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• Dangers of “do it yourself braces;” teens take up bizarre trend

  29-10-2015 22:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — There’s a new trend in the ‘do-it-yourself’ movement. But, now orthodontists are putting parents on high-alert. The American Association of Orthodontists is so distressed by the idea,they are putting out a warning video about the dangers of teens trying to straighten their own teeth.
  Shalom DeSota is just one of the dozens of people, mainly teens, who claim to have closed her tooth gap using a few dollars worth of hair elast
  
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• Trick-or-Treat GUIDE; Trick-or-Treat times, police advice and more

  29-10-2015 21:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Across western New York, children will be out and about, Trick-or-Treating in great number, and police are responding to ensure children will be safe.
  In Erie County, Sheriff Tim Howard released some advice for parents, including a set of guidelines to help plan a safe Halloween. He advised parents to accompany their children while out, only go out during daylight hours and to inspect all candy before eating any of it.
  Howard also recommended to parents that the
  
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• Moose Lodge administrator resigns, is accused of stealing $10,000

  29-10-2015 20:36 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — After the abrupt resignation of their Moose Lodge Administrator, members of Lodge #370 in East Aurora called on police to investigate missing funds.
  Officers in East Aurora say they began the investigation of a large amount of missing money on Oct. 7, putting a detective on the case. After investigating, police say they arrested the former lodge administrator, identified as David P. Wheeler.
  The 48-year-old man had been the administrator of the lod
  
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• Heavy damage forces Canalside attraction to close

  29-10-2015 20:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Heavy wind damage that buffeted western New York on Wednesday and Thursday caused the total loss of an anticipated Halloween event at Canalside.
  Organizers of Canal-O-Ween, the Black Morgue Manor, say a large chunk of their event, including a spooky photo and paintball shooting gallery, are ruined due to the inclement weather.
  GALLERY | See other pictures of damage from the storms this week here. 
  Andrew Kozlowski, the owner of the exhibit, said his ruined
  
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• Analysis: Bush comeback strategy backfires in GOP debate

  29-10-2015 18:46 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeb Bush sought to calm anxious donors with a comeback strategy focused on taking down rival Marco Rubio. But Bush’s plan backfired badly on national television in the third GOP presidential debate.
  Instead of generating much needed momentum, Bush’s attack on his onetime protege raised new questions about his underwhelming candidacy in the primary contest he was once expected to dominate. And Bush’s continued struggles highlight a deepening sense of unce
  
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• New Mexico parents claim students were served rotten lunches

  29-10-2015 18:33 via wivb.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – Some parents from Belen Family School in New Mexico said their children were served rotten meat last week.
  “I can’t even believe they tried to serve those,” said parent, Tino Landavazo.
  Parents KRQE News 13 spoke with, including Landavazo, said their kids insisted the meat was slimy and spoiled.
  “They even said it looked like blue,” said Landavazo. “There were blue spots on the roast beef.”
  While parents said not all the s
  
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• PHOTOS: 6,400 marijuana plants found in forest

  29-10-2015 17:51 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  Salida, Colo. (WIVB) — A tip from an off-duty officer hiking in a Colorado forest led investigators to three illegal marijuana grows containing a total of 6,400 plants.
  Law enforcement officers dismantled three illegal marijuana grows in the San Isabel National Forest earlier this week, according to the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office.
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• Ryan takes gavel as House speaker; Boehner exits

  29-10-2015 16:43 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With his family looking on, Paul Ryan has been elected speaker of the House, succeeding John Boehner.
  Ryan was backed by most of the hardliners from within the Republican party, although a few cast votes for others — a reminder that future tensions between the most conservative Republicans and Ryan can’t be ruled out.
  Also among those watching today from the visitors’ gallery was Mitt Romney, whose decision in 2012 to make Ryan his running mate vaul
  
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• Police release pictures from East Aurora pharmacy robbery

  29-10-2015 16:26 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — East Aurora Police have released photos of the two suspects involved in a local pharmacy robbery from late last week.
  Police say Larwood’s Pharmacy on Oakwood Ave. in the village was robbed at gunpoint.
  Just before 9 p.m., two people entered the store, pushed two customers to the ground at gun point and forced one employee into the bathroom.
  After this, one of the two suspects showed a black handgun, climbed over the display cases and demanded narcotics fro
  
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• Report of shots fired near Buffalo school determined to be prank by child

  29-10-2015 15:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A report of shots fired at or near the Frank Sedita School on the city’s West Side is determined to be a prank texted in by a child.
  Police say the child, a recent transfer student from Rochester, texted them saying shots were fired near or around the school — also known as School #30.
  Authorities say the child used his mother’s phone to send the message, and cannot be charged with any cries at this time because of
  
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• Body found near Cheektowaga ice cream parlor

  29-10-2015 14:46 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A dead body was found on a sidewalk in Cheektowaga Thursday morning around 7:30, according to Cheektowaga Police.
  They say it was located on Genesee St. between Beach Road and Harlem Road near Yummy Ice Cream Spot.
  Police say the body appears to be a man possibly in his 30s.
  Authorities say there are no apparent signs of foul play or wounds, but they are investigating the case as a homicide just in case it is.
  An autopsy will be performed to figure
  
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• Power outages close two schools, delay another in WNY

  29-10-2015 13:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — East Aurora’s Parkdale Elementary School is delayed two hours Thursday morning due to a power outage.
  Ellicott Elementary School in Orchard Park will be dismissed early at 11:30 a.m. Thursday due to a power outage. St. John Vianney School has closed its doors for the day due to a power outage as well.
  Stay tuned into News 4 for updates on weather, closings, and delays.
  
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• DMX arrested again and released

  29-10-2015 13:19 via wivb.com
  
  YONKERS, N.Y. (WIVB, TMZ) — Rapper, DMX, or as he is also known, Earl Simmons, was arrested again on Tuesday on a warrant charge from a July court date.
  He is accused of failing to pay child support to his ex-wife, with whom he has four children.
  Simmons spent two months in the Erie County Jail and was released in September.
  The 44-year-old appeared in court Tuesday afternoon and reportedly begged the judge to let him stay out of jail.
  Simmons’ reasoning was that he needed
  
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• Lakewood man found unresponsive, accused of parking on highway while drunk

  29-10-2015 12:35 via wivb.com
  
  LAKEWOOD, N.Y. (WIVB) — Earlier this month, Jamestown Police say they noticed a vehicle at the corner of W. 4th St. and Washington St. sitting through a series of traffic light cycles.
  This drew an officer’s attention. Police say they found Lakewood resident, Kirk Kelly, “slumped over behind the wheel of his vehicle, unresponsive”.
  Kelly was charged with DWI, refusing to take a breath test and parking on the highway.
  He was released following arraignment in Jame
  
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• China decides to abolish 1-child policy, allow 2 children

  29-10-2015 12:14 via wivb.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The official Xinhua News Agency says China’s ruling Communist Party has decided to abolish the country’s one-child policy and allow all couples to have two children.
  The country has been moving in recent years toward easing restrictions that were introduced in 1980 as a way to curb the population and limit demands for water and other resources.
  The decision announced Thursday removes all remaining restrictions that limited some couples to having only one chi
  
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• Police: Drunk Lackawanna man escapes hospital and drives away

  29-10-2015 12:06 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Orchard Park Police say they responded to a call at Mercy Ambulatory Care Center for a drunk man attempting to escape just before 6 p.m. Thursday.
  After receiving a description of the man’s vehicle, police tracked it down and say they saw it crossing the double center line on Webster Road.
  Police say Lackawanna resident, Donald Kill, 60, was driving drunk after failing sobriety tests.
  Kill was previously convicted of DWI in 2010 and 2011. This is his
  
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• Niagara Falls business owner pleads guilty to bank fraud

  29-10-2015 11:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The owner of Niagara Falls’ Electro-Dyn Choke Corporation could face 30 years behind bars after admitting to bank fraud.
  Timothy DePetris, 46, made the admission in court Wednesday.
  U.S. Attorney MaryEllen Kresse says DePetris caused payroll checks to be issued to him and one other person even though there was not enough money in the company’s M&T Bank account to cover the checks.
  Because of this, the bank lost more than $177,000.
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• Police searching for person who shot man on Custer Street

  29-10-2015 11:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police are looking for a person accused of shooting a man in the arm on Custer St.
  Buffalo Police say the incident occurred just before 2 a.m. Thursday morning.
  The victim was rushed to a hospital. Authorities were not able to tell News 4 anything about the shooter.
  
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• NY to mandate meningitis vaccines for 7th, 12th graders

  29-10-2015 11:02 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state will soon require all students in the 7th and 12th grades to be vaccinated against meningitis.
  The mandate is one of several new laws signed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week.
  More than 20 states already require the shot as part of standard immunizations.
  More than 1,000 people contract the disease each year in the U.S., with between 10 and 15 percent of them dying from the disease. Survivors can suffer hearing loss or limb amputation.
  Many public
  
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• Man questioned in connection with an early morning stabbing on Buffalo’s West side

  29-10-2015 08:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo police officers were called to a home on the city’s West side for a reported stabbing.
  It happened just after 2:00 a.m. on Thursday morning at a home on West Avenue near Bird Avenue.
  A News 4 photographer on the scene saw a victim being transported in an ambulance and a man being questioned by police.
  There is no word on the victim’s condition.
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• Storm leaves thousands in the dark

  29-10-2015 05:17 via wivb.com
  
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) — The high winds tore down power lines in numerous areas around our region making it a very long, busy day for many western New Yorkers.
  “Everything went off,” said Maris McNamara, an Orchard Park resident. “We had to go around and check everything; reset the clocks”
  McNamara works from home. She says they first lost power around 2:30 p.m.
  “It went out four times today throughout the day and it was a little disruptive.”
  At t
  
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• Community leaders want to help officials get inmates health care

  29-10-2015 04:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- There’s an effort to help inmates get the health care they need. The Erie County Sheriff’s Office told News 4 it started working on a program to get inmates signed up with the Affordable Care Act when it was signed into law.
  Local community leaders are not offering their support, acknowledging the need.
  “A growing number of mental health individuals, that are actually not diagnosed, are some of the young people we’re encountering who were involv
  
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• Video: Sacramento principal body slammed in student fight; three arrested

  29-10-2015 03:23 via wivb.com
  
  SACRAMENTO (KRON, AP) — A high school principal was body slammed and three students arrested in a wild cafeteria fight that was filmed and posted online.
  Sacramento County Sheriff’s Sgt. Tony Turnbull confirmed that video posted on YouTube showed the Monday morning melee at Florin High School.
  When the fight broke out, a school resource police officer, a school official and principal Don Ross tried to break it up. In trying to restrain one student, Ross was thrown to the floor. He go
  
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• Bank robber, out of prison, killed wife; manhunt underway

  29-10-2015 03:21 via wivb.com
  
  WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WNCN) – There is a nationwide alert out for a North Carolina convicted bank robber after his wife was found dead in their home, police say.CLICK TO VIEW PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECT AND CRIME SCENE IN WAKE FORESTPolice were asked to perform a welfare check on a resident in Wake Forest and ruled the incident a “suspicious death” after a body was discovered late Tuesday.
  A woman was found deceased by responding officers.
  A convicted bank robber — who was ju
  
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• Landscaping worker killed by rock, OSHA calls it “easily preventable”

  29-10-2015 03:16 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — A company specializing in landscaping in Lockport could face a hefty fine of up to $70,000 after the Operational Safety and Health Administration released its findings on the death of an employee.
  Government officials say an employee of Perry’s Maintenance Inc. died on June 10 after suffering an injury four days earlier while trimming weeds. Officials say a rock shot out of the discharge chute of a riding lawnmower of a nearby employee.
  “This worker
  
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• Thieves steal tools from Lancaster business at night

  29-10-2015 03:02 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Lancaster are working to solve a theft from a local business.
  Officers say they obtained security footage that captured two suspects taking tools from a Lancaster business in the early hours of Sunday morning.
  Anybody with information is asked to call Lancaster Police at (716) 683-3120 at extension 125.
  
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• Insurgents vs mainstream: Debate highlights GOP’s 2 tracks

  29-10-2015 02:52 via wivb.com
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio fought for control of the Republican’s establishment wing in Wednesday night’s third GOP debate, as insurgent outsiders Donald Trump and Ben Carson defended the seriousness of their White House bids, underscoring the volatile two-track fight for the party’s presidential nomination.
  Bush, once seen as the top Republican contender, entered the debate in the midst of the most difficult stretch of his White House campaign. He qui
  
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• Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion chips recalled

  29-10-2015 02:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Although there are no errors with the chips inside the bags, Herr is recalling its line of chips due to a labeling error.
  The FDA says Herr voluntarily recalled certain 1.875 ounce bags of its Sour Cream & Onion chips due to the label incorrectly stating the chips are gluten free.
  On the packaging, wheat is still listed as an ingredient, however the front of the packaging says it is gluten free, inferring it doesn’t contain the protein commonly found i
  
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• Assemblywoman pushes to legalize marijuana in New York State

  29-10-2015 02:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local assemblywoman is pushing to legalize marijuana for personal use, but also to grow in moderation, in the Empire State.
  Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes is proposing a law that would allow someone 21-years-old or older to buy up to two ounces of pot and grow up to six plants for personal use, not for sale.
  According to the assemblywoman, the right path is that of legalizing and taxing the drug, much like alcohol.
  At a discussion at City Hall in Buffalo
  
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• SPCA serving Allegany County rescues 30 small dogs with matted fur

  29-10-2015 01:36 via wivb.com
  
  ALLEGANY COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) — In one of its largest seizures of dogs, the SPCA serving Allegany County took custody of 30 Bolognese pups.
  The typically white-furred dogs were rescued from outdoor conditions with severely discolored and matted fur, prompting SPCA officials to shave and groom off their matted fur.
  “This is why we’re here, we’re here to help animals,” Lynda Pruski, Allegany County’s SPCA president, said. “This is just pretty horrific.
  
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• Federal officials charge WNY debt collectors with defrauding customers

  29-10-2015 01:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A federal grand jury in Manhattan indicted 15 Western New York debt collectors, who are linked to the former 4 Star Resolution LLC on Seneca Street, in Buffalo; Profile Management, Inc., and International Recovery Service, LLC, the same three firms sued by NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last February.
  The debt collectors are charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and 4 of the defendants pled guilty, Tuesday, in the U.S. District Court in
  
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• Buffalo mom says prepaid card kept her from paying bills

  29-10-2015 00:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Shalisha McCarter’s bills were piling up, racking up late fees and utility shutoffs, not because she lacked the funds to pay up—she couldn’t get to her money.
  “I basically could not provide for my daughter the way I wanted to,” said the Buffalo mom, who is among thousands of consumers who use RushCard, a prepaid debit card.
  Prepaid debit cards are popular among those who don’t have regular bank accounts, because they have limited
  
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• Local girl battling cancer finally meets Taylor Swift

  29-10-2015 00:15 via wivb.com
  
  MIAMI, Fl. (WIVB) — A North Tonawanda girl fighting a battle against leukemia achieved one of her goals late Tuesday night when she met Taylor Swift at her concert in Miami.
  Stella Usiak explained she has wanted to meet swift since the day she was diagnosed. That day will forever ring in her head, as Swift’s song “Shake It Off” came over the radio when her doctors broke the news.
  Since that day, Usiak said Swift’s music helped her get through years of trea
  
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• Wind, rain pelts WNY

  29-10-2015 00:00 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The wind and rains came Wednesday as expected to southern Erie and Chautauqua counties, but when you’re this close to the water, even weather this strong isn’t out of the ordinary.
  The winds were whipping through the region, especially aloft — enough for a break in the clouds to produce a double rainbow near the Thruway.
  One person who wasn’t paying much attention to sights like that is Wayne Humphries Jr., who drives for Sweetland Transport.
  
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