuals and their family members with disabilities obtain state issued pictu
  
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• State approves craft beverage industry reforms

  17-10-2015 07:06
  
  New York State is once again loosening restrictions on the craft beverage industry.        
  
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• Female Tonawanda football player breaking more than tackles

  17-10-2015 05:35 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) —  It’s a brisk Friday night in Western York as hundreds of fans from around Tonawanda pack into the Lumberyard.
  They’re there to watch a long standing rivalry go down on the gridiron. Home team, and favorites, North Tonawanda are taking on the team from across town, the Tonawanda High School Warriors.
  Nerves are running high for the players as they prepare. Suiting up like everyone else is Tonawanda’s number 40.
  “I’ve thought
  
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• Oakfield man charged for allegedly selling marijuana to 15-year-old

  17-10-2015 05:26 via wivb.com
  
  ATTICA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Attica Police arrested a man for allegedly selling marijuana to a 15-year-old at Attica Village Park.
  46-year-old Brian L. Brennan has been charged with criminal sale of marijuana and endangering the welfare of a child.
  Brennan was arraigned and remains in custody at the Wyoming County Jail. He is to reappear in Attica Village Court November 9th.
   
   
  
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• Buff State opens Hubble telescope exhibit

  17-10-2015 04:31
  
  The exhibit takes an in-depth look at the results of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Mission which launched 25 years ago.        
  
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• Trees to be cut outside Erie County Hall

  17-10-2015 04:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Say goodbye to some of the oldest trees outside of Erie County Hall.
  “Our goal is to ensure that any tree that can be saved is saved.” said Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz who noted that some of the maple trees on the sides of Erie County Hall will have to be cut down because their roots are pushing out the stone walls that surround the courthouse.
  “The roots are growing into the foundation of County Hall. They’re also growing into the retaining
  
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• Closing of Tonawanda landfill moves a step closer to reality

  17-10-2015 03:23 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – After years of bickering, and bureaucratic red tape tying up the removal of radioactive contamination from the Town of Tonawanda Landfill, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has come up with three options for the cleanup.
  Local officials and nearby residents seem to favor one plan which could lead to retiring the old dump within two to three years.
  Dave Kyzer lives next door to the landfill, and said he has lost three dogs in the most horrible way from strange illne
  
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• Debt counseling expert says student loan crisis is a “ticking time bomb”

  17-10-2015 02:20 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The CEO of the nation’s largest nonprofit credit counseling agency is sounding the alarm about the student loan crisis. Susan Keating is President of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), and pointed to figures that show college loan debt has now reached $1.3 trillion.
  As CEO of the NFCC, Keating is considered a foremost authority on the effects of consumer debt on Americans and the U.S. economy.
  The financial services executive was in town
  
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• Sanchez pleads guilty to murder

  17-10-2015 01:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Jean Sanchez decided to spare his victim’s family and his own family the agony of a trial.
  In May of last year he murdered a thirteen year old boy, Ameer Al Shamari, a refugee from Iraq. The killing was over a cell phone. Sanchez was also thirteen.
  Erie County Judge Sheila DiTullio made sure several times that Sanchez, originally from Puerto Rico, understood the details of his plea and conviction. Sanchez had an interpreter by his side when the judge addressed
  
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• Teen pleads guilty in murder of 13-year-old

  17-10-2015 00:57
  
  Jean Sanchez pleaded guilty Friday morning to killing Ameer al Shammari.Shammari was found dead strangled to death last year.        
  
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• City planning new meter payment option through cell phones

  17-10-2015 00:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — All across Buffalo, people may soon be paying parking meter tolls on their cell phones.
  The announcement by Mayor Byron Brown says that a new option allowing payment through a smartphone application may be available by Spring — and maybe even by the end of Winter.
  The process would simply involve reading a number on a parking meter, typing it into a smartphone application, and selecting how many hours to pay for.
  With this option, users could add more money to
  
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• Social Security’s move forces local retiree back to work

  17-10-2015 00:36 via wivb.com
  BLASDELL, N.Y. (WIVB) — More than 60 million Americans who depend on Social Security as a form of income will not be seeing a cost-of-living increase for only the third time since 1975.
  Two of those are Arlene Putnam and Bob Ball, of Blasdell.
  Ball has spent the past several days filling out job applications, because it seems with this latest blow to his monthly check, he’ll have to return to work at age 69.
  Ball has been out of the workforce for two years after spending five decades
  
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• Make a Difference Day, October 24

  17-10-2015 00:09
  
  Make a Difference Day, October 24        
  
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