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• Giants interview former Bills coach Doug Marrone

  09-01-2016 22:01 via wivb.com
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have interviewed former Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone for their head coaching job.The Giants announced Saturday that the current Jacksonville assistant coach met with team president John Mara and general manager Jerry Reese at the Giants’ headquarters.
  He is the fifth person interviewed since Tom Coughlin stepped down Monday. Giants offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo and defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, along with Adam
  
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• Sabres Drop Sixth Straight with 3-1 Loss in Chicago

  09-01-2016 21:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As tough a task as it is to win against the Chicago Blackhawks in the United Center, the Buffalo Sabres had a victory within their grasp, perhaps their first in six tries.
  A Ryan O’Reilly goal with just more than eight minutes to play in the third period put the Sabres on the board and tied the game at 1, after Buffalo had failed to do much of anything offensively for the previous 52 minutes.
  Minutes later, it fell apart, again.
  Chicago’s Phillip Dan
  
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• Experts weigh in on best home security systems

  09-01-2016 20:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Two burglars breaks into a University at Buffalo apartment and its all caught on this surveillance camera. It sets off an alarm, and the burglars flee, leaving the 3 girls inside unharmed. Now, a security expert weighs in on the best options for your family.
  It was scary few moments for the 3 students when two burglars snuck through a window while they were sleeping. But it was their alarm system that saved the day.
  One of the young ladies sleeping in
  
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• Extradition for Mexican drug lord not likely to be swift

  09-01-2016 18:19 via wivb.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say dreams of Hollywood helped them track down and capture the world’s most notorious drug trafficker. Now they face the decision of whether Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman should face a nightmare he’s long tried to avoid: extradition to the United States.Mexico’s leaders avoided talk about extradition following Guzman’s capture Friday, but even if they decided to send him to the U.S., the process likely would not be f
  
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• Powerball jackpot reaches $900 million

  09-01-2016 17:19 via wivb.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)- The Powerball jackpot has increased to $900 million just hours before the drawing.
  The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. EST Saturday.
  Lottery officials say a winner would have the option of being paid $900 million through annual payments over 29 years or opting for a $558 million lump-sum cash payout.
  Sales for the lottery game have skyrocketed since Wednesday, when no one won an estimated $500 million jackpot. Officials say that if no one wins on Saturday, the
  
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• Powerball announces winning numbers for record jackpot

  09-01-2016 17:19 via wivb.com
  
  (AP)- Powerball announced the six winning numbers for the record jackpot of more than $900 million on Saturday, setting off a scramble among hopeful lottery players across the country to check if they held a lucky ticket.The winning numbers — disclosed live on television and online — were 32-16-19-57-34 and the Powerball number 13. All six numbers must be correct to win, although the first five can be in any order. Texas state lottery spokeswoman Kelly Cripe said it wa
  
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• Latest: Powerball jackpot reaches $900 million

  09-01-2016 17:19 via wivb.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)- The Powerball jackpot has increased to $900 million just hours before the drawing.
  The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. EST Saturday.
  Lottery officials say a winner would have the option of being paid $900 million through annual payments over 29 years or opting for a $558 million lump-sum cash payout.
  Sales for the lottery game have skyrocketed since Wednesday, when no one won an estimated $500 million jackpot. Officials say that if no one wins on Saturday, the
  
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• Lower gas prices means less revenue for counties

  09-01-2016 12:08
  
  The low price of gas has been good news for drivers, but it has been bad news for county governments that rely on the revenue from gas taxes to help fund their budgets.        
  
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• Winning ticket in $165 million Mega Millions drawing sold in New York state

  09-01-2016 08:19 via wivb.com
  
  Buffalo, N.Y. (WIVB) — The backup plan isn’t so rich now.
  The other multi-state jackpot drawing, Mega Millions, had a winner Friday night.Someone let the computer pick the winning numbers at a store in Staten Island in the $165 million drawing.
  Had this game had no winner, the combined jackpots for Mega Millions and Powerball would have certainly been close to $1 billion.As of Saturday morning Powerball has a jackpot of $800 million, the richest in U.S. lottery history.
  
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• Major projects show Buffalo’s progression

  09-01-2016 05:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Over the last few years, we’ve seen the progression around the city – with restored buildings and developing the waterfront to the new medical campus, Buffalo is on the up and up.
  “Buffalo has seen quite the renaissance,” said Jessie Fisher, the executive director for Preservation Buffalo Niagara. “What’s most exciting, to me, is that’s actually building on its [Buffalo’s] past and recognizing the great architectur
  
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• Police hunt for suspects after bank robbery

  09-01-2016 04:59 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers are on the hunt for a suspect after a robbery at Evans Bank in the Town of Tonawanda.
  Police responded to the robbery just before 6 p.m. on Niagara Falls Boulevard. Bank employees told officers on scene that two males possessing handguns and wearing ski masks entered the bank and stole an undisclosed amount of cash.
  Further investigation led Town of Tonawanda Police to the “Scottish Inn” Motel loc
  
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• Police hunt for suspect after bank robbery

  09-01-2016 04:59 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers are on the hunt for a suspect after a robbery at Evans Bank in the Town of Tonawanda.
  Police responded to the robbery just before 6 p.m. on Niagara Falls Boulevard. Officers chased down one suspect as they fled the scene, but another remains on the loose.
  Investigation is continuing. News 4 will update this story with the latest details when they become available.
  
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• Controversial CO billboard vandalized

  09-01-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  FOUNTAIN, Colo. — A controversial billboard along I-25 near Fountain was once again at the center of attention.
  The billboard said, “Go ahead and skip church. Be good for goodness sake. Happy Holidays.”
  Now, it’s vandalized.The vandal wrote in red paint, “Gods not dead.”
  American Atheists, who paid for the billboard, said it all happened on Sunday and that it’s sad to see someone do this.
  “My initial reaction when I saw it was vandalized was, &lsqu
  
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• West Seneca worried about future of Children's Psychiatric Center

  09-01-2016 04:29
  
  In West Seneca, two community fights go hand in hand.        
  
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• Colorblind teen sees colors for first time

  09-01-2016 04:29 via wivb.com
  
  CANFIELD, Ohio (WKBN) – A beautiful sunset is something that most people take for granted. They may pause to look at it but go back to their busy lives.
  But for 16-year-old Emily Hrina, a sunset is simply a breath-taking sight. Mostly because the pink, orange and purple hues are something that she has never seen.
  Hrina was born colorblind, but she didn’t find out until she was 13. Thanks to a high school teacher and a special pair of glasses, she can now see those new colors.
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• Caught on video: one of many burglaries near UB

  09-01-2016 04:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- It would be a worst nightmare for many; someone sneaking into your home while you slept.
  That’s exactly what’s been happening not far from the University at Buffalo South Campus, and one of the bold burglaries was caught on surveillance video.
  “He’s slithering in like a snake”, said Buffalo’s University District Council Member Rasheed Wyatt who watched the surveillance video from Thursday morning of a young man slipping in through the win
  
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• Florida couple hog-tied daughter with zip ties, kept her in playhouse, deputies say

  09-01-2016 04:11 via wivb.com
  
  SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Sarasota couple is jailed on felony child abuse charges after deputies say their 12-year-old daughter showed up at a neighbor’s house with her hands zip-tied together and told the neighbor that her parents kept her confined in a playhouse.
  Deputies responded on Dec. 27 to a report of a possible kidnapping after the neighbor called 911 to report a young girl had knocked on his door and told him that her mother and father had bound her with zip ties and abando
  
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• Community group helps to give a ‘Second Chance’ to convicted felons, troubled teens

  09-01-2016 04:06 via wivb.com
  
  JOHNSONVILLE, SC (WBTW) – Last January, a bill to “Ban the Box” was introduced in the House asking that no job application include questions related to convictions of a crime, unless the crime directly related to the applicant’s desired position.
  Supporters of that bill hoped to give convicted felons a second chance and prove themselves to employers.
  One group in Johnsonville is also pushing for that second chance with a new program they hope will better individuals, thei
  
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• Teen makes his own snow, invites friends over to snowboard

  09-01-2016 04:04 via wivb.com
  
  HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A 15-year-old is bringing “Old Man Winter” to his home in Glen Allen.
  When his parents told him they weren’t ready to take him snowboarding, Mason Craven brought snowboarding to the neighborhood.
  While it may look like it at first, it’s not a blizzard in Denver.
  “I’ve developed a snow maker from plans I found online,” Craven told 8News. “I bought all the parts online and have been blowing snow since it’
  
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• Police: Couple ODs in hospital in baby daughter’s hospital room

  09-01-2016 03:36 via wivb.com
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Mary Ann and Wesley Landers posted a social media update earlier this week saying their 7-month-old daughter’s surgery for a congenital throat problem was a success.
  Family members and friends, including Tracey Bice, were both relieved and thrilled.
  Their excitement turned to disbelief on Thursday, when authorities found Mary Ann Landers unconscious from an apparent heroin overdose in the girl’s hospital room at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medic
  
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• Pembroke women’s basketball team raises 10k for cancer research

  09-01-2016 03:24 via wivb.com
  
  CORFU, N.Y. (WIVB) — Over the past four years, the women’s basketball team at Pembroke has used their proficiency in shooting hoops to score a three pointer for cancer research.
  In the four years that the high school students have put on the ‘Shooting For A Cure!’ fundraiser, they’ve raised over $40,000. They didn’t disappoint in 2016, raising just over $10,000 for Roswell Park’s cancer research in one night.
  “The girls on this team are incred
  
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• Call 4 Action clears the air for solar panel project

  09-01-2016 02:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – John Dunkle was thinking “green” energy in more ways than one, by reaping the benefits of roof solar panels.
  On a sunny day, the panels generate enough power to lower your utility bills, and they are a clean renewable source of electricity.
  But the out-of-town contractor John brought in to install the panels told him the city was tying the project up in red tape. So Dunkle brought in Call 4 Action.
  “I just want to put solar panels on my house. That
  
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• Varsity swimmer hadn’t seen pool before September

  09-01-2016 01:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sahal Hussein couldn’t swim just months ago. He hadn’t even seen a swimming pool — an “American pool,” he calls it — before September.
  Friday at practice, Sahal Hussein was diving, performing kick turns and competing for the Lafayette High varsity swim team, a program resurrected by head coach Dave Carter and swim instructor Abigail Reinhardt
  Hussein was like most of Reinhardt’s students.
  “Most of them have never swam b
  
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• Energy Firm Claims Windmills Will Not Impact Niagara Falls Air Base

  09-01-2016 00:47
  
  Apex Clean Energy proposes windfarm in Niagara and Orleans counties        
  
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