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• Late start to snow season is good news for many

  04-12-2015 23:55 via wivb.com
  
  Normally by this point in the season we’ve seen crews out salting and plowing the roads, but for much of Western New York, that hasn’t happened yet. For many who have to deal with the snow though, it’s been good news.
  The Town of Hamburg Highway Department, is even taking advantage of this extra time. “This weather is wonderful,” explains Tom Best, Highway Superintendent of the Town of Hamburg. “It gives us as a highway department the opportunity to
  
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• Arrest made in Purdy Street shooting

  04-12-2015 23:42
  
  A19 year old Buffalo woman is being charged in connection to a fatal shooting on Purdy Street.        
  
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• Canalside illuminates holiday display

  04-12-2015 23:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s the holiday season at Canalside in Buffalo, and things are about to get very pretty.
  Canalside officials have brought in a massive tree to compliment their holiday decorations, and they’ll all be illuminated for the first time just before 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
  Thousands came out to enjoy the illumination, marking a great increase from five years ago when just over 30 people arrived to watch the tree come alive.
  
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• E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle expands, hurts the chain

  04-12-2015 23:02 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An outbreak of E. coli linked to Chipotle has expanded to nine states, with a total of 52 reported illnesses.
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday seven additional people were sickened, including in three more states — Illinois, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The most recent illness started on Nov. 13, it said.
  The majority of the illnesses have been in Oregon and Washington, where cases were initially reported at the end of October. Additional cases
  
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• Niagara County Sheriff's Office locates missing man

  04-12-2015 21:37
  
  The Niagara County Sheriff's Office say they have located a missing North Tonawanda man.        
  
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• Mom, 2-year-old son missing

  04-12-2015 21:35
  
  Buffalo Police need your help in locating a missing, endangered mother and her two-year-old son.        
  
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• LIVE STREAM: San Bernardino officials hold press conference on mass shootings

  04-12-2015 20:03 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) –– San Bernardino officials hold press conference on mass shootings.
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• FBI: Attack in San Bernardino investigated as act of terrorism

  04-12-2015 20:03 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, CA. (AP) — The FBI announced Friday that it is investigating the mass shooting in Southern California as an act of terrorism, while a U.S. law enforcement official revealed that the woman who helped her husband carry out the attack had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and its leader on Facebook under an alias.
  David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, would not elaborate on how the bureau reached that conclusion, citing &ldqu
  
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• Colorado theater shooter ordered to pay $955K in restitution

  04-12-2015 20:00 via wivb.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A judge Friday ordered Colorado theater shooter James Holmes to pay about $955,000 in restitution to the victims of his 2012 movie theater shooting — money the imprisoned mass killer likely will never pay.The order came from District Court Judge Carlos A. Samour, who presided over Holmes’ months long trial. In August, he sentenced Holmes to 12 consecutive life terms without parole plus 3,318 years.
  Holmes murdered 12 people and tried to kill 70 more during a
  
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• Niagara Falls Councilman laid to rest

  04-12-2015 19:55 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Niagara Falls Councilman Robert Anderson, Jr. was laid to rest on Friday, December 4.
  Loved ones gathered at Trinity Baptist Church for the funeral.
  Many lawmakers and members of the community says they’ll miss the 73-year-old’s devotion to service.
  “His life was nothing but serving us, his family, and his community. He really just gave us his all,” Robert Anderson III, the councilman’s son said.
  Anderson served three terms as a co
  
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• Police: Man charged in armed robbery of ATM customer

  04-12-2015 19:44 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Cheektowaga Police have made an arrest in relation to an armed robbery of a Citizens Bank ATM on Transit Road.
  East Aurora resident Michael Johnson, 31, is charged with robbery, criminal use of a firearm, and criminal possession of a weapon.
  Police say Johnson ran up to a 53-year-old woman and displayed a silver handgun before taking the woman’s ATM card and forcing her to reveal her PIN number.
  Police say Johnson’s attempt to get money from the
  
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• Lawmakers call for gun law reform after San Bernardino shooting

  04-12-2015 19:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – As the investigation into Wednesday’s deadly shooting in San Bernardino, California, continues, some of the people who represent us in Washington, D.C., are calling for changes to try to prevent another mass shooting like this in the future.
  Both Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY 26th District) outlined reforms they say are needed during appearances in Western New York on Friday.
  “My hope is that Congress would come to its senses
  
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• Drunk driver sentenced after fatal Buffalo garden accident

  04-12-2015 17:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man who pleaded guilty to driving drunk and killing a Buffalo woman in August has been sentenced to three to nine years behind bars.
  Rickey Mellerson, 54, was sentenced in Erie County Court Friday.
  He admitted to driving in reverse in a parking lot on Girard Place and running over Kimberly Thompson, 46, with his vehicle. Mellerson’s blood alcohol content (BAC) measured out to .20 percent, according to prosecutors.
  Thompson was sitting in a community
  
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• Lawmakers focus on pensions for corrupt politicians

  04-12-2015 17:48 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers say they’ll keep working on efforts to revoke pensions of corrupt politicians after news that ex-Speaker Sheldon Silver could receive as much as $100,000 despite a conviction for taking $4 million in kickbacks.
  Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, is eligible for an annual pension of $85,000 to $98,000 because of his 44 years of public service.
  He formally put in for his pension on Tuesday, the day he was convicted.
  Lawmakers voted in 2011 to withhold
  
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• Wife in California attack pledged allegiance to IS

  04-12-2015 17:12 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The wife of the couple blamed in the deadly California shootings pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and the terror group’s leader on Facebook using an alias then deleted the messages before the attacks, a U.S. law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Friday.
  The remarkable disclosure about the online activities of Tashfeen Malik provided the first significant details suggesting a motive for her participation with her husband, Syed
  
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• Buffalo woman charged in connection to fatal Purdy Street shooting

  04-12-2015 16:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police have arrested and charged Carresian Holloway, 19, of Buffalo in relation to a fatal shooting on Purdy Street.
  Holloway is charged with criminal mischief, criminal possession of a weapon and unauthorized use of a vehicle. Police say she was in the getaway car in connection to the Sunday night shooting.
  Buffalo resident Antwaine Vance, 42, was killed during the shooting and a 24-year-old woman was injured. The woman was hospitalized at ECMC.
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• Bruce Springsteen to perform in Buffalo

  04-12-2015 16:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — First Niagara Center announced Friday morning that Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will be performing in Buffalo.
  “The Boss” will come to First Niagara Center on February 25 as part of “The River Tour.” Tickets for the show go on sale Friday, December 11 at 10 a.m.
  Tickets prices range from $58.50 to $138.50 and will be available online at LiveNation.com, Tickets.com, the First Niagara Center Box Office, or by phone at 1-888-223
  
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• US adds healthy 211K jobs; unemployment steady at low 5 pct.

  04-12-2015 15:55 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy generated another month of solid hiring in November, making it highly likely that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates from record lows this month.
  The Labor Department said Friday that employers added 211,000 jobs, led by big gains in construction and retail. And the government revised up its estimated job growth for September and October by a combined 35,000.
  The unemployment rate remained a low 5 percent for a second straight month. More Ameri
  
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• Gallery: Remembering San Bernardino’s victims

  04-12-2015 15:42 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (LIN Media) — As we learned the victims’ names, the people of San Bernardino, Calif. came together to mourn those who died in the Wednesday, Dec. 2 massacre.
  APP USERS | Tap here to view the gallery.
  
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• San Bernardino: What the numbers reveal

  04-12-2015 15:32 via wivb.com
  
  At least fourteen people died when two shooters sprayed bullets in a San Bernardino social services center Wednesday, December 2, 2015.SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (MEDIA GENERAL) – Information continues to unfold about what happened Wednesday when a husband and wife stormed into a social services center for the disabled in San Bernardino, California and killed 14 people. It was the deadliest shooting in the U.S. since the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in 2012.
  Here’s a look at wha
  
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• Larry Norton hosts final 97 Rock show before retirement

  04-12-2015 15:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local radio legend Larry Norton, host of 97 Rock’s “Norton in the Morning” program, hosts his final show on Friday, December 4.
  Norton announced his retirement in September over the airwaves of both 97 Rock and News 4.
  Norton has been broadcasting for more the 40 years. After retirement, Norton says he plans to focus on charity and his church. During his time in radio, Norton helped raise nearly $3 million for the Make A Wish Foundation.
  Althou
  
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• Newspaper carrier accused of stealing package

  04-12-2015 14:16 via wivb.com
  
  ALBION, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police have arrested a newspaper carrier after they say he stole a package from a mailbox.
  While delivering newspapers, authorities say Middleport resident Thomas Knight, 50, stole an Abercrombie jacket from a mailbox. The jacket was worth $100.
  Knight was charged with petit larceny and issued an appearance ticket for Town of Albion Court.
  
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• Newspaper delivery man accused of stealing package from home

  04-12-2015 13:44
  
  A Niagara County man is accused of stealing a package from a home he was delivering newspapers to.        
  
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• Buffalo Zoo to celebrate polar bear’s birthday

  04-12-2015 13:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Zoo will be commemorating Luna the polar bear’s birthday with special events on Saturday, December 5.
  Luna was born at the zoo November 27, 2012. A local animal celebrity, she was raised by the zoo’s veterinary technician and keeper staff.
  Two polar bears call the Zoo’s Arctic Edge exhibit home. The exhibit opened in September of 2015.
  The Zoo holds Zooper Saturday events on the first Saturday of every month. Any
  
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• Bills to honor South Park Sparks Sunday

  04-12-2015 13:34 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The South Park High School football team will receive a special recognition by the Buffalo Bills this Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
  The Sparks were declared state champions last Friday after a win against Poughkeepsie’s Our Lady of Lourdes. The team is the first Buffalo public school to win a state championship.
  Sparks quarterback Tyree Brown is up for the Connolly Cup, an award given to the best western New York football player. The banqu
  
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• Teen witnesses two major shootings in a month

  04-12-2015 12:32 via wivb.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A teenage girl in Colorado Springs said she was trapped inside King Soopers during the shooting on Black Friday in Colorado Springs and it was an all too familiar feeling after witnessing the shooting spree downtown only a month earlier.
  “It was scary because I could have been one of the people who was shot,” said Miranda Shilter, a high school senior.
  Shilter said the day of the Halloween shooting it started out as a typical day, but it quickly change
  
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• Citing shootings, NY sheriff urges citizens to carry guns

  04-12-2015 12:17 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York sheriff is urging residents of his county who are licensed gun owners to arm themselves when they leave home, citing recent mass shootings in the United States and Paris.
  “I urge you to responsibly take advantage of your legal right to carry a firearm,” Ulster County Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum, a Democrat, wrote on the department’s Facebook page less than 24 hours after 14 people were shot dead in San Bernardino, California.
  The post
  
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• Manager: Ex-Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland dead at 48

  04-12-2015 11:12 via wivb.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Scott Weiland, the former frontman for the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died. He was 48.
  The singer’s manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed the death to The Associated Press early Friday morning. Vitorino said he learned of Weiland’s death from his tour manager. He did not provide further details but referenced a statement on Weiland’s Facebook page.
  The statement said Weiland, who was dogged by substance abuse problems throughout
  
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• Preparing for the 2018 World Juniors

  04-12-2015 05:40
  
  The World Junior Championship is coming back to Buffalo in 2018.        
  
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• Fatal crash slows traffic on thruway

  04-12-2015 05:21 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A fatal crash involving a tractor trailer and two other passenger vehicles on I-90 backed up traffic for hours Thursday.
  The crash happened near exit 50A along the thruway. A semi truck appearing to be traveling westbound crossed over the median into the eastbound lanes as this crash happened. Police are releasing few details as of yet; they were on scene for hours Thursday afternoon into the late evening working on scene reconstruction and clearing the area
  
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• Marine rescues couple from burning car

  04-12-2015 04:34 via wivb.com
  
  CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (WRIC) — A couple had something extra special to be thankful for last week after they were rescued from a burning vehicle on Interstate 95 by a Marine just one day before Thanksgiving.
  Sgt. Ian Rivera left Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune around 1 p.m. that day. He was driving north on I-95 to spend Thanksgiving with family in Caroline County.
  About three hours into Sgt. Rivera’s drive, a four-vehicle accident happened four miles south of Roa
  
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• Police: 5 students detained for plotting to attack school

  04-12-2015 04:31 via wivb.com
  
  CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Five fifth-graders in northern New Jersey were suspended after they were detained by police for allegedly plotting to attack a high school during a field trip.
  The students from School 11 in Clifton were detained on Wednesday.
  They brought a device allegedly filled with vinegar and cinnamon to school and were planning to use it during a field trip to Clifton High School, police said.
  The device was later determined to be non-explosive, but Detective Sgt. Robert Bracken
  
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• Fake mailman caught trying to steal packages

  04-12-2015 04:26 via wivb.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Police in Massachusetts chased a man dressed in a postal delivery person’s uniform who was caught making a “reverse delivery” in East Forest Park Thursday morning.
  Springfield Police Sgt. John Delaney said a Burnside Street resident saw a man wearing a postal worker’s outfit taking a package from his front porch on Burnside Terrace at about 9:45 a.m. Thursday.
  “The resident chased the suspect, and encountered an “ext
  
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• Community Colleges to be armed in CT

  04-12-2015 04:18 via wivb.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut, recent shootings around the country prompted a vote Thursday to arm the security forces at the state’s 12 community college campuses.
  All the big universities, like Yale and UConn have their own professional police force, but big community colleges like Gateway in New Haven and Capitol in Hartford do not.
  There are more than 50,000 students enrolled this year at the 12 campus Connecticut Community College system. 6,0
  
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• The stories of some slain in San Bernardino attack

  04-12-2015 04:15 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, CA (AP) — After a coroner released the full list of the 14 people slain in an attack on a social services center, some family came forward to share their stories.
  BENNETTA BETBADAL, 46
  She was born in Iran in 1969 and came to the United States at age 18 to escape the persecution of Christians after the Iranian Revolution, according to a family statement on a fundraising account set up in her name.
  Her cousin, Melani Betbadal, referred reporters to the statement and dec
  
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• USPS to deliver on Sundays through December

  04-12-2015 04:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As the holidays get closer, the frequency with which packages are sent will skyrocket. That’s prompted the postal service to start delivering every day of the week.
  Yes, postal carriers will even deliver the mail on Sunday across the region, specifically in larger cities with higher concentration of mail and packages. Those carriers will ship out roughly 15.5 billion packages and letters from Thanksgiving to New Years Day, with roughly 8 million packages f
  
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• Online donations on Giving Tuesday jump by over $10 million

  04-12-2015 03:57 via wivb.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A technology company that tracks online giving says donations on Giving Tuesday exceeded last year’s day of generosity by more than $10 million.
  Blackbaud, Inc. recorded $39.6 million in online donations Tuesday and gave only a bit of the credit to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s big philanthropic announcement Tuesday.
  Zuckerberg and his wife announced that they would be donating 99 percent of their Facebook shares to charity.
  The Charleston, South Carolina, compa
  
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• Two arrested after police find 52 bags of heroin in home with 2 small children

  04-12-2015 03:54 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — A raid on a home in Jamestown resulted in the removal of two small children and the arrest of two women on drug charges.
  Officers say they raided a home on North Main Street after they learned the home has been involved in illegal drug trafficking. Police said they entered the home on Thursday with the help of SWAT and found 52 bags of heroin inside that were packaged for sale.
  Along with the heroin, police say they found two small children inside the home, pr
  
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• Gallery: Fatal crash forces Thruway traffic to a crawl

  04-12-2015 02:38 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Traffic all but halted as three vehicles collided, spilling into the lanes of both the east and westbound Thruway in Cheektowaga.
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• New wave of immigrants offsets Buffalo residents moving out

  04-12-2015 01:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Local civic and government leaders have teamed up to help ease the transition of Western New York’s growing immigrant population from their native lands to their new homes.
  The project is called the Western New York Muslim and Immigrant Community Family Court Collaborative, and one of the pioneers discussed the collaborative on her home turf—a courtroom that often serves as a “welcome wagon” for newcomers from other lands.Family Court Judge L
  
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• Snow-fighting improvements outlined in report

  04-12-2015 01:26
  
  Programs being undertaken to better clear sidewalks, streets, and improve parking during snow season        
  
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• Coroner releases the names of the 14 victims of the San Bernardino shooting

  04-12-2015 01:24 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, CA (WIVB) — The San Bernardino County Coroner has released the names of the 14 people shot to death in a mass shooting there Wednesday.
  “The Coroner Division completed their on-scene investigation early this morning and then began the process of making notification to the families of each victim. At 3:30 p.m. the family notifications were completed,” the Coroner said in a release.
  Officials in San Bernardino described the scene as a horrific murder.
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• Coldplay to headline Super Bowl halftime show

  04-12-2015 00:22 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coldplay is headlining the Super Bowl halftime show.
  The British rock band, which is releasing a new album Friday, will perform during halftime of the Super Bowl, according to a person familiar with the production who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter. Super Bowl 50 is set for Feb. 7 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
  The NFL is due to announce the halftime performer Thursday night during the prime-time matchup be
  
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• In case of attack: Run, hide, fight

  04-12-2015 00:20 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s long since taught, especially at an early age, how to respond to fires: Stop, drop and roll.But as adults, in the wake of mass killings like yesterday in southern California, authorities say you should think about different principles. Have a plan. And if necessary, Run. Hide. Fight.
  And in today’s world, security experts say businesses can’t afford to do nothing.
  Wednesday’s mass killing inside San Bernardino’s Regional Inl
  
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