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• Man shot multiple times on Plymouth Avenue

  07-01-2016 23:32
  
  A man in his early 30s was shot multiple times in the leg area Thursday afternoon on Plymouth Avenue        
  
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• Loughran named Democratic caucus leader in legislature

  07-01-2016 22:40
  
  On Thursday,Thomas A. Loughran (Amherst) was named leader of the legislature’s Democratic caucus.        
  
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• Man shot multiple times on Buffalo’s west side in broad daylight

  07-01-2016 22:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers are investigating a shooting in broad daylight that left a local man with multiple gunshot wounds.
  Buffalo Police responded to the 300 block of Plymouth Avenue just after 1 p.m. on Thursday after hearing reports of gunfire. When officers arrived to the scene, they found a man in his 30’s suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in his legs.
  First responders on the scene rushed the man to the Erie County Medical Center with non-life threatening injur
  
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• US stocks have worst opening in decades on new China woes

  07-01-2016 22:08 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks were headed for their worst day in three months on Thursday on spreading fears about the health of China’s economy. Technology and financial companies were among the hardest hit.
  China’s stock market slipped about 7 percent Thursday after the yuan fell to its lowest level against the dollar since March 2011. Trading in China was automatically suspended as a result. That set off another slump in Asian and European stocks.
  The Dow Jones industrial aver
  
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• Students safe at Niagara Wheatfield HS; police investigate ammunition found in parking lot

  07-01-2016 21:52 via wivb.com
  
  SANBORN, N.Y. (WIVB) — A lockdown has been lifted at the Niagara Wheatfield High School after police responded to the school just before 3 p.m.
  Officers responded to a phone call from school administration at roughly 2:40 p.m., prompting what Superintendent of Schools Daniel Ljijanich described as a lock out, under which students shelter together and nobody is allowed outside of the building.
  A majority of students weren’t in the school at the time, as class let o
  
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• Missouri man reveals $2 million lottery win on Christmas Day

  07-01-2016 21:16 via wivb.com
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A northwest Missouri man held on to a secret for three weeks to give his wife the Christmas surprise of a lifetime.
  Robert Bowlin, of Platte City, won a Missouri Lotto jackpot in early December, splitting a $4 million prize with another person who matched all six numbers.
  Bowlin is a retired operating engineer from Platte City. He discovered he had won Dec. 3. He notified a financial adviser and a CPA, but otherwise didn’t tell anyone until Christmas, when
  
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• Grenade that cleared courthouse was gag gift for new sheriff

  07-01-2016 20:50 via wivb.com
  
  BEAVER, Pa. (AP) — A grenade that led authorities to evacuate a Pennsylvania county courthouse was a gag gift intended for the newly elected sheriff.
  Instead, Beaver County Sheriff Tony Guy ordered the evacuation as a precaution after the box was X-rayed as part of Wednesday’s incoming mail.
  Authorities say the sender is friends with the sheriff and had clearly labeled the box with his return address. District Attorney David Lozier says the man was upset that the gift caused such pro
  
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• Former Erie County DA, State Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dillon dies

  07-01-2016 20:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Former Erie County District Attorney and State Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dillon has died after a battle with an illness.
  A well-respected former of the justice community, Dillon died at 65-years-old from a battle with Parkinson’s Disease. His colleagues called his death regrettable.
  Erie County County Executive Mark Poloncarz called Dillon, “ethically beyond reproach.” Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael Flaherty also announced his c
  
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• Notre Dame Academy teacher accused of sexual misconduct

  07-01-2016 19:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A teacher at Notre Dame Academy in Buffalo has been indicted on a charge of sexual misconduct.
  The indictment against Mary Rose Brandy relates to an alleged incident from 2009 involving a former student. The alleged misconduct did not happen while the student was at Notre Dame Academy, according to the Diocese of Buffalo.
  Brandy has been placed on administrative leave as investigation into the alleged incident continues.
  
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• Financial resolutions

  07-01-2016 18:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Whether your near retirement or starting out in your career, financial expert, Terrence McKelvey said it’s important to write down your financial plan first.
  “You always need to know where you’re starting from. What your budget is. You really need to put everything down on paper first,” said McKelvey, a CFP and senior vice president of investments at The Mutual Fund.
  When you’re searching for a financial planner, McKelvey said you should
  
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• Experts chime in on keeping financial resolutions in tact

  07-01-2016 18:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Whether your near retirement or starting out in your career, financial expert, Terrence McKelvey said it’s important to write down your financial plan first.
  “You always need to know where you’re starting from. What your budget is. You really need to put everything down on paper first,” said McKelvey, a CFP and senior vice president of investments at The Mutual Fund.
  When you’re searching for a financial planner, McKelvey said you should
  
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• Former NY Chief Judge Kaye passes away

  07-01-2016 18:44 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — Former New York Chief Judge Judith Kaye died Wednesday night.
  Kaye was the first woman Judge and Chief Judge in the New York Court of Appeal’s history and served for more than 25 years.
  “She stood for justice and equality for all people, and embodied the spirit of integrity in public service like none other,” said Governor Andrew Cuomo. “Chief Judge Kaye’s passing is a true loss to our state, and I have no doubt that her legacy will
  
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• Time Warner Cable Data Breach

  07-01-2016 15:34
  
  The company says up to 320,000 customers may have had their email addresses and passwords stolen.        
  
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• $1 million Powerball ticket purchased in Fredonia

  07-01-2016 14:48 via wivb.com
  
  FREDONIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officials with New York State Lottery say a $1 million ticket was purchased at the Fredonia Food Mart.
  Five out of five numbers on Amy McGavis’ ticket matched the January 6 drawing, but the Powerball number did not.
  Fredonia Food Mart is a family business that has been around since 1978. Olympian Jenn Suhr is the daughter of store owner Mark Stuczynski.
  The Powerball jackpot, which was not won in the Wednesday drawing, will have an estimated jackpot of $6
  
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• Arson strikes vacant East Side house Thursday morning

  07-01-2016 12:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Firefighters responded to what they call a “stubborn” arson at a vacant house on Buffalo’s East Side early Thursday morning.
  The fire was reported on Wilson Street near Sycamore and Genesee Streets. The house was fully engulfed in flames by the time fire officials arrived at the scene.
  Officials say the blaze started in the rear of the house, and was clearly intentionally set.
  “It was boarded up,” said Fire Battalion
  
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• 17 miners rescued from salt mine near Ithaca

  07-01-2016 11:42 via wivb.com
  
  LANSING, N.Y. (AP) — Seventeen miners stuck 900 feet underground at the deepest salt mine in the Western Hemisphere were rescued Thursday morning, ending an ordeal that officials said began about 10 hours earlier when an elevator got stuck on its way to the mine’s floor.
  Mark Klein, a spokesman for Cargill Inc., said the last two miners  were hoisted to the surface at the central New York mine around 8:30 a.m.
  Klein said the elevator — large enough to accommodate
  
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• 12 miners rescued, 5 still trapped in salt mine near Ithaca

  07-01-2016 11:42 via wivb.com
  
  LANSING, N.Y. (AP) — Five miners are still stuck in an elevator 775 feet underground at a central New York salt mine near Ithaca and emergency crews are working on a rescue. 12 have been rescued and are being evaluated by medical personnel.
  Emergency management officials say rescue equipment is on the scene and the miners aren’t in danger.
  Tompkins County Emergency Management officials say the miners have been trapped since late Wednesday night around 10:30 p.m. at the Carg
  
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• Powerball jackpot climbs to estimated $700M

  07-01-2016 09:13 via wivb.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A lottery official says the estimated prize for this weekend’s Powerball drawing is the largest jackpot of any lottery game in U.S. history.
  Texas Lottery spokeswoman Kelly Cripe says Saturday’s drawing will be worth about $700 million. That’s because no one matched the numbers drawn for Wednesday night’s estimated $500 million jackpot.
  The previous record was a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot won in March 2012.
  Powerball is played in 44 s
  
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• Powerball jackpot climbs to estimated $675M

  07-01-2016 09:13 via wivb.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A lottery official says the estimated prize for this weekend’s Powerball drawing is the largest jackpot of any lottery game in U.S. history.
  Texas Lottery spokeswoman Kelly Cripe says Saturday’s drawing will be worth about $675 million. That’s because no one matched the numbers drawn for Wednesday night’s estimated $500 million jackpot.
  The previous record was a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot won in March 2012.
  Powerball is played in 44 s
  
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• Julius Hodge dishes life lessons at U-B

  07-01-2016 05:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- JULIUS HODGE WAS A COLLEGE BASKETBALL STAR AND AN NBA 1ST ROUND DRAFT PICK, BUT HE WAS ALSO THE VICTIM OF A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING. HE’S NOW BRINGING THOSE LESSONS TO THE U-B BASKETBALL TEAM.
  
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• Survey raises concerns over SUNY school safety

  07-01-2016 05:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A survey ranking universities across the nation is causing some to question safety at the public universities in Buffalo.
  Buffalo State College and the University at Buffalo both received marks in the C-range for safety.
  “It’s from the top down that we take safety very seriously,” said Peter Carey, the police chief for Buffalo State College’s University Police department. “We’ve, for a long time, operated at that high level bu
  
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• Winning Powerball numbers drawn

  07-01-2016 05:17 via wivb.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were:
  02-11-47-62-63, Powerball: 17, Power Play: 3
  Tickets sold so quickly that the historic jackpot skyrocketed to $500 million just before the drawing.
  It’s not yet known if there was a winner, but if there are multiple, the prize will be divvied up between the lucky ticket holders.
  Winners are able to decide between a lump sum of roughly $300 million before taxes or a 30 year
  
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• Oregon woman’s road rage video goes viral

  07-01-2016 04:35 via wivb.com
  
  BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — A Beaverton woman had racial slurs directed at her Tuesday during a road rage incident and video of the incident has gone viral.
  Susan Khalaf says the incident began near the corner of SW 170th and TV Highway. The two continued to drive down the street together for several blocks until Khalaf had the presence of mind to start recording.
  She recorded the outbursts through her passenger window during rush hour traffic. She says the incident seemed to start as road ra
  
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• Tractor-trailer driver survives plunge over bridge-tunnel

  07-01-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE-TUNNEL, Va. (WAVY) — A tractor-trailer driver is on the mend after he reportedly went overboard at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
  According to officials, it happened southbound at mile post 14, shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday.
  CBBT Police Chief Edward Spencer said the driver had been trying to pass a slower-moving tractor-trailer driver when he lost control, crashed into the side of the bridge and plunged into the bay. No other vehicle was involved and no
  
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• Amherst warns of overdose spikes in town hall meeting

  07-01-2016 04:21 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — At a town hall meeting in Amherst prescription drug addiction took center stage on Wednesday night.
  Police, counselors and more talked about the high number of overdoses and deaths, and how to curb the epidemic.
  In 2014, police say five people died from heroin overdoses, but in 2015, police say that number shot to 17.
  “It affects teens, young adults, adults from all backgrounds,” Amherst Officer Greg Trotter said. “Every walk of life; heroin an
  
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• Kodak cuts 50 positions at Rochester facility

  07-01-2016 04:04 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — A company known internationally is shrinking its workforce amid economic woes.
  Kodak announced to its employees on Monday that 50 research and development jobs would be eliminated in Rochester.
  Officials say the company is shifting its focus to different technologies and will no longer need experts in certain fields.
  The film company has had a hard time adjusting to an increasingly paperless world, however it may be finding its stride with the help of the movi
  
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• UN pledges to pursue new sanctions against North Korea

  07-01-2016 03:57 via wivb.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council pledged Wednesday to swiftly pursue new sanctions against North Korea, strongly condemning its latest nuclear test as a “clear violation” of previous U.N. resolutions.
  The sanctions would be the fifth round imposed on North Korea since the country’s first nuclear test in 2006. The sanctions are aimed at reining in the North’s nuclear and missile development, but Pyongyang has ignored them and moved ahead with prog
  
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• Trader Joe’s gets hit with lawsuit over under-filled tuna cans

  07-01-2016 03:42 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Trader Joe’s is being sued for under-filling its cans of tuna.
  A class action lawsuit has been filed in Manhattan’s Federal Court against Trader Joe’s claiming the grocery store’s 5 ounce tuna cans only contain 3 ounces of tuna.
  Tests by a U.S. government lab found that nearly every can was under-filled. It’s a violation of the federally mandated minimum standard.
  A spokesperson for Trader Joe’s, which has about 400 stores acros
  
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• Police link rollover accident in Niagara Falls to alcohol

  07-01-2016 03:08 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Investigation into an accident on the Robert Moses Parkway led police to link the rollover to the consumption of alcohol.
  New York State Police who responded to the scene say they arrived as Niagara Falls Fire Department Firefighters freed Brett D. Bersani, 47, from the vehicle. Officers say they took to the investigation as Bersani was treated for a head injury.
  Police say they learned Bersani drove his car off the road to the north, then struck a curb be
  
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• Boston Clerk accuses Council of attempted takeover

  07-01-2016 02:05 via wivb.com
  
  BOSTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — A political drama is unfolding in the Town of Boston, pitting the town clerk against the town council.
  Town Clerk Jennifer Mule has accused the board of trying to take over her office, and State Police were even summoned to Boston Town Hall to remove her deputy clerks from Mule’s office.
  The town clerk and council members are all elected officeholders, but it was the board that called State Police, on Monday, and troopers spent about two hours at town hall keep
  
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• Local dispensaries say they’re ready for launch of medical marijuana program

  07-01-2016 01:07 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB)- The new medical marijuana program in New York State is set to begin on Thursday. About 50 doctors across the state have already registered for the program, according to the State Department of Health. There will be 20 regulated dispensaries throughout the state.
  Last minute touches were underway Wednesday at 52 South Union Road in Williamsville, as Bloomfield Industries prepared to open its medical marijuana dispensary the next day.
  About 20 minutes away, the state sai
  
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• Cheektowaga man arrested on child pornography charges

  07-01-2016 01:02 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A lengthy investigation conducted by a coalition of law enforcers led to the arrest of a Cheektowaga man on child pornography charges.
  Officers arrested Alexander Burton Blake, 25, after police say they located a USB drive with over 3,000 stills and 23 videos of child porn saved. The images, police said, contained prepubescent children and depictions of violence.
  Police say their investigation began when an undercover FBI agent downloaded child porn from Bla
  
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• U.S. Attorney talks recent ISIS threats in WNY

  07-01-2016 00:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Western New York saw several ISIS-related cases in 2015.
  Emanuel Lutchman is accused of planning to attack people at a restaurant in Rochester after pledging his membership to the group; he was arrested New Year’s Eve.
  Mufid Elfgee admitted to trying to recruit people to fight for ISIS, and Arafat Nagi of Lackawanna is accused of supporting the terror group.
  Lutchman’s arrest sparked a lot of questions for U.S. Attorney William Hochul Wednesday.
  Prior to Ne
  
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• Tonawanda Coke employee killed in industrial accident

  07-01-2016 00:10
  
  An employee at Tonawanda Coke has died following an industrial accident.        
  
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• Cuomo proposes Thruway toll freeze, $22B for roads

  07-01-2016 00:08
  
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he wants to put $22 billion toward upstate's aging roads and bridges.        
  
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