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• Fans shovel out the Ralph, hope to clean up snow for last home game

  02-01-2016 18:40 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Hundreds of volunteers spent their morning shoveling out Ralph Wilson Stadium.  Crews outside the Ralph brought out big machines to shovel out the stadium. But, inside it was volunteers doing the heavy lifting.
  Ryan Moore from Williamsville said, “It’s a beautiful Saturday morning, I love the Buffalo Bills, and I like to shovel, so here we go! We’re here!”
  Season ticket holders say the first thing they’re going to do
  
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• Twenty people are without a home after a Niagara Falls fire

  02-01-2016 05:31 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB)- Twenty people were forced out of their home Friday night after a boarding house caught fire.
  Mayor Paul Dyster posted pictures on Twitter. He said the fire broke out around 7:19 p.m. on the 2100 block of Niagara Street.
  Everyone was rescued from the building but two people were injured. Mayor Dyster said they “leapt from the upper floor to the adjoining flat roof to facilitate rescue.”
  He told News 4 the Red Cross is assisting the residents.
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• Police make arrest for fire that displaced over 20 people in Niagara Falls

  02-01-2016 05:31 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB)- Police have arrested Jerome Wingfield, 32, for the fire that displaced 20 people in Niagara Falls.
  The Niagara Falls resident has been charged with arson, burglary and reckless endangerment.
  Police say Wingfield unlawfully entered the property at 1967 Niagara St. The boarding house caught fire Friday night around 7:19 p.m. Police told News 4 the fire started in a second floor bedroom in the back of the building.
  Everyone was rescued from the building but two peop
  
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• Police make arrest for fire that displaced 20 people in Niagara Falls

  02-01-2016 05:31 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB)- Police have arrested Jerome Wingfield, 32, for the fire that displaced 20 people in Niagara Falls.
  The Niagara Falls resident has been charged with arson, burglary and reckless endangerment.
  Police say Wingfield unlawfully entered the property at 1967 Niagara St. The boarding house caught fire Friday night around 7:19 p.m. Police told News 4 the fire started in a second floor bedroom in the back of the building.
  Everyone was rescued from the building but two peop
  
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• Police seek help to identify robbery suspect

  02-01-2016 04:51 via wivb.com
  
  SALAMANCA N.Y. (WIVB) —  Police in Salamanca are investigating a robbery at the Rite Aid Pharmacy on Broad Street. It happened Thursday night just before 6 p.m.
  Police say the suspect demanded the cashier give him all the money in the drawer.  If you can help identify the man call police at (716) 945-2330/(716) 945-2331.
   
  
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• Rochester bar owner speaks out about thwarted attack

  02-01-2016 04:35 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Emmanuel Lutchman may have been just days away from walking into this bar in Rochester with a ski mask and machete when he was picked up by federal authorities, who said the 25-year-old was plotting to kill Americans in the name of ISIS.
  The news came as a surprise for people like Robert Downs, of Webster, a patron of Merchants Grill and the nearby bowling alley.
  “I was shocked initially when I saw the picture and I recognized him, seeing him out front of the
  
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• Diet advice that could help you keep your New Year’s resolution

  02-01-2016 01:15 via wivb.com
  
  KNOXVILLE (WATE) – One of the most common New Year’s resolutions is always losing weight. With millions of people trying to make 2016 their healthiest year yet, a local registered dietitian has some good advice for shedding pounds in the new year.
  Knox County, Tennessee Health Department nutritionist Khrysta Baig said the first step to a successful and safe diet is to consult your doctor about making a realistic plan.
  “You want to make it past January with your resolutions and
  
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• Poll: What matters most to voters depends on their party

  02-01-2016 01:09 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – While most polls have focused on who’s leading the Democratic and Republican presidential race, new data also suggests how candidates should tailor their campaigns to better connect with voters in their own party.
  Republican voter concerns
  A Quinnipiac University poll, released before Christmas, asked Republican voters to discuss what issues matter most to them when choosing their GOP nominee.
  The results:Terrorism: 30%Economy: 27%Immigrati
  
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• Bills looking for people to shovel snow from the Ralph

  02-01-2016 00:57 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bills want help shoveling snow from Ralph Wilson Stadium before Sunday’s game against the New York Jets.
  The Bills are asking people to come to the stadium at 8 a.m. Saturday. Shovelers are welcome to shovel snow Saturday and into Sunday if necessary.
  They will be paid $10 per hour.
  
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• Capitol Edge: Republicans pushing symbolic bill to defund Obamacare, PP

  02-01-2016 00:32 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – A bill the President definitely will not let be law, a new special committee, and a lot fewer days on Capitol Hill for Congress.
  Here’s your Capitol Edge:
  Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) promises the first week of 2016 also will be the first time Congress sends a bill to President Obama repealing Obamacare and defunding Planned Parenthood.
  “We’ll finally get a bill to his desk to veto,” Ryan said.
  It will all be symbolic. They do
  
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• First Hispanic mayor in New York sworn in in Dunkirk

  02-01-2016 00:26 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The City of Dunkirk made history Friday with their new mayor.
  Willie Rosas is New York State’s first Hispanic mayor. He beat out AJ Dolce for the position in November.
  Rosas was sworn in today at City Hall.
  
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• Some begin picking up pieces in Missouri after flooding

  02-01-2016 00:15 via wivb.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The worst of the dangerous, deadly winter flood is over in the St. Louis area, leaving residents of several water-logged communities to spend the first day of 2016 assessing damage, cleaning up and figuring out how to bounce back — or in some cases, where to live.
  Farther south, things were getting worse: Record and near-record crest predictions of the Mississippi River and levee breaks threatened homes in rural southern Missouri and Illinois. Two more levees succumb
  
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• Group of teen girls attempt to escape Nashville juvenile facility

  02-01-2016 00:12 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A group of teens reportedly tried to escape a juvenile facility in Donelson, Tennessee on New Year’s Eve.
  It happened at the G4S Academy for Young Women on Stewarts Ferry Pike around 11:00 a.m.
  Police told Media General Contributors a group of teenage girls became upset after they were told they would not be allowed to watch the New Year’s Eve celebrations on television.
  They reportedly became disorderly and began breaking things before attempting
  
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