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• Blasdell dad needs kidney transplant, calls for help looking for donors

  02-12-2015 23:59 via wivb.com
  
  BLASDELL, N.Y. (WIVB) – A call for help from one Blasdell man who is living with kidney disease. Dave Rice is now fighting for his life, and his family is asking for the community’s help.
  Dave has type “O” blood, which means he’s the universal donor. But, it means he can only get a kidney from someone with that same blood type. It’s fitting, as Dave’s family says it’s hard for him to ask for anything, only to give.
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• Multiple people shot at California social services center

  02-12-2015 23:50 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — As many as three gunmen believed to be wearing military-style gear opened fire Wednesday at a Southern California social services center, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than a dozen others, authorities said.
  FBI agents and other law enforcement authorities converged on the center and were searching room-to-room for the shooter or shooters, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said. The suspects might have fled in dark SUV, he said
  
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• Up to 14 victims killed and 14 injured in attack in San Bernardino, Calif.

  02-12-2015 20:38 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, CA (WIVB) — First responders are on the scene of what may be a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.
  WATCH | See developing details now in our live stream feed. 
  Representatives of the city’s fire department say up to 20 victims are injured and confirmed multiple people have died in the attack, and they’re working to clear and respond to the scene simultaneously.
  Officials responded to the 1300 block of South Waterman Avenue, where they say ther
  
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• At least 14 killed, 21 more injured in mass attack in California

  02-12-2015 20:38 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, CA (WIVB) — Police in California have killed two people and detained a third who may have committed the latest in a string of mass shootings, killing 14 people and injuring 21 more in a California city.
  Police responded just after 2 p.m. Eastern after three suspects dressed in military garb, entered a building called the Inland Regional Center there and opened fire. Officers held an update just before 5 p.m. as they continued to work on the scene to give upda
  
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• At least 14 killed, 18 more injured in mass attack in California

  02-12-2015 20:38 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, CA (WIVB) — Police in California are grappling with finding at least three suspects who may have committed the latest in a string of mass shootings, killing 14 people and injuring 14 more in a California city.
  Police responded just after 2 p.m. Eastern after three suspects dressed in military garb, entered a building called the Inland Regional Center there and opened fire. Officers held an update just before 5 p.m. as they continued to work on the scene to give up
  
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• At least 14 killed, 17 more injured in mass attack in California

  02-12-2015 20:38 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, CA (WIVB) — Police in California are grappling with finding at least three suspects who may have committed the latest in a string of mass shootings, killing 14 people and injuring 14 more in a California city.
  Police responded just after 2 p.m. Eastern after three suspects dressed in military garb, entered a building called the Inland Regional Center there and opened fire. Officers held an update just before 5 p.m. as they continued to work on the scene to give up
  
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• Buffalo woman and son found safe

  02-12-2015 19:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y (WIVB) — Buffalo Police say they found a woman and her son who were reported missing and possibly in danger.
  Martrese Lane, 18, and her son Marneal Robinson, 2, were located and are safe, according to police.
  Buffalo Police said it was possible that they were being held against their will.
  
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• Buffalo PD looking for missing woman and son

  02-12-2015 19:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y (WIVB) — Buffalo Police are looking for help finding a missing, endangered woman and her son.
  Martrese Lane, 18,  is 5’6″, 130 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. Her son, Martrese Lane, 2, also has black hair and brown eyes.
  Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call 911.
  
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• Hamburg Police searching for robbery suspect

  02-12-2015 19:16
  
  Police in the Town of Hamburg are asking for the public's help in catching a robber.        
  
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• What goes into chopping down your own Christmas tree

  02-12-2015 19:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – This is the busy time of year at Andy Kelkenberg’s farm in Akron. On the weekends, they take people out on horse drawn carriages, so they can chop down their own Christmas trees.
  “Once you have a tree, we make you drag it about a 100 feet, over to a main roadway, so you gotta experience the dragging part as well, but it’s only 100 feet,” Kelkenberg described to News 4.
  Despite the hard labor required, Kelkenberg finds that more people are inte
  
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• Business profits outpace NY workers' salaries, report says

  02-12-2015 18:43
  
  Amid the debate on raising the state minimum wage, the Fiscal Policy Institute released an analysis Wednesday that contended business profits per worker increased much more than labor compensation in New York.        
  
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• Local army vet benefits greatly from Food Bank of WNY

  02-12-2015 18:30
  
  Local army vet benefits greatly from Food Bank of WNY        
  
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• Police: Le Roy gunman shot neighbor in the head, set fire

  02-12-2015 18:29
  
  Officials responded to a house fire and possible shooting in Town of Leroy        
  
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• Holley Police officer arrested for stalking

  02-12-2015 18:24
  
  A Holley police officer was arrested by State Police Tuesday for allegedly stalking two victims over a period of time.        
  
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• BP supervisor pleads guilty in 2010 oil spill

  02-12-2015 18:19 via wivb.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A BP supervisor charged in the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of violating the Clean Water Act, and involuntary manslaughter charges have been dismissed.
  Donald Vidrine appeared in federal court Wednesday.
  Vidrine and another defendant, Robert Kaluza, were charged with violating the act and 11 counts of involuntary manslaughter. But earlier Wednesday, prosecutors asked that the manslaughter charges be dropped. The judge a
  
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• Police: Three arrested in botched kidnapping

  02-12-2015 17:13 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — West Seneca Police say three people were arrested in relation to a botched kidnapping stemming from a November incident.
  Willie Cannon, 28, Richard Serrano, 20, and Alicia Galley, 43, are accused of forcing someone into a car at gunpoint on Harlem Road.
  Police say they then drove the victim to Buffalo where a struggle for a gun ensued in the vehicle. Cannon was struck by gunfire inside the vehicle as it was moving, according to police.
  Authorities say t
  
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• Prosecutors ask to drop charges against BP supervisors

  02-12-2015 16:04 via wivb.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charges against two BP supervisors who worked on the rig where 11 workers died in a 2010 explosion.
  If the judge grants the request Wednesday, Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine would face only one count each of violating the clean water act. That charge is a misdemeanor. The court filing doesn’t offer a reason for the request, saying only that dismissing the 11 manslaughter charges against ea
  
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• Ohio boy praised for calling 911, helping crash victim

  02-12-2015 14:13 via wivb.com
  
  SIDNEY, Ohio (WDTN) – A Sidney, Ohio fifth grader is being recognized for his bravery Tuesday.
  Eleven year old Hurley Marrs, was walking to school when he heard a car accident and called 911.
  The Longfellow Elementary student said he heard the crash, ran to the scene, and once he saw what happened he knew it was an emergency.
  Sidney police responded to a woman who crashed her vehicle into a telephone pole around 7:30 this morning.
  Authorities say they had two 911 calls come in, one of them
  
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• Alligator wrestling match interrupts Florida golf game

  02-12-2015 13:53 via wivb.com
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (WFLA) — Two gators engaged in an epic brawl in the middle of a Florida golf course, and it was all caught on camera.
  On Saturday, Lynn Sarels was with friends playing a round at the Myakka Pines golf course when they were suddenly interrupted. Nearby, on the fourth hole, two gators were duking it out.
  “They were rolling around, biting each other, flipping each other, it was amazing,” said Sarels.
  A 12-foot gator, nicknamed “Goliath,” had chased down
  
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• Cake decorated by worker with Autism goes viral

  02-12-2015 13:41 via wivb.com
  
  GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) – Lisa Aldrich didn’t even look at her cake until she was almost to the checkout at the Gaines Township Meijer last weekend. But once she did, she realized it wasn’t your typical cake.
  “After looking, I nervously laughed and headed to checkout – it didn’t really matter to me that it looked so bad – I thought people would think it was funny,” Aldrich wrote in a Nov. 29 post on her Facebook page. “The cashiers at t
  
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• Cabela’s eyeing options, may sell all or part of business

  02-12-2015 13:30 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Cabela’s may be seeking a buyer for all or some of the sports chain.
  The retailer has been under pressure since late October when the investment firm Elliott Management bought a 6 percent stake and pushed for strategic changes from the company, like the potential sale of its credit card unit.
  Shares of Cabela’s Inc. are down 11 percent this year, but they’ve risen more than 18 percent in the last month on speculation of a buyout.
  Cabela’s said Wednes
  
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• Man arrested after law enforcement officers discover Southern Tier meth lab

  02-12-2015 13:27 via wivb.com
  
  DELEVAN N.Y. (WIVB) — Members of the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force and the Wyoming County Drug Task Force say they discovered a meth lab in Delevan.
  The task forces searched a home on Cobb Ave. and charged Jared Wrazen, 22, with 3rd degree unlawful manufacturing of methamphetamine — a felony. More charges are pending.
  Wrazen was jailed in lieu of $75,000 bail.
  The Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force are made up of members of the New York State Police, Cattaraugus Cou
  
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• Senator Funke proposes sales tax holiday for trees

  02-12-2015 12:57 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — Now that it is December, tree farms are expected to be busy this weekend.
  You may see incentive next year to buy a real Christmas tree as State Senator Richard Funke is proposing a sales tax holiday for evergreen products.
  These include trees, natural wreaths and garland sold in New York. The sales tax holiday would run the first weekend of December.
  More than 850 farms grow trees in the state.
  MORE | Learn where you can cut your own Christmas tree here.
  
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• Places to cut your own Christmas tree this year

  02-12-2015 12:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you’re looking to cut down your own Christmas tree this holiday season, here are some places across western New York where you can do so:
  Almeter’s Tree Farm, 2764 Dutch Hollow Rd, Strykersville, NY 14145
  Strykersville Birdhaven Christmas Tree Farm, Warsaw 4327 Wilder Rd, Warsaw, NY 14569 — (585) 786-5081
  Boston Hill Nursery, 7421 Old Lower East Hill Rd, Colden, NY 14033
  Bradt’s, Lewiston 470 Pletcher Rd, Lewiston, NY 14092-1
  
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• The Latest: France backs tougher rules to stop IS looted art

  02-12-2015 12:12 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The latest developments regarding the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq: All times local.
  1:50 p.m.
  France’s finance minister is calling for tougher rules on imports of art works as part of efforts to dry up financing for the Islamic State group.
  Minister Michel Sapin says Wednesday “we perhaps don’t speak enough of financing … by the sale of works of art” of the group. He said that trafficking of art looted by IS isn&rsquo
  
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• Kerry says NATO members ready to step up anti-IS fight

  02-12-2015 11:59 via wivb.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says NATO members stand ready to step up military efforts against the Islamic State.
  Kerry says he asked foreign ministers from the 27 other members of the alliance to do more to strike at IS’ core in Iraq and Syria and strangle its international networks.
  He says several countries are bringing more to the battle or will do soon.
  Speaking Wednesday at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Kerry didn’t outline any new commitments spec
  
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• Police Officer charged with stalking

  02-12-2015 05:20
  
  ALBION, N.Y. - New York State Police have arrested a Village of Holley Police Officer.         
  
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• Red Wings beat Sabres 5-4 in SO on Brad Richards’ goal

  02-12-2015 04:56 via wivb.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Brad Richards scored on Detroit’s third attempt in a shootout and Jack Eichel missed the net on the ensuing chance, allowing the Red Wings to beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 on Tuesday night.
  Justin Abdelkader’s second goal with 6:29 to go in regulation pulled the Red Wings into a 4-all tie after they blew a pair of two-goal leads and a one-goal advantage in the third.
  Evander Kane had his second goal in the opening minute of the third and Zach Bogosian had a go-ahea
  
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• Police search for child who didn’t come home from school

  02-12-2015 04:10 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — After a 13-year-old in the Town of Tonawanda didn’t come home from school, police say they’re looking for him.
  Officers are actively looking for missing 13-year-old Amarion Viverette, a 5’2″, 110 pound middle school student. Police say he was last located leaving middle school at 1 p.m. on Tuesday.
  Police say Viverette was last seen wearing a black fleece jacket, red sweatpants and Adidas sneakers. Anybody with information is as
  
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• About 17 birds captured inside Mass. Walmart

  02-12-2015 03:55 via wivb.com
  
  CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Shoppers pushing their carts down the aisle looking for meat around 7 o’clock Monday night saw a bunch of birds with a carnivorous appetite.
  A video showing the birds pecking at the meat has been spreading on social media. Rhonda Kitchen took the video of the small birds in the meat section of the superstore, and shared it online.
  The birds could be seen flying around, and perching on trays of meat.
  Walmart sent WWLP the following statement regarding the
  
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• Two found shot to death in N. Tonawanda home, investigation continues

  02-12-2015 03:47 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Authorities from both the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office and the North Tonawanda Police Department are investigating two people found shot to death early Tuesday evening inside a Jesella Drive home.
  Officers responded to Jesella Drive early Tuesday evening and remained on the scene until after 10 p.m. News 4 crews on the scene saw a body removed from the home. It was the second of the night, according to neighbors. A press release from N
  
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• Two found shot to death in apparent murder-suicide in N. Tonawanda home, investigation continues

  02-12-2015 03:47 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Authorities from both the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office and the North Tonawanda Police Department are investigating two people found shot to death early Tuesday evening inside a Jesella Drive home.
  Officers responded to Jesella Drive early Tuesday evening and remained on the scene until after 10 p.m. News 4 crews on the scene saw a body removed from the home. It was the second of the night, according to neighbors. A press release from N
  
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• N. Tonawanda Police say two dead in apparent murder-suicide

  02-12-2015 03:47 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Authorities from both the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office and the North Tonawanda Police Department are still investigating after two people were found shot to death early Tuesday evening inside a Jesella Drive home. Late Wednesday morning, North Tonawanda police confirmed the deaths were the result of an apparent murder-suicide.
  Police say they believe a 45-year-old man shot and killed his 37-year-old girlfriend, then shot himself in what aut
  
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• Lawmakers pass Erie County budget with tax rate decrease

  02-12-2015 03:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The budget for 2016 passed unanimously in Erie County, lawmakers announced on Tuesday.
  Amendments include a slightly reduced tax rate in the coming year for the second year in a row. In 2016, the tax rate will dip from $4.99 to $4.96 per thousand of assessed value.
  The spending plan will also protect county services and fund various community programs.
  Poloncarz announced the plan, saying it was a collaboration between Democrats and Republicans in the Legislatur
  
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• Mobile food pantry helps needy wherever they are

  02-12-2015 02:59
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y.-- Mobile food pantries are now getting food to those in need.        
  
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• Man accused of shooting LeRoy man, setting fire is held without bail

  02-12-2015 02:48 via wivb.com
  
  LEROY, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man accused of shooting a neighbor in the head showed little emotion in court Tuesday afternoon. LeRoy man Kyle Johnson, 53, is charged with Second Degree Murder, Burglary, Arson, and Reckless Endangerment, after officials say he entered the home 69-year-old Norman “Don” Ball, and shot him in the head, with a shotgun he owned.
  “The suspect went downstairs to a downstairs bedroom where the victim was sleeping. He shot him with a 12-gag
  
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• Cyber hacker attacks kids’ software putting millions at risk

  02-12-2015 02:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A downloadable software program for children called “Learning Lodge”, marketed by VTech, is the latest target of a massive online hacker attack.
  Learning Lodge can be downloaded onto a number of electronic VTech children’s devices, including tablets, phones, and smart watches.
  VTech reported the security breach took aim at Learning Lodge’s app store database, exposing the names, emails, passwords, and mailing addresses of nearly 5 million adu
  
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• Local cop charged with stalking and official misconduct

  02-12-2015 01:59 via wivb.com
  
  ALBION, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man charged with protecting citizens as an officer of the law in New York State is facing misdemeanor charges.
  New York State Police say they arrested Lloyd H. Christ III, a 54-year-old police officer of the Village of Holley, on Tuesday. They investigated Christ, who lives in Monroe County but works in Orleans County, after they received reports of him harassing and stalking two separate victims over a span of time.
  Officers say they developed the case and bro
  
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• New push for Uber in Buffalo

  02-12-2015 01:13
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y.— Ride sharing service Uber is still making a push to be legal in upstate cities like Buffalo.        
  
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• Canadian developer shows interest in Central Terminal

  02-12-2015 00:46
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. - A Canadian developer is interested in Buffalo's Central Terminal.        
  
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• Police: 4 teens arrested for smashing between 15 to 25 mailboxes

  02-12-2015 00:32 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — An investigation into vandalism in Lewiston led police to arrest and charge four 17-year-olds with fourth degree criminal mischief.
  Officers say the teens smashed up to 25 mailboxes from a moving vehicle with a baseball bat around Garlow and Mt. Hope Roads on Sunday. Officers were able to find a vehicle with the teens inside a short time later.
  Police say as they investigated the teens, they found a pipe containing marijuana residue along with 20 containers of
  
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• Football players need help paying for championship trip

  02-12-2015 00:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- They went undefeated for the season, and won the right to play in the championship.
  The problem is that the American Youth Football Championship is played in Kissimmie, Florida and not all of the players can afford the $350 to make the trip.
  “We need to raise like five to ten thousand dollars within a couple days to get all of these kids there.” said Mark Kramer a spokesman for the Queen City American Youth Football teams. three of those teams had an undefeated
  
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• Buffalo school one of the first to test out Google Expedition Program, explore the world

  02-12-2015 00:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Students at St. Mark School in Buffalo are taking trips around the globe while staying right in their own classroom. They are some of the first students in Western New York to test out the new Google Expedition Program.
  From the Great Barrier Reef to the pyramids in Egypt, the students at St. Mark School have seen it all. This new Google program takes them on a virtual-style field trip that changes the text-book style way of learning.
  It works much like a v
  
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