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• Whooping cough video goes viral

  18-11-2015 23:56 via wivb.com
  
  BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA (WIVB)- An Australian mother’s Facebook plea has gone viral, and Western New York parents are largely in support of the woman.
  Rebecca Harreman of Brisbane recently posted a Facebook video of her 4-month-old son with Whooping Cough, struggling to breath.
  Harreman posted the video to raise awareness for vaccines, and call out anti-vaxers.
  She said that doing nothing to prevent the spreading of Whooping Cough is just plain wrong, and encouraged other parents to share
  
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• 2 WNY businesses expand to additional locations

  18-11-2015 23:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two popular businesses in western New York are expanding to reach a larger number of customers in the area.
  Coming to the north towns of the Buffalo-Niagara region will be two new Made in America stores. The popular stores that sell apparel and goods made only in the U.S.A. will expand to the Boulevard Mall and the FashionOutlets of Niagara Falls. 
  The two stores will be open in time for peak shopping season, opening on Friday, Nov. 20. They’ll be ver
  
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• Bills game didn’t have to be moved due to Snowvember snow after all

  18-11-2015 23:02 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Even the odds-makers would’ve considered it a long shot.
  When seven feet of snow fell on Ralph Wilson Stadium in November of 2014, five days before the team was to host the Jets, no one really expected the stadium to be cleared during a state of emergency.
  Even the players had a big job digging out. By mid week, the league had released a statement making it clear that only the NFL had the power to reschedule a game.
  “The NFL is a business. It’s
  
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• Snowvember: A look back before looking ahead

  18-11-2015 23:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The storm we’ve come to know as ‘Snowvember’ was not a surprise. Meteorologists, including our 4 Warn Weather Team, prepared us on the night of November 17th, 2014, for something big.
  During his forecast that Monday evening Chief Meteorologist Don Paul said, “We did have thundersnow earlier tonight and we could again by morning.  Generally when there’s thunder and lightning that means snow has tremendous lift and can put down t
  
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• Fire house baby Grace 1 year after “Snowvember” birth

  18-11-2015 23:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Her name is Lucy Grace. The story of her birth sheds grace on one of Buffalo’s most disastrous weather events in recent history.
  The monster snow storm had swept into South Buffalo last November stranding drivers in their cars, and residents in their homes.
  On the morning of November 18th, 2014, Jared Hojnacki surveyed the property in front of his house.
  “The snow is literally up to our mailbox,” he said. “I don’t even know which ar
  
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• Army Paratrooper traveled to Buffalo to help, but lost his life fighting Snowvember storm

  18-11-2015 23:00 via wivb.com
  
  BRADFORD, Pa (WIVB) – Snowvember brings up painful memories for many local families.
  Robert Cedar traveled from Bradford, Pennsylvania to help, but unfortunately lost his life.
  His family says he had a heart of gold. Cedar wanted to protect our nation’s freedom, and served a tour in Iraq and Afghanistan as an Army Paratrooper.
  So when he man saw Buffalo was being pummeled with snow, it was like second nature. He wanted to help.
  “He just said come on Dad. Let’s go,”
  
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• Former Bills QB Flutie says both parents die in same hour

  18-11-2015 22:44 via wivb.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Former New England Patriots quarterback Doug Flutie says both of his parents died within an hour of each other.
  Flutie says in a statement posted on his Facebook page that his father, Dick, died of a heart attack in a hospital in Florida, where the family moved years ago.
  He said Wednesday that less than an hour later, his mother, Joan, also suffered a heart attack and died.
  Flutie wrote: “They say you can die of a broken heart and I believe it.”
  Flutie did not el
  
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• Police arrest 47-year-old woman in Princess Drive murder case

  18-11-2015 21:36 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Days after police located a man killed by blunt force trauma on Princess Drive in Cheektowaga, police have made an arrest.
  Officers say they arrested Debra Hayes-Thomas, a 47-year-old Buffalo woman, and charged her with second degree murder in connection with the death of 56-year-old Peter Wiepert. Officers had previously named her a person of interest earlier in the week but announced her arrest on Wednesday.
  Police in Cheektowaga have been seriously i
  
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• UN: Iran has started cutting back on nuclear technology

  18-11-2015 17:27 via wivb.com
  
  VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency says Iran has started cutting back on nuclear programs, which could have been reengineered into making weapons, in line with a deal between six world powers.
  The assessment was in a report presented Wednesday by the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency to members of the U.N. Security Council and a restricted number of other nations.
  Implementation day for the July 14 nuclear deal was Oct. 18. Since then, the report shows that Iran has reduce
  
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• IS releases picture of bomb it says downed Russian plane

  18-11-2015 16:46 via wivb.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.
  The picture was published in the latest issue of the extremist group’s English-language magazine, with the caption “EXCLUSIVE – Image of the IED used to bring down the Russian airliner.”
  The picture showed a yellow can of Schweppes Gold soda and what appeared
  
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• IS group says it has killed Norwegian, Chinese captives

  18-11-2015 16:35 via wivb.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group says it has killed a Norwegian and a Chinese captive after demanding ransom for their release two months ago.
  The announcement came in the latest issue of the extremist group’s English-language magazine on Wednesday, which contained a page that appeared to show the bodies of the two captives.
  It bears the caption “executed after being abandoned by kafir nations and organizations.” “Kafir” is the Arabic word for infidel.
  The
  
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• Registered sex offender allegedly exposes self to child

  18-11-2015 16:14 via wivb.com
  
  CUBA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A registered sex offender is accused of exposing himself and soliciting oral sex from a child.
  Cuba Police say Belfast resident Rickey Sherman, 27, was arrested following a complaint at the Giant Food Mart in Cuba.
  He is charged with public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a child, according to police. Police say the victim was 14 years old.
  Sherman was committed to the Allegany County Jail on $5,000 bail.
  
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• 2 Former Petco employees found guilty of animal neglect after dog death; fined $150 each

  18-11-2015 15:40 via wivb.com
  
  CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Two former Petco employees charged in connection to the death of a Chesterfield, Virginia dog were found guilty of animal neglect in a Chesterfield courtroom Tuesday. Each will have to pay a fine of $150.
  31-year-old Suzanne Jensen and 28-year-old Rebecca Witherspoon were both charged with animal neglect for the death of 2-year-old Colby, who was groomed at the Westchester Commons Petco in Midlothian on May 29.
  “This is just a sta
  
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• Authorities looking for man wanted on federal narcotics charges

  18-11-2015 15:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Law enforcement officers are looking for a man wanted on federal charges for allegedly possessing and distributing cocaine.
  Antwan Hugley (a.k.a. “Twan”) is 36 years old and stands at 6’3″ tall. Authorities say he weighs 230 lbs. and has tattoos of flames on his right shoulder and forearm.
  Hugley was previously arrested for allegedly possessing a firearm. He is considered armed and dangerous.
  Crimestoppers are offering up to $1,000 f
  
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• Boat with migrants capsizes; 1 dead, 17 missing

  18-11-2015 14:36 via wivb.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Spain’s coast guard says at least one person died when a boat capsized off the western coast of Africa while trying to take sub-Saharan Africans to the Canary Islands and that a search is underway to try to find at least 17 missing people.
  A coast guard spokeswoman says the search Wednesday was taking place after 22 men from the boat were rescued Tuesday evening after it capsized near Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony.
  Searchers found the body about 40 kil
  
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• Turkey: Suspected IS militant killed on border

  18-11-2015 14:09 via wivb.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Turkey’s military says a suspected Islamic State militant has been killed while trying to illegally cross into Turkey from Syria.
  A brief military statement on Wednesday said the incident occurred a day earlier, in Kilis province, which borders Syria. It said 21 other people were also detained during the incident, nine of them children.
  Turkey has reinforced its 900-kilometer (560-mile) border with Syria and has tightened controls in a bid to stem infiltrations by extrem
  
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• Hollande: France is ‘at war’ against terrorism

  18-11-2015 13:36 via wivb.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande says France is ‘at war’ against terrorism by the Islamic State group.
  Hollande says he wants “large coalition” working together against IS militants to destroy a group that threatens the whole world and “commits massacres” in the Mideast.
  Hollande says “we are at war.” He was speaking in a televised address Wednesday after a seven-hour police siege on an apartment north of Paris where polic
  
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• French ID all 129 victims of the Paris attacks

  18-11-2015 12:56 via wivb.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The French government says all 129 people killed in attacks Friday on a Paris stadium, a concert hall and cafes have been identified.
  A statement released after Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting says about 100 families have come to see the bodies.
  At least 350 people were also wounded in the Paris attacks, with scores of people still critically injured. The death toll may still rise if some of the wounded do not recover.
  
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• WNY doctor helps give firefighter groundbreaking face transplant

  18-11-2015 12:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Western New York native Dr. Derek Reformat was involved in a groundbreaking surgery where a firefighter was given a face transplant.
  Dr. Reformat was involved during the 16th hour of surgery and beyond, including the patient’s post-operative care.
  41-year-old Mississippi firefighter Patrick Hardison was severely burned in a fire in 2001, according to CBS.
  Reformat’s work helped create the blood flow between Hardison and his new face. The doctor&
  
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• Fate of suspected Paris mastermind unclear

  18-11-2015 12:35 via wivb.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Paris prosecutor Francois Molins says authorities are working to determine the fate of the suspected mastermind of last week’s Paris attacks after a seven-hour police raid on an apartment where he was believed to be hiding.
  Francois Molins says the police began the raid Wednesday after gathering information that suspect Abdelhamid Abaaoud could be in a safe house apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.
  Molins said the information was collected from tapped telephone
  
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• Police say 7 now arrested in Paris standoff

  18-11-2015 11:33 via wivb.com
  
  SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Officials say seven people have been arrested in a raid on an apartment building where suspects in last week’s Paris attacks were holed up.
  A senior police official and the Paris prosecutor’s office say that the seven were arrested Wednesday in the building in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.
  They did not identify those detained.
  
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• Cost of refugees falls primarily on federal, state governments

  18-11-2015 06:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Many refugees rely on social services to get started in America and there are concerns bringing refugees to Erie County could cost tax payers.
  “When they get here initially, they are eligible for SNAP, they are eligible for HEAP,” said Ann Brittain, the director of the immigration and refugee assistance program at Catholic Charities.
  Brittain told News 4 many refugees come with few belongings and even need help traveling to the United States.
  “Re
  
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• Paris-bound flight from LA diverted to Utah for security

  18-11-2015 04:45 via wivb.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal officials say an Air France flight bound for Paris from Los Angeles was diverted to Salt Lake City because of security concerns.
  Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer says the Air France Flight 65, an Airbus A-380, landed safely in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night and the passengers were getting off and being bussed to a terminal.
  Kenitzer says he could offer no further details on the security issue.
   
  
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• Local lakeside restaurant looking for protection from elements

  18-11-2015 04:42 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — The days of securing worn plywood to the outside of Hoak’s Lakeview Restaurantto shield it from winds, waves and debris could be numbered.
  At the very least, they could be diminished.
  Last Friday was among the worst, said bar manager Kevin Hoak, whose father, Edward, owns the local favorite.
  “It’s pretty brutal,” he said. “The waves are crashing onto Route 5, crashing over the roof of this restaurant, which is 50 feet high, crashing into
  
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• Snowvember: Remembering the event one year later

  18-11-2015 03:41 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — See all of News 4’s stories on the Snowvember storm in their original form, and our coverage of the event one year later by clicking on this link. 
  
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• City Mission nears turkey donation milestone with help of local businesses

  18-11-2015 03:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — With the help of a group of local businesses, the Buffalo City Mission is nearing a major milestone in its push to gather turkeys for a good cause.
  Just Pizza, Airport Taxi and NOCO all came together on Tuesday to donate to the cause. Mission leaders say they’ll need the food to help serve shelter residents throughout the holiday season.
  “Turkeys. Turkeys. We need turkeys. If you don’t want a turkey, just come down and give us some money so we
  
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• New York to suspend registrations of chronic toll evaders

  18-11-2015 03:10 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is cracking down on chronic toll evaders with a plan to yank their vehicle registrations.
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Tuesday that soon after the start of the new year, the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles plans to suspend the registration of any motorist who fails to pay five tolls within a period of 18 months.
  The state says it found nearly 35,000 cases of toll evaders racking up five or more unpaid toll violations within 18 months — depriving
  
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• Warning to holiday cyber shoppers: don’t get hacked

  18-11-2015 02:14 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – The email that showed up on my desktop at work seemed to be what it said from the PayPal Team–“Security Measures” confirming my user account, and all I had to do to confirm my account information was click on the “Confirm Now” link.
  But I don’t have a PayPal account, and if I had clicked on that link, Assistant Professor Arun Vishwanath, in the University at Buffalo’s Department of Communications said, all kinds of bad thing
  
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• Taco Bell switching to cage-free eggs

  18-11-2015 02:11 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Taco Bell is taking a stand for its consumers, and the chickens.
  The fast food chain says all 6,000 of its locations will switch over to cage-free eggs by 2017. That means they will only use eggs from free-range chickens.
  The move comes as customer’s demand healthier and more sustainable food options.
  Both McDonald’s and Burger King have also committed to the use of cage-free eggs.
  
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• Why NCIS: New Orleans loves being on location

  18-11-2015 02:09 via wivb.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (KLFY) – The cast and crew of NCIS: New Orleans are loving South Louisiana. Especially the food!
  Scott Bakula: “Everyone has their own recipes. I love that.”
  Shalita Grant: “Gumbo. French Bread. I love it all. Give it to me!”
  Rob Kerkovich: “I’ve had to start eating salad. (But there’s) No better place to cheat (on your diet).”
  But just eating is not enough for Darrel “Chill” Mitchell, who plays investigative computer
  
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• Photos: Blizzard-like snowstorm strikes Colorado area

  18-11-2015 02:04 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  COLORADO (MEDIA GENERAL) — Viewer photos from the first big snow of the season in the Colorado Springs area.
   
  APP USERS | Click here to see the gallery. 
  
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• Louisiana Gov. Jindal ends bid for GOP nomination in 2016

  18-11-2015 01:56 via wivb.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal dropped out of the 2016 race for president Tuesday, ending a campaign that failed to gain much support, especially in early-voting Iowa.
  “I’ve come to the realization that this is not my time,” Jindal said on Fox News Channel as he announced the decision to suspend his campaign.
  The 44-year-old governor said he wasn’t ready to endorse another candidate, but intended to support the eventual Republican presidential n
  
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• Cuomo says refusing refugees allow terrorists to win

  18-11-2015 00:58 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — Gov. Cuomo says turning Syrian refugees away would be like letting terrorists win by “conceding defeat of the American dream.”
  But some top federal law enforcement officials are acknowledging the vetting process is limited by the intelligence available.
  President Obama says the United States plans to resettle 10,000 refugees from Syria and New York State and Erie County will welcome some of them.
  The state department stands by its intensive security screen
  
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• WNY native visits Paris amid terror attacks, speaks of Parisian spirit

  18-11-2015 00:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  One Western New Yorker experienced the Paris attacks first hand. A man from Lancaster is in Paris right now for an international business conference.  Chad Walber said he could never prepare himself for what he is seeing during his trip to Paris.
  He said, “It’s a sense of loss. Because it was so peaceful before, and now they’ve lived through this, we’ve all lived through this.” He’s traveled all over the world
  
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• Erie’s closest races could be decided Wednesday

  18-11-2015 00:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Candidates and voters in Erie County’s closest races will have to wait at least one more day before a winner is officially determined.
  Elections workers and volunteers spent the day cutting open and counting a portion of the 9,000 absentee ballots and remaining affidavits from the General Election earlier this month.
  And although some candidates showed up to observe today, those in the closest races won’t find out the final tallies until tomorrow.That inc
  
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• Judge sets bail for South Buffalo rape suspect

  18-11-2015 00:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- An accused rapist in South Buffalo can be free on bail, if he can come up with a million bucks.
  City Court Judge Betty Calvo-Torres went to ECMC Tuesday afternoon to arraign Timothy DiCenzo on charges of first degree rape and robbery in connection to an attack on a college student in Hillery Park November 3.
  The judge set bail at $1.2 million and scheduled his next court appearance for this Friday morning in City Court.
  DiCenzo is still at ECMC, recovering from face and leg
  
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• Local doctor talks HIV diagnosis, treatment

  18-11-2015 00:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Charlie Sheen set the record straight Tuesday and told the world he was, in fact, HIV positive.
  “After a battery of tests, spinal taps, and all that crap, they walked in the room and said, ‘boom,'” the actor recalled Tuesday morning.
  The 50-year-old got the news four years ago, around the time he was fired from the show “Two and Half Men.”
  In an open letter to the press, Sheen said he views the diagnosis not as a curse but as a challenge,
  
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