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• Judge arraigns jumper in hospital

  12-11-2015 23:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y.(WIVB)- The man who jumped from a  third story window at Buffalo Police headquarters got a hospital visit from a judge Thursday afternoon.
  City Court Judge Diane Wray went to ECMC to arraign 33 year old Timothy DiCenzo, who si still recovering after what police consider an attempt to escape custody.
  It was Tuesday night at Buffalo Police Headquarters, when detectives who were interviewing him report that DiCenzo kicked and pulled at the 3rd story window in the Sex Offense Squad
  
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• VIDEO: Gunman caught on camera in Buffalo shooting

  12-11-2015 23:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A search is on in Buffalo for a gunman caught on camera at three separate angles.
  Officers released video Thursday of the gunman, who fired off at least three shots from a white four-door SUV. The footage is from Sept. 21 in a shooting on East Ferry and Goodyear in Buffalo.
  Police are asking the public for help in identifying the man caught on camera, and are asking anybody with information to text it in confidentially to (716) 847-2255 or call homicide detectiv
  
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• Patients still waiting for medical marijuana access

  12-11-2015 23:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- One day after Gov. Cuomo granted emergency access to medical marijuana for critically ill patients, many who qualify still have questions.
  Local father Buc Williams wants to know who, when, where, and how much. His son Tommy suffers from severe epileptic seizures.
  At one point, Tommy was seizing up to 100 times a day.
  “You feel so helpless, you just want to do something to help them,” Williams told News 4.
  While waiting for the Compassionate Care Act t
  
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• PHOTOS: Whipping winds stir rough waters, waves

  12-11-2015 22:29 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Whipping winds knocked out power, knocked over trees and forced water into roadways on Thursday.
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• GALLERY: Whipping winds stir rough waters, waves

  12-11-2015 22:29 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Whipping winds knocked out power, knocked over trees and forced water into roadways on Thursday.
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• Trees tumble, roads close due to high winds, flooding

  12-11-2015 21:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Harsh winds, gusting up to 60 miles per hour in certain locations crumpled trees and flooded roadways with water in western New York on Thursday.
  Officials in Hamburg closed Route 5 in both directions at roughly 3:30 p.m. due to flooding in the roadway. The road could be closed for up to 10 hours. The National Weather Service warned of lakeshore flooding due to potentially high winds.
  High Wind Warnings for nearly all of western New York confirmed there would be
  
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• Sports talk radio hosts discuss Bills prime time game

  12-11-2015 19:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – It’s being called the biggest game of the year for the Buffalo Bills. The prime time match up against the Jets in Thursday Night Football not only has playoff implications, but it’s also Rex Ryan’s first time back at MetLife Stadium since the Jets fired him last year.
  The game is also the first time in franchise history Bills fans will see the team in completely red uniforms. With so many story lines leading up to the game, WGR Sports Radio 550 Morn
  
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• 4 Things to Watch for as the Bills meet the Jets

  12-11-2015 19:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Bills win tonight could bump the Jets out of second place in the AFC East, but playoff implications aren’t the only thing that make this prime time match up one to watch. Here are four things to watch for in the game:
  It’s Rex’s Return to New York: But he’s not the only one going up against his old team. He brought 11 Jet coaches with him to One Bills Drive, and he chose former Jets players IK Enempali and Matthew Mulligan as this week&rsquo
  
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• Sanchez pleads guilty to rape, robbery, and sodomy after 7-Eleven store clerk assault

  12-11-2015 18:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Michael Sanchez, 27, pleaded guilty on Thursday to raping, robbing and sodomizing a woman after an incident at a 7-Eleven store at Hertel Avenue and Niagara Street.
  The incident occurred in February 2015 around 5 a.m. The victim was a 7-Eleven employee in her early 20s.
  Sanchez was arrested earlier this year and charged with 1st degree rape, robbery and criminal sexual act.
  Police say Sanchez threatened the woman with a gun before raping her in a rear storage ro
  
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• Man pleads guilty to raping, sodomizing and robbing 7-Eleven store clerk

  12-11-2015 18:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local man accused of raping, robbing and sodomizing a 7-Eleven employee has pleaded guilty as charged to the crimes.
  Police say 28-year-old Michael Sanchez violated the roughly 20-year-old woman inside a 7-Eleven store on Hertel Avenue and Niagara Street in February of 2015.
  A delivery person from The Buffalo News located the woman crying hysterically after the 5 a.m. attack, and police responded soon after. Officers worked with the victim, who detailed the at
  
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• Conjoined Twins Born In Georgia Pass Away

  12-11-2015 18:05 via wivb.com
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — Media General Contributors have learned the conjoined twins born Monday, November 9th at Georgia Regents Medical Center died late Wednesday night.
  The conjoined twins were receiving treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital of Georgia and died due to multiple complex medical complications.
  The boys—who shared a heart and liver—were delivered by C-section on Monday at the Georgia Regents Medical Center and remained in c
  
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• Uber launches across the border in Niagara Region

  12-11-2015 18:03 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. (WIVB) – Uber is having a rough ride jump starting in Western New York but Thursday marked the launch of of UberX  across the border in the Niagara, Kingston and Windsor areas
  The Niagara Falls Review reports the peer-to-peer ride sharing program will be available to the public starting at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12.
  The ride service which uses a mobile app is used in 350 communities worldwide and now is available in Niagar, Kingston and Windsor, Onttario.
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• Early morning wind causes minor damage

  12-11-2015 17:33 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Although Thursday morning brought with it winds that at times were downright gusty, they left minimal damage in their wake.
  Stronger, more potentially damaging winds are expected later in the day Thursday, with much of the area under a High Wind Watch.
  Even so, you could feel the power of the wind outside early Thursday morning along the lake front as the front edge of this weather rolled into our area.
  That wind left behind some downed tree limbs and trash cans blow
  
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• Coast Guard responds to water rescue at Erie Basin Marina

  12-11-2015 17:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The U.S. Coast Guard had to be called in after two men were seen on a sandbar off of the Erie Basin Marina in very choppy water.
  A witness says she saw the men duck hunting.
  That same witness tells News 4 she called the Department of Environmental Conversation to report the alleged incident.
  News 4’s Rich Newberg was at the scene where he says the men refused comment and rushed away from cameras after they were rescued.
  The men are pictured below pull
  
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• Dog unhurt after nearly 30-foot fall down well

  12-11-2015 16:27 via wivb.com
  
  TAUNTON, Mass. (WPRI) — A Taunton, Massachusetts dog is doing well Wednesday after falling nearly 30 feet down into a well on his owners’ property.
  The family was reunited with Buddy after city firefighters saved him in a dramatic underground rescue that was caught on camera.
  When the 2-year-old goldendoodle didn’t return home Monday night, his family feared the worst. They were out most of the night calling for Buddy, but there was no sign of him anywhere.
  
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• State Police: Wind blows tractor trailer over on I-90 Thursday morning

  12-11-2015 15:44 via wivb.com
  
  RIPLEY, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police say wind caused a tractor trailer to blow over on the westbound lane of the I-90 Thursday morning.
  The incident occurred near the New York-Pennsylvania border near Ripley.
  State Police say the truck’s trailer was empty and caught a gust of wind. There were no major injuries reported.
  
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• Wisconsin train derailment leaks ethanol into Mississippi River

  12-11-2015 15:39 via wivb.com
  
  WATERTOWN, Wis. (WBAY) — Canadian Pacific tells WKOW that there was a train derailment in Wisconsin Wednesday around 1 p.m. Five freight cars went off of the track at a rail yard near Watertown. The cars did not tip over, nor were they carrying any hazardous materials inside. Officials say it was repaired in less than an hour.
  Also on Wednesday, Canadian-Pacific Railway (CP) says a broken rail from a defective track is to blame for a train carrying crude oil derailing i
  
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• Bills encourage Buffalo to “turn red” Thursday

  12-11-2015 14:42 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bills are reaching out to western New York in their “Seeing Red” campaign.
  The “Seeing Red” campaign will have the Bills debut new red uniforms in tonight’s game against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium.
  This Thursday, we're #SeeingRed.https://t.co/yVzG2F7qs2
  https://t.co/L4kIVcwkMG
  — Buffalo Bills (@buffalobills) November 10, 2015The Color Rush uniforms, which were designed by Nike, combine “cu
  
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• Pastor’s pregnant wife shot, killed in home

  12-11-2015 13:29 via wivb.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – An Indianapolis woman was fatally shot in the head during a home invasion, according to Crime Stoppers of central Indiana.
  According to a release, Amanda Blackburn was killed in her home during a home invasion in the 2800 block of Sunnyfield Court on the northwest side of Indianapolis.
  She was transported to Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in critical condition.
  The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said that they believe that she was shot
  
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• Rex Ryan makes first return to New York since Jets firing; Bills wear red in Thursday game

  12-11-2015 12:38 via wivb.com
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bills will be wearing red as they take on a sea of green in the form of the New York Jets.
  The Bills will be taking on the Jets on the team’s New Jersey home field at MetLife Stadium.
  “I truly believe in this team. I think when we get healthy we are gonna be tough to handle, and that’s the truth. I think our guys are getting better and better and shoot, nobody has seen the best of the Buffalo Bills but they’re starting to,&
  
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• ‘I fought for your right to hate me’: Transgender vet in Tenn. goes viral

  12-11-2015 12:17 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A transgender veteran living and working in Nashville, Tennessee, posted a picture of herself wearing a shirt saying “Transgender Veteran: I fought for your right to hate me.”
  Carla Lewis was born Carl Aldrige. When she was 18, she enlisted in the Air Force as “Carl” but shortly thereafter saw a counselor for gender identity issues.
  When her superiors found out, Carla says she was discharged.
  Nearly 25 years later, she says little has chang
  
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• ‘Paid Patriotism’ soon to be illegal

  12-11-2015 12:12 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Media General) – Millions in tax dollars were agreed to be given to sports teams, but now those types of contracts will become illegal.
  The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday, and buried in the legislation is a section that bans what Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) calls “Paid Patriotism.”
  “They obviously should not be doing this,” said Sen. McCain.
  McCain and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) came out last week with a report showing that the U
  
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• Mom questions Cuomo’s ER medical pot bill

  12-11-2015 05:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Wednesday to fast-track medical marijuana for the critically ill. A local mom who lost her 9 year old daughter in July doesn’t think critically ill patients will be able to get the drug right away.
  Wendy Conte’s daughter Anna passed away this summer. Anna had a severe form of epilepsy. She took nearly a dozen medications with severe side effects. Wendy says medical marijuana would have saved Anna’s life but t
  
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• Group looking at ways to keep young professional in WNY

  12-11-2015 04:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Western New York has a growing number of millennials coming to the area for work. As those young people come in, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership is looking at ways to retain them so they Buffalo their home for good.
  “The young professionals are the current leaders and future leaders,” said Lindsay Stickney, the Workforce Development Associate with the Buffalo Niagara Partnership.
  Buffalo Niagara 360 is the subset of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership wh
  
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• Facebook launches new notifications application

  12-11-2015 04:47 via wivb.com
  
  CALIFORNIA (WIVB) — Facebook is realizing many people learn their news from push notifications, so they’re adapting to help smartphone users stay informed.
  Executives at Facebook announced on Wednesday a new application for iOS users called Notify — an app designed to deliver notifications about topics the iPhone user is interested in.
  Users will be able to select their own mix of notifications on sources like news, sports, entertainment and images, and they can be tied to
  
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• CBS gives post-Super Bowl slot to Stephen Colbert

  12-11-2015 04:32 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert has landed the coveted post-Super Bowl time slot on CBS this winter.
  The network said Wednesday that a special edition of Colbert’s “Late Show” will air directly after the Feb. 7 game, the first time that distinction has gone to a late-night show. Late local news will follow Colbert, and then CBS will show a special edition of James Corden’s “Late Late Show” afterward.
  The post-Super Bowl slot annually is the most desired
  
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• Buffalo Police take much closer look at man who jumped from third story window

  12-11-2015 04:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — He jumped out of third story window just to get away from police.
  Now, Buffalo Police are taking a much closer look at the man who originally was only being questioned about grabbing one woman.
  “It’s an investigation that’s in progress,” said Mayor Byron brown regarding 33-year-old Timothy DiCenzo of Buffalo, who was being being questioned by Detectives in the Sex Offense Unit of Buffalo Police Headquarters Tuesday night. “At some point,
  
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• Type 1 diabetes requires constant attention, support

  12-11-2015 03:44 via wivb.com
  
  AKRON, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lunchtime at the Goulettes typically includes what most would expect for young children: some crackers, maybe a little peanut butter, juice and apple sauce.
  But for the past year and a half, all of 3-year-old Maggie’s meals have also come with a side of shots. Maggie has Type 1 diabetes, and that means a finger prick to test her sugar levels before she eats, and a subsequent shot.
  Maggie was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in June of 2014, after a doctor’s v
  
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• Dangerous Connections: Tracking Online Predators

  12-11-2015 03:36 via wivb.com
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – Do you know who’s talking to your children online? Investigators in our state say there are more predators out there in our area than parents can even imagine.
  “You know these predators have such easy access to kids,” an undercover detective said. “It’s so easy to contact anybody anywhere.”
  “As far as what I’ve seen no child is safe if they are online,” Special Agent Brooke Walker with the state’s In
  
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• Army veteran neighbor runs to help after Akron plane crash

  12-11-2015 03:25 via wivb.com
  
  AKRON, Ohio (WCMH) — Paul Rader didn’t know what he was in for Tuesday afternoon.
  The former Army Specialist had the day off and was talking to a friend at The Park bar in Akron’s Ellet neighborhood when he felt a jolt.
  “I look at Lisa the bartender like, ‘Did you feel that?’ She’s like, ‘Yeah, did you? I heard something.’ And she’s like, ‘Dude, the telephone poles are swinging’” he says.
  Rader saw the smoke and s
  
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• Large fantasy sports site pulls out of New York State voluntarily

  12-11-2015 02:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Aftermath of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s cease and desist order to two large fantasy sports betting sites is rippling to other websites, scaring some out of the Empire State.
  FanDuel and DraftKings, two similar organizations that provide sports fans an outlet to place wagers on their favorite players and teams, have been ordered to stop allowing their New York customers to spend money on their fantasy services.
  Now, another large fa
  
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• Push for seatbelts on school buses gets a Buffalo boost

  12-11-2015 01:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – For years policymakers have opposed seatbelts on school buses, as too expensive, and could be dangerous in case of a rollover.
  But attitudes seem to be changing after a number of recent school bus accidents, including one that took the life of Brad Brown’s daughter Ashley, “Wounds are refreshed every time we see an accident happen that takes the life of another school child that could have been prevented with lap/shoulder belts on school buses and on eve
  
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• Support for homeless veterans in Buffalo

  12-11-2015 01:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – On this Veterans Day, a flag was raised outside of the City Mission in Buffalo to honor the sacrifices of America’s veterans, and show support for those without at home.
  “Our goal is not only to treat the symptoms of homelessness, but to eradicate it on the ground level,” said Stuart Harper, Executive Director and CEO of the Mission. He said it must be done “one man and one woman at a time.”
  Veterans tend to be proud people, say those wh
  
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• Buffalo city leaders re-visit bouncer registration

  12-11-2015 00:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- City leaders are renewing their push to get bouncers registered after several reports of problems at Buffalo bars. The goal is to make Buffalo’s night life safer.
  “Recently when a young lady was handcuffed to a gate outside a club and asked a bouncer who he was, he would not give a name,” said Darius Pridgen, the Buffalo Common Council president.
  Pridgen said they can’t always trace bouncers so he wants them to register with the city and clearly
  
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• Daily fantasy companies say they will fight AG ban in New York State; players call this a “skill” not “chance”

  12-11-2015 00:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent cease-and-desist letters to Draft-Kings and Fan-Duel Tuesday, ordering them to stop accepting wagers here. He says they are breaking laws against illegal gambling.
  Fan duel’s legal team is responding, telling Schneiderman to get ready for a challenge. People on both sides of this debate always come back to the same issue, Is daily fantasy draft considered gambling? The Attorney General says this
  
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• Man who jumped from BPD window arrested

  12-11-2015 00:17
  
  A man jumped from a third story window at the Buffalo Police Headquarters on Tuesday night.        
  
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• DraftKings, FanDuel still accepting NY entries

  12-11-2015 00:02
  
  A pair of daily fantasy sports giants are still collecting entries in NY as they promise to fight cease-and-desist orders        
  
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• Gap years – a growing trend among young Americans

  12-11-2015 00:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A growing number of recent college graduates aren’t entering the job field right after graduation. Instead, they’re taking a year or two to pursue other opportunities.
  “A lot of students are very interested in before they start their career, kind of contributing,” said Arlene Kaukus, the Director of Career Services at the University of Buffalo.
  This time is called a gap year.
  “I think just this generation of college students is real
  
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