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• Buffalo Bills cheerleaders, win ruling for better pay wages

  10-01-2016 19:59 via wivb.com
  
  (CNN) – The cheerleaders for the NFL’s Buffalo Bills were given the go ahead with their class action lawsuit against the team demanding better wages.
  The ruling this week by a New York state judge allows “all Buffalo Bills cheerleaders and ambassadors since April 2008” to come together on the suit. Five former cheerleaders had originally brought individual suits against the team.
  The cheerleaders’ lawyer, Christopher Marlborough, told CNNMoney that he is pleased wit
  
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• GALLERY: Most common Powerball numbers

  10-01-2016 19:55 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- With the record-setting Powerball jackpot coming up, we’re breaking down the 10 most commonly drawn Powerball and main draw numbers.
  Smartphone and tablet users, click here to see the numbers. 
  
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• Following dog attack on young Amherst girl, owners say the animal was provoked

  10-01-2016 17:53 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) –  The owners of a dog in Amherst are speaking out after their dog bit a 10-year-old neighbor. The dog, named House, has been taken away and is at risk of being labeled “dangerous.” The owners claim House was provoked.
  The owners’ neighbor, Kristy Heberling said, “Dogs are like your kids. And I just want to make sure he’s safe and he’s given a second chance.”
  On New Years Eve, police say House bit the girl’s hea
  
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• Police investigating fatal shooting in North Tonawanda

  10-01-2016 17:46 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)-  The North Tonawanda Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting in a parking lot at Manhattan and Tremont.
  Police responded to a report of shots fired on Sunday around 1:30 a.m. in a parking lot located one street away from Webster Street.
  Upon arrival officers found two victims had been shot one time each. One male was deceased and the other male was taken to ECMC. Their names are not being released at this time, pending notificati
  
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• Batavia man dies after being hit by car

  10-01-2016 17:19 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Batavia Police Department is investigating a fatal accident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.
  The accident happened at the corner of Main and Bank Streets around 7 p.m. Saturday evening. The pedestrian,Joseph Ogozaly, was transported from the scene of the accident via ambulance to a Mercy Flight landing zone. 58 year-old Ogozaly was then flown to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester where he succumbed to his injuries
  The investigation is on
  
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• First $1 billion-plus Powerball jackpot in history

  10-01-2016 07:52 via wivb.com
  
  Buffalo, N.Y. (WIVB) — Powerball fever is sure to spread between Sunday and Wednesday.
  Early Sunday morning, the Multi-State Lottery Association posted a graphic showing the jackpot for Wednesday, January 13, of $1,300,000,000.It’s the first jackpot of over $1 billion in U.S. history, even though the cash value is $806 million.
  No tickets had all five white ball numbers and the red ball number in Saturday night’s $949 million Powerball drawing.The winning numbers were 16, 19, 3
  
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• Witness: Woman dragged down Buffalo street by SUV

  10-01-2016 05:22
  
  BUFFALO, NY – Two On Your Side had a crew at the scene of an apparent pedestrian-involved accident on Linview Terrace in North Buffalo Saturday night.        
  
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• Mexico: Drug lord located thanks to interview with Sean Penn

  10-01-2016 04:00 via wivb.com
  
   MEXICO CITY (AP) — The recapture of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman took a surprise, Hollywood twist when a Mexican official said security forces located the world’s most-wanted trafficker thanks to a secret interview with U.S. actor Sean Penn.
  Penn’s interview with Guzman, who has twice escaped from Mexican maximum security prisons, appeared late Saturday on the website of Rolling Stone magazine. It was purportedly held at an undisclosed hideout in n
  
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• Magazine says “El Chapo” met with actor Sean Penn

  10-01-2016 04:00 via wivb.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rolling Stone magazine is reporting that Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman met with actor Sean Penn in his hideout in Mexico months before his recapture by Mexican marines in his home state of Sinaloa.
  In an article published late Saturday in the magazine, and authored by Penn, the actor describes the complicated measures he took to meet the legendary drug lord. He discusses topics ranging from drug trafficking to Middle East politics with Guzm
  
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• One suspect is in custody, two escape after Tonawanda bank robbery

  10-01-2016 02:21
  
  Two suspects are on the loose and one is in custody after a bank was robbed Friday, Tonawanda Police are saying.        
  
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• Millions looking to win the Powerball

  10-01-2016 01:52 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Millions of Powerball tickets are being purchased across America. In New York State, more than $3 million worth of tickets are being sold each hour.
  Those big sales brought added another $100 million to the jackpot – totaling it to $900 million.
  “Today’s the first one in going to buy,” said Sue. “I know it’s a long shot but you have to be in it.”
  “I’m buying tickets for myself and my sons just because we
  
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