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• Body of missing 5-month-old baby found in SC creek

  05-11-2015 23:59 via wivb.com
  
  HORRY COUNTY, SC (WBTW) – The body of 5-month-old Baby Grace has been found in the Socastee creek off of Shem Creek Circle Thursday afternoon, according to Horry County Police.
  Police report that search crews, who have been canvassing the creek and wooded area for nearly 48 hours, discovered the infant’s body in the water around 3:45 p.m.
  “It’s with a heavy heart this evening that I have to inform you that at about 3:45 today we were able to locate body of Baby Grace,&rdq
  
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• Behind the scenes look at grain elevator lighting

  05-11-2015 23:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- It’s a light show that wowed a crowd of 8,000 spectators Wednesday evening, and the creator gave us inside look at how he turned the Connecting Terminal grain elevator into a virtual movie screen.
  Martin Gagnon, of Ambiances Design Productions from Montreal showed us the weather proof lighting seven feet off the ground that shines up onto the grain elevator. In fact he used over five hundred lights in five different layers to create the continual moving patterns that
  
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• Search continues for S. Buffalo rape suspect

  05-11-2015 23:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police are continuing to look for a suspect in a South Buffalo rape case that happened in broad daylight Tuesday morning. Police say an unknown male approached a college-aged woman from behind, hit her in the head with a weapon and raped her in a tree-line near Hillery Park.
  Police released surveillance video of the suspect who is described as a light-skinned male, thirty to forty years old, last seen wearing a green and brown camouflage shirt.
  Stranger rap
  
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• Erie County Water Authority approves rate hike

  05-11-2015 23:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Due to an aging infrastructure, the Erie County Water Authority announced Thursday it is going to increase its water rates, starting in 2016.
  Officials said they will increase the price of water annually by 3.9 percent, or about $0.12 per thousand gallons. The officials said the quarterly infrastructure charge will raise by just over $4 to $19.65.
  With the funds raised from the rate hike, officials say they will be able to make repairs and begin a $20 million in
  
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• News 4 Investigates: Pothole Payouts rarely happen

  05-11-2015 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — By all accounts, the morning commute on January 23, 2014, looked bleak at best: single digit temperatures, light snow and dark driving conditions. Susan Staufenberger was on her way to work, following her routine route, heading east on the 290.
  Without warning, she drove into danger. “The car in front of me, I could see it hit something, and then I hit it right after them,” Staufenberger recalled.
  She didn’t know what it was, but she quick
  
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• Rape case against Kane full of reasonable doubt, Sedita says

  05-11-2015 23:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As police and prosecutors did their due diligence in investigating the Patrick Kane case, they came to the conclusion that there were doubts in the case, leading District Attorney Frank Sedita to reveal Thursday he won’t be bringing the case in front of a grand jury.
  “There were concerns that turned into doubts, and that happened very early on in the investigation, before we were even involved,” Sedita said.
  Media and the public learned of the
  
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• Escaped emu spotted strolling down Connecticut street

  05-11-2015 22:45 via wivb.com
  
  SEYMOUR, Conn. (WTNH) – A giant emu was spotted walking down a street in Seymour Thursday morning.
  News 8 received a Report It video of the big bird out for a stroll on North Main Street just before 9 a.m.  Several onlookers expressed their surprise and amusement as the emu ignored them while walking on the pavement past some parked cars.
  Woodbridge police say four emus got loose from a small farm on Seymour Road and Rock Hill Road Tuesday evening, where they are kept as pets. Two of
  
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• Man realizes he has $1 million lottery ticket while pumping gas

  05-11-2015 22:34 via wivb.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – The way Richard Valentine sees it, it was just “dumb luck” that led him to a $1 million lottery prize.
  Valentine, a facilities operations specialist who lives in Bahama in Durham County, walked into the Kangaroo Express on N.C. 54 on Wednesday, hoping to buy one of the new holiday scratch-offs. The store didn’t have the one he wanted, Holiday Gold, so he switched to another $10 ticket, Platinum 7’s. Then, while pumping gas, he scratched his wa
  
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• Former OSU students among 4 charged with supporting Al Qaeda

  05-11-2015 22:28 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (MEDIA GENERAL) — An indictment has been returned in federal court against four men, two who were former students at Ohio State University, who are suspected of conspiring to provide money to support jihad against U.S. military personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan and throughout the world.
  Yahya Farooq Mohammad, 37; Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad, 36; Asif Ahmed Salim, 35; and Sultane Room Salim, 40, were each indicted on one count of conspiracy to provide and conceal material support
  
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• Timeline of events in Patrick Kane case

  05-11-2015 21:41 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB)- News 4 has tracked the Patrick Kane case since August, when we first learned of an investigation.
  Since then, it has taken a lot of twists and turns. Here’s a breakdown of events, leading up to the District Attorney’s decision not to prosecute the case.
  Early August: It all started when a local woman claimed South Buffalo native and Blackhawks star Patrick Kane raped her in his Hamburg home after a night in downtown Buffalo. Town of Hamburg Police, who init
  
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• Pilot comedy series about Buffalo gets the go ahead

  05-11-2015 21:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A new comedy series set in Buffalo and called Buffalo has been given the green light by Fox to produce a pilot according to a Hollywood newsletter.
  Deadline, which is described as a Hollywood insider’s newsletter, reports that the program Buffalo is about dysfunctional members of a work space collective in the ‘emerging Rust Belt paradise of Buffalo, NY.’
  The script is written by Shawn Wines, a Fort Lauderdale resident, who recently produced a
  
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• Safety improvements coming to deadly intersection in Cheektowaga

  05-11-2015 19:48 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A number of new safety improvements will be coming to the intersection of Walden Avenue and Harlem Road in Cheektowaga.
  “This intersection will be fully transformed into a safer, more vibrant, more visible pedestrian, friendly intersection,” State Senator Tim Kennedy, (D) Buffalo said.
  The Department of Transportation conducted a study of the road after two people died at the intersection in less than a year.
  In July, a young mother, Chelsea Chandler
  
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• Kane, Blackhawks & NHL release statements on Sedita’s decision

  05-11-2015 19:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Thursday morning, it was announced that Chicago Blackhawks forward and South Buffalo native Patrick Kane will not face charges on allegations of rape.
  The case is being closed and will not go to a grand jury for review. Kane’s accuser recently stated that she will no longer cooperate in the investigation.
  RELATED COVERAGE | See coverage related to Pat Kane’s case here. 
  “I have repeatedly said that I did nothing wrong,” are Kane’s w
  
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• Kraft-Heinz releasing nearly 3,000 employees

  05-11-2015 18:49 via wivb.com
  
  PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WIVB) — Kraft-Heinz announces it is getting rid of nearly 3,000 employees across the nation. It will close seven production plants in the U.S.
  The releases will happen over the next two years. The company is trying to save $1.5 billion in operating costs by doing this.
  Kraft-Heinz includes coffee brands like Maxwell House and Gevalia.
  
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• The Latest: 18-year-old freshman stabbed 4 at university

  05-11-2015 18:00 via wivb.com
  
  MERCED, Calif. (AP) — The latest on the stabbings on the University of California, Merced campus (all times local):
  7:40 a.m.
  Authorities say the student who stabbed and wounded four people at the University of California, Merced was an 18-year-old freshman from the San Francisco Bay Area.
  University spokesman James Leonard on Thursday identified 18-year-old Faisal Mohammad of Santa Clara, California, as the attacker who burst into a classroom with a hunting knife. He was shot an
  
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• Twister, Super Soaker make it to Toy Hall of Fame

  05-11-2015 17:33 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – Twister, the parlor game once too hot for the Sears catalog but cool enough for Johnny Carson, has been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.
  The class of 2015 announced Thursday also includes the old-as-time puppet and Super Soaker – think squirt gun on steroids.
  The inductees were chosen over nine other finalists: the spinning top, coloring book, Wiffle Ball, American Girl dolls, Battleship, Jenga, PLAYMOBIL, scooter and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
  T
  
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• Paladino backing $280M Fort Erie development

  05-11-2015 17:23 via wivb.com
  
  FORT ERIE, ONT. (WIVB) – Buffalo developer and School Board member Carl Paladino is one of several investors backing a $284 million development near the Fort Erie Race Track.
  The Niagara Falls Review reports that the plan includes hotels, an indoor water park, apartments and retail areas.
  Paladino, along with at least three investors, is looking for tax incentives for this hospitality center that will cover 338 acres.  It would be the largest private development in Fort Erie&rsqu
  
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• District Attorney: Patrick Kane will not face charges on rape allegations

  05-11-2015 15:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A world-renowned hockey star from South Buffalo will not face criminal charges related to rape allegations brought against him.
  Erie County District Attorney, Frank Sedita, decided Thursday not to press charges against Chicago Blackhawks’ forward Patrick Kane.
  The case is being closed without being presented to a grand jury for review. The decision comes amidst reports this week that Kane’s accuser has decided not to cooperate in the invest
  
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• Whale rescued on Halloween

  05-11-2015 15:20 via wivb.com
  
  BOOTHBAY, ME (WIVB) — A whale was rescued in Maine on Halloween.
  Dan Williams was on his last boating trip of the season when he heard a call to the Coast Guard over the radio about a minke whale that was caught in a trap buoy.
  Williams went for help and moved the lines of the buoy so the whale could break free.
  Another boater recorded the rescue on camera. It’s a moment Williams says he will never forget.
  
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• Heroes Run supports new haven for hometown heroes

  05-11-2015 14:35 via wivb.com
  
  CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Den Scott dreams of the day veterans can walk into his new facility and get the immediate medical care they need.
  He knows the needs are real. According to Scott, “23 soldiers per day die. That’s veterans and soldiers who are at home after the war.”
  Scott has started using his some of own money to transform an old restaurant into a special medical facility. He says the VIMS (veterans immediate services) unit will be staffed 24/7. “Th
  
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• Illinois village shocked, dismayed over news about officer’s suicide

  05-11-2015 14:12 via wivb.com
  
  FOX LAKE, Ill. (AP) — Public works employees were pulling down the blue ribbons residents had tied to trees and poles as a tribute to their slain hero. Signs around the small town that had praised the cop known as “G.I. Joe” suddenly disappeared, replaced in one case by another that labeled him “G.I. Joke.”
  The friends and neighbors of police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz reacted with disbelief and dismay to authorities’ announcement Wednesday that the popular
  
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• Neighbors shocked to learn Va. officer arrested, accused of sexually assaulting a child

  05-11-2015 13:17 via wivb.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – A longtime Richmond, Virginia, police officer is under arrest, accused of sexually assaulting a child.
  Charles Church, a 12-year RPD veteran, has been charged with two counts of sodomy of a juvenile.
  “The fact that he’s a police officer, whether i knew him or not, you’d think he’d be above that kind of standard,” said Mattia Pekanyande, a former neighbor of Church’s in Richmond.
  But Richmond police are in fact investigating one of
  
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• Keyless ignition systems blamed for 13 deaths nationwide

  05-11-2015 12:54 via wivb.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Keyless ignition systems can be found in millions of cars around the country, and Target 12 has learned this technology is being blamed for thirteen deaths nationwide.
  A class action lawsuit filed against ten car manufacturers claims keyless ignitions can be deadly, and drivers need to be warned. The suit says drivers are accidentally walking away from their cars while they’re still running, in some cases leading to carbon monoxide poisoning.
  With
  
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• Luke Bryan wins CMA Entertainer of the Year award

  05-11-2015 12:40 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Luke Bryan has won his second Country Music Association Award for entertainer of the year, besting Garth Brooks, Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney and Eric Church.
  Bryan, who won the honor last year, kissed the trophy multiple times at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday night.
  “Thank you Lord, thank you Jesus, thank you everyone in heaven looking out for me,” Bryan said. “This is the best business in the world with the be
  
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• Fact or fiction: Can woolly worms predict the winter ahead?

  05-11-2015 12:24 via wivb.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – It’s a tale as old as the hills: spot a woolly worm with a thin brown stripe in the fall and you’re in for a long cold winter. But, could these tiny caterpillars really be nature’s weathermen?
  After several years of research in the 1950’s, Dr. C. H. Curran at the American Museum of Natural History in New York found that woolly worms tend to have wider brown bands during milder winters in New York. Organizers of the Woolly Worm Festival
  
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• 2 teens face adult charges in kidnapping of woman, 86

  05-11-2015 12:18 via wivb.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two of the 3 teens accused of kidnapping an 86-year-old Washington woman and stuffing her in the trunk of a car face charges as adults in Multnomah County. One of the teens, Dyllan Martin, is the woman’s great-grandson.
  Hazel Abel, 86, was kidnapped from her house in Kennewick, Washington on Nov. 2, 2015. She escaped, and 3 teens – including her great-grandson – are accused of the crime.
  Martin, 16, and 15-year-old Billy Joseph Underwood, along wit
  
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• Photo of teacher helping student mom goes viral

  05-11-2015 12:07 via wivb.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The teacher in the photograph is Tommy Guy, a graduation coach at Central High School in Massachusetts. He told Massachusetts’ 22News the picture was taken three summers ago; he was holding his student’s baby while she was in class learning.
  That student, Kimberly Lopez, posted the picture with the caption, “Teachers are the real MVP,” on her Facebook page Monday. The pictures been shared more than 2,500 times since then.
  Guy said Lo
  
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• National Doughnut Day celebrated nationwide

  05-11-2015 11:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — There are two National Doughnut Days across the U.S., and one of them happens to be on November 5th.
  The other Doughnut Day happens in June.
  MORE | Learn more about June’s National Doughnut Day here.
  Many theories are out there on how doughnuts came to be. One theory suggests Dutch settlers invented them in North America. Those settlers are said to have popularized other common desserts like cookies and apple pie.
  Another one of the numerous theories says
  
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• Firefighters battle suspicious two-alarm blaze on Buffalo’s East side

  05-11-2015 08:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire on the city’s east side Thursday morning.
  It started at a home on Ashley Street near Broadway around 2:00 a.m.
  The two and a half story house is vacant.
  At this point, there does not appear to be any injuries, but the fire did cause $50,000 in damage.
  There is no word yet on what caused the fire, but the blaze is reportedly suspicious.
  
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• Police investigating rape in South Buffalo

  05-11-2015 05:30
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo police are investigating a rape that occured in South Buffalo.        
  
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• Hillery Park area residents on alert after rape

  05-11-2015 05:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The rape of a Trocaire College student before noon Tuesday has South Buffalo residents living near Hillery Park very concerned about safety.
  Buffalo Police have released surveillance video showing the suspect walking from a secluded site in the vicinity of Hillery Park Academy, an elementary school. It happened in a wooded area just south of the Buffalo River, near railroad tracks.
  The woman, who sources say is between eighteen and twenty-two years old, was accosted
  
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• Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame inducts new members

  05-11-2015 04:54
  
  The Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame inducted new members Wednesday.        
  
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• Grand Island Town Supervisor race is too close to call

  05-11-2015 04:15 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — Election results across western New York are in and victors are celebrating, however one race in Grand Island is too close to call.
  Democratic candidate Nathan McMurray, who challenged incumbent Republican Town Supervisor Mary Cooke, currently is ahead in the polls by just two votes, however he considers himself an underdog.
  McMurray said he’s convinced people who normally would not vote to get out and cast a ballot in his name. He said he’s a f
  
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• Bills fans ranked as drunkest in the NFL

  05-11-2015 03:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A website revolving around wine and beer has ranked Bills fans as the drunkest in the NFL.
  The website, called Vinepair.com, reached out to representatives at BACTrack, creators of personal cellphone-linked breathalyzers. On Sunday’s, the two companies crunched data for the first seven weeks of the NFL season.
  Results showed Buffalo Bills fans that use BACTrack are the drunkest in the league. Just behind Bills fans followed Detroit Lions fans, Philadelphia
  
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• Kansas football player taken off life support, dies

  05-11-2015 03:11 via wivb.com
  
  SHARON SPRINGS, Kansas – A western Kansas community is in mourning after learning a high school football player in Wallace County was taken off life support Wednesday at a Denver hospital.
  Luke Schemm’s parents had confirmed earlier in the day the teen was brain-dead after he collapsed during a game Tuesday night in Sharon Springs.  The announcement was made by the family’s pastor during a vigil Wednesday night.
  Wallace County was playing Otis Bison during an Eight-Man Div
  
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• 9-year-old Ohio boy dies after football practice

  05-11-2015 03:01 via wivb.com
  
  POMEROY, Ohio (AP/WCMH) – The death of a 9-year-old Ohio boy who collapsed at a youth football practice is under investigation by local law enforcement officials.
  A coach found Wyatt Barber unconscious on the ground and not breathing Monday after players took a break from running sprints during a practice at a high school football field in southeastern Ohio, Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood said in a statement Tuesday.
  “Like a nightmare, you know,” said coach Jeff Steadem. &ldqu
  
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• 8,000 viewers turn out to watch grain elevators light up

  05-11-2015 02:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- It was another banner day for Canalside Wednesday when 8,000 people turned out for the ceremonial lighting of a grain elevator.
  But this wasn’t just any kind of lighting, it’s taken three years for Artist Martin Gagnon to perfect of a system of layered lighting to project the images of the four season onto the concrete canvas of the hundred foot concrete structure.
  “It kind of looked like a sunset sort of, because they were using like orange and yellow and
  
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• Stealing your information over Wi-Fi

  05-11-2015 02:57 via wivb.com
  
  NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – More and more businesses are offering up free Wi-Fi, but the 22News I-Team found, as life becomes more convenient, the chances of your information getting in the wrong hands go way up!
  Between your phone, tablet or laptop, just about everyone is connected, everywhere, which tech experts like Yes Computers technician Tony Russell-Smith say is not necessarily a good thing. “You can literally snatch the information right out of the air,” he sa
  
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• After story goes viral, homeless man and dog find home together

  05-11-2015 02:54 via wivb.com
  
  LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — After multiple offers, Timothy Lucas and his dog Moe have found a place to live together this winter.
  They were homeless for two weeks, when Lucas asked the community to help take Moe during the winter while he tried getting back on his feet.
  After Lucas shared his story with News 18 last week, he received more than 1,000 emails and hundreds of phone calls filling his case workers voicemail box, twice. Not to mention all the shares, comments and likes on socia
  
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• Smart device gives parents greater control over online access

  05-11-2015 02:52 via wivb.com
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — One device may completely change the way children access online content.
  Circle Media Inc. teamed up Disney to launch a product to help parents manage the internet, and all the internet connected devices in their homes. They announced Circle with Disney today. It’s a hardware device as well as an app that lets parents stay informed and manage their children’s online activities.
  A press release announcing the launch Wednesday described ho
  
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• Rep confirms Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani are dating

  05-11-2015 02:48 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Recently divorced singer Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, who filed for divorce in August, are dating.
  A representative for Shelton confirmed on Wednesday that the two stars are a couple. Both Shelton and Stefani are mentors on NBC’s “The Voice.”
  Stefani filed for divorce from fellow musician Gavin Rossdale in August after nearly 13 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. Both are seeking joint custody of their three children.
  Shelton announce
  
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• Suburban Birmingham child, missing since 2002, found

  05-11-2015 02:47 via wivb.com
  
  VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (WIAT) —  A child reported missing by his mother in August of 2002 has been found.
  According to Vestavia Hills Police Chief Dan Rary, FBI agents from Cleveland, Ohio contacted the department about the missing child, Julian Hernandez, on Nov. 1.
  Rary said at the time of his abduction, they suspected the boy was taken as a “non-custodial parental abduction.”
  The child’s father, Bobby Hernandez, was arrested and charged in connection with
  
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• Foreclosed homeowners could be owed $millions from tax sales

  05-11-2015 01:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Homeowners know if you don’t pay your property taxes, you could lose your home to a tax foreclosure sale. But what thousands of former Erie County property owners don’t seem to understand is, whatever a buyer pays–above and beyond the back taxes–goes back to the previous owner.
  Bottom line: If your home is sold at a tax auction to pay taxes you owe, it is only to ensure the back taxes get paid. But since those properties are sold at auction,
  
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• Young Goat Brings Smiles to Southern Tier Nursing Home

  05-11-2015 01:53
  
  A young goat that nearly died at birth now serves a meaningful purpose at a local nursing home.        
  
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• Vidler's Now in Top Three in Super Bowl Ad Contest

  05-11-2015 01:30
  
  East Aurora's Vidler's Store Now in Running for Super Bowl TV Spot        
  
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• Former DA Frank Clark needs a kidney transplant

  05-11-2015 01:17
  
  Former District Attorney says he's on two lists for a kidney transplant        
  
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• Sheriff's Office disputes report that Bills fans "drunkest" in NFL

  05-11-2015 01:15
  
  The man who heads the Erie County Sheriff's Office unit outside Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sundays disputes a report that says Bills fans are "drunkest in the NFL."        
  
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• PHOTOS: Buffalo Grain Elevators illuminated

  05-11-2015 01:04 via interactives.wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo’s grain elevators were illuminated on Wednesday night in a historic display.
  GALLERY | App users can click here for a gallery of fantastic shots. 
  
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• Billion dollar development plans slated across the border

  05-11-2015 00:38 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO (WIVB) — International investors have their eyes on Niagara Falls.
  “Everything seems to be pointing in the right direction for Chinese investment right now in this area,” said Jim Diodati, the mayor for Niagara Falls, Ontario. “One thing I noticed while traveling in foreign countries is the name Niagara Falls is extremely famous.”
  Mayor Diodati has been traveling internationally for the last several years, pitching the idea of development
  
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• Grain elevators illuminated in light show

  05-11-2015 00:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Thousands came out to watch the illumination of Buffalo’s historic grain elevators on Wednesday.
  Officials at Canalside prepared for the event for months, even running a test run ahead of the event that is expected to entertain thousands.
  GALLERY | See some of the photos of the grain elevators here. 
  Governor Andrew Cuomo even commented, noting the event will continue throughout the year.
  “Buffalo grain elevator will be spectacularly lit every n
  
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