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• Google brings virtual tours of WNY businesses

  29-01-2016 23:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) – A photographer from Google was in town today taking pictures of several Buffalo Niagara Partnership businesses to create a virtual online tour.
  This service, facilitated through the Buffalo Niagara Partnership helps enhance local businesses by being able to show consumers the inside view of their operation. The photographer used a special camera to take the photographs that will create a 360 degree panorama. You may have used google street view before, it&rsq
  
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• Police: Massive Wisconsin cheese heist part of organized crime

  29-01-2016 23:37 via wivb.com
  
  Marshfield Police believe the theft of thousands of pounds of cheese from a facility in the city is part of an organized criminal operation.
  Grand Chute police recovered some of the $160,000 worth of cheese stolen in two heists earlier this month.
  Marshfield Police say they received a tip Thursday morning that the stolen Le Sueur Parmesan cheese was being stored at a facility in Grand Chute.The Grand Chute Police Department recovered the entire shipment of 41,000 pounds of Parmesan che
  
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• Inmate inside Indiana courthouse jumps from upper level

  29-01-2016 23:25 via wivb.com
  
  VIGO COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI) – An inmate inside the Vigo County, Indiana Courthouse jumped from an upper-level floor Friday morning.
  A WTHI news crew was at the courthouse when they report they heard a female scream and then saw the male inmate on the floor of the main level. Our crew was on the fourth floor of the courthouse and they were told the male inmate jumped from the third floor.
  “You know when someone made that decision to jump over that railing, obviously it was something
  
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• Man, 41, found murdered in his Niagara Falls home

  29-01-2016 23:10 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A death on Michigan Avenue in Niagara Falls is now being called a homicide by police after autopsy results issued.
  Niagara Falls Police say they located a dead body Thursday morning as they checked on a Michigan Avenue home, originally considering it an unattended death. The man, now identified as 41-year-old Duane Price, had been reported as missing on Wednesday night.
  Detectives who began their investigation say they soon came to the conclusion that
  
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• Parents urged to revisit “stranger danger” after three WNY students suspiciously approached

  29-01-2016 22:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local police are urging parents to sit down with students to revisit safety tips after three suspicious incidents in a similar span of time.
  Police locally are investigating a handful of situations in which a stranger approached a student in a vehicle or on foot, prompting a suspicious incident. Officers in Amherst are investigating two, and police in Kenmore and the Town of Tonawanda are investigating another.
  Town of Amherst Police say they received two report
  
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• Lawmaker pushes for less regulation of craft brewers

  29-01-2016 22:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Congressman Chris Collins stopped by 42 North Brewing Company Friday to promote a bill aimed at helping the little guy in the beer game.
  The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act would, in short, take the heat of the FDA off small operations like 42 North.
  Right now the FDA is implementing requirements for more calorie counts on beer, which means testing that many small breweries claim they can’t afford.
  Collins said having to repeat the tests seasonall
  
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• Biden joins Cuomo’s call for more paid family leave in NY

  29-01-2016 21:53 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Joseph Biden is joining Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call for an expansion of paid family leave in New York state.
  Biden and Cuomo, both Democrats, appeared together at a rally in Manhattan on Friday.
  Cuomo aims to install a 12-week paid family leave program for workers statewide. That would be the most generous state program in the nation.
  The leave could be used for childbirth, adoption or to care for a sick or dying relative.
  Both men spoke emotionally about
  
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• Locals become millionaires after receiving over-sized checks from NY Lottery

  29-01-2016 21:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two western New Yorkers made out like bandits, million-dollar checks in hand after the New York State Lottery officially recognized their lottery wins.
  Both 59-year-old Maryann Nowak of Cheektowaga and 82-year-old Amy McGavis of Dunkirk received their prizes from their respective lottery wins, as the region gained two new millionaires.
  Yes, taxes take away from the prize, but the two now have millionaire checks to prove they won. Nowak won $1 million on a l
  
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• North Carolina man who survived brain tumor gets Super Bowl trip to see Panthers

  29-01-2016 19:48 via wivb.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A North Carolina man who has survived a brain tumor is heading to the Super Bowl to root on the Carolina Panthers.
  The Fill Your Bucket List Foundation, a Cary-based non-profit organization that grants wishes to adults with cancer, is sending Grant Lafoon, 26, to Super Bowl 50 to watch the Panthers play the Denver Broncos.
  It’s the first wish the foundation is granting in 2016.
  Lafoon, a Panthers fan since the team began in 1995, was diagnosed with a brain tum
  
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• NBA star Steph Curry’s Super Bowl 50 prediction

  29-01-2016 19:43 via wivb.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – Golden State Warriors super star Steph Curry has made his Super Bowl 50 prediction. No surprise he is picking with his heart, and maybe his head.
  Curry is going with the Carolina Panthers. During a news conference for the Warriors new arena, Curry said Cam and company will win 24-17.
  Media General Contributor KRON4’s Will Tran was at the event, here is what he tweeted:
  New-at news conf, panthers fan curry predicts 24-17 panthers over broncos Super Bowl 50 @kr
  
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• Celebrities are going to be huge in Super Bowl ads

  29-01-2016 19:36 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Big Game is more than a week away, but Super Bowl advertisers are already out in force online, playing up celebrity cameos to drive buzz for their brands.
  First-time advertiser Amazon on Wednesday teased its ad with Alec Baldwin. On Thursday, Hyundai revealed that Kevin Hart and Ryan Reynolds will be in ads showcasing Genesis and Elantra sedans. Skittles will have Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler promote the candy. Bud Light is creating its own fake political party with
  
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• PHOTOS: Super Bowl halftime shows

  29-01-2016 19:32 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — A look back a 23 years of Super Bowl halftime shows.
  APP USERS | Tap here to view the gallery.
  
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• Buffalo school principal pleads guilty to insurance fraud

  29-01-2016 19:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A principal at a Buffalo school has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor insurance fraud.
  Parette Walker, 53, serves as principal at Olmsted School 64. The Erie County District Attorney’s Office says Walker committed fraud by collecting disability benefits that she was not entitled to. She has since repaid funds collected from First Unum Life Insurance Company.
  Walker has been placed on paid administrative leave as part of a school district policy, pending the ou
  
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• Police: Teen girl approached by man in car in Snyder

  29-01-2016 19:00 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amherst Police say a 14-year-old girl reported being approached by a man in Snyder who tried to coax her into his car Thursday afternoon.
  Police say the man was driving a dark blue mid-sized car. Authorities have since put extra patrols in the area.
  Anyone wishing to report suspicious activity in Amherst is asked to call police at 689-1311.
  
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• Half Broadway show, half circus

  29-01-2016 18:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – How do you freshen up a beloved old show for an all new audience? Add a bunch of acrobats! That was the formula for the Pippin revival that brought the Stephen Schwartz musical back to Broadway in 2013. It won four Tony Awards that year, and is now on tour, rolling into Shea’s Performing Arts Center for the weekend.
  “There’s this kind of an extended metaphor over this entire show that is a circus,” Brian Flores, who plays the title role, told
  
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• Sheriff: Thieves steal air guns, laptops and more from Clarence Walmart

  29-01-2016 17:16 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two people accused of stealing from the Clarence Walmart were apprehended by Erie County Sheriff’s deputies Thursday.
  Deputies say store personnel called them about an ongoing theft from the store around 9 a.m. Witnesses say they saw Buffalo residents Lawrence Fisher, 33, and O’Neil Maldonado, 31, leave the store with a cart full of merchandise before putting the items in a vehicle and leaving.
  Deputies and Buffalo Police were gi
  
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• Police, Sheriff looking for West Seneca robbery suspects

  29-01-2016 16:49 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y (WIVB) — A man with a history of dangerous actions and one other woman are wanted by both the Erie County Sheriff’s Office and West Seneca Police.
  Authorities say Kenneth John, 40, and Shally Seneca, 22, robbed the Stop and Gas store on Clinton Street in West Seneca back in October. Police say they entered the cashier booth with what they believe was a gun and pushed the attendant to the ground.
  After this, police say John and Seneca took cash from the register
  
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• Homicide investigation starts after man’s body found in Niagara Falls home

  29-01-2016 16:10 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve started a homicide investigation after a man’s body was found in a Niagara Falls home.
  Police say they were called to a home on Michigan Avenue late Thursday morning after receiving a report that a body of a man had been found inside. Officials say he was the victim of a homicide.
  Authorities say the man had been reported missing by his girlfriend earlier this week.
  No other details, the man’s name or the c
  
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• Crimestoppers offering up to $1,000 for suspect in stolen property incident

  29-01-2016 15:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Law enforcement officers are looking for a man suspected of possessing stolen property related to an August incident on Sirret Street in Buffalo.
  Crimestoppers is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of Elvin Santiago.
  Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 867-6161.
  
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• Grounds crew accidentally paints 2 Broncos end zones for Super Bowl 50

  29-01-2016 15:02 via wivb.com
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (WIVB) — Levi’s Stadium, the venue for Super Bowl 50, could have appeared a bit biased if a painting change was not made after a Monday mix-up.
  The grounds crew at the stadium accidentally painted two Denver Broncos end zones, leaving the appearance of no end zone for their competitors, the Carolina Panthers.
  The crew had painted a Broncos end zone on the visitor side when it should have gone on the home side, due to the Broncos being the home team, according
  
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• Darien Lake Country Megaticket artists revealed

  29-01-2016 14:28 via wivb.com
  
  DARIEN CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — This year’s Darien Lake Country Megaticket artist list has been announced.
  Each year, the theme park’s concert venue hosts a series of country shows. Tickets can be purchased for individual shows, but people also have the option of buying a package deal — a “megaticket.”
  The artists coming are listed here:
  June 23 — Miranda Lambert, with Kip Moore, Brothers Osborne
  July 8 — Brantley Gilbert, with Justin Moore, Colt
  July
  
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• VIDEO: 3-year-old drives miniature plow after snow hits Tennessee

  29-01-2016 12:16 via wivb.com
  
  KINGSTON, Tenn. (WIVB) — The snow cleanup continues in many parts of the country, and one special snow plow driver is giving a helping hand.
  Say hello to three-year-old Sam Curry. The boy from Kingston, Tennessee was out this weekend looking to plow out the neighborhood with his…little CAT bulldozer.
  His neighbors loved what they saw.
  
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• Teen driver may have fallen asleep before colliding with plow in Amherst

  29-01-2016 11:58 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Early Friday morning, a plow truck collided with a car and sent the car driver to ECMC.
  The accident happened just before 3 a.m. when Amherst resident Alexander Leone, 18, crossed the center line of Sheridan Drive in Amherst and collided with the plow.
  Amherst Police closed a portion of the road while they cleaned up the mess.
  The plow driver was not hurt and Leone was recovering Friday.
  Leone’s passenger, a 16-year-
  
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• Plow hits car in Amherst early Friday morning

  29-01-2016 11:58 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Early Friday morning, a plow truck hit a car and sent the driver to the hospital.
  The accident happened around 3 a.m. Police closed a portion of Sheridan Drive while they cleaned up the mess.
  The plow driver seemed fine and the car driver is recovering this morning.
  News 4 is working to find out what caused the accident.
  
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• Williamsville schools sweep hockey opponents; Timon routes Health Sciences

  29-01-2016 05:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Derek Westbrook scores a goal on a pass from Nick Tracy and that was all Williamsville North needed to take down Clarence, 2-0.
  Cam Osalkowski scored one of Williamsville South’s 4 goals in a win over Kenmore West.
  And on the hardwood, Bishop Timon handed Health Sciences a lopsided loss, 89-55.
  
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• Community sees development options for Women and Children’s site

  29-01-2016 05:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Women and Children’s Hospital is set to make a move across the city in late 2017.
  “Children’s Hospital has a special place in Buffalo’s heart,” said Michael Hughes with Kaleida. “I think the neighborhood recognizes that and the developers recognize that as well.”
  When the move happens, the hospital’s current site on Bryant in the Elmwood Village will be left vacant. Kaleida Health is starting to look at development
  
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• Leonardo DiCaprio greets pope in Italian, discusses environment

  29-01-2016 04:09 via wivb.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Actor Leonardo DiCaprio brushed up his Italian to greet Pope Francis at the Vatican Thursday, discussed their shared concern over the environment and gave the pontiff a check for his charitable works.
  “Your Holiness, thank you for granting me this private audience with you,” DiCaprio said in Italian as he arrived in the Apostolic Palace and kissed the pope’s ring.Pope Francis browses through the book of paintings by Hieronymus Bosch he was presented by
  
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• Sa’fyre’s Angels pay it forward to other fire victims

  29-01-2016 04:05 via wivb.com
  
  ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The group helping sort through the mail gifted to a Schenectady arson survivor has given back to other, local fire victims.
  Two devastating fires recently took place in the Capital Region – one in East Glenville and the other inMcKownville. The fires destroyed homes and the families’ belongings.
  Between the two fires, eight children were affected. Sa’fyre’s Angels heard about the devastation and reached out to the fire departments to
  
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• Ohio woman reveals secret to living 108 years

  29-01-2016 04:02 via wivb.com
  
  EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WCMH) — Arlena Labon is celebrating a big milestone this week. The East Cleveland resident is now 108 years old!
  Arlene has an incredible life story to tell. She never had any biological children of her own, but she’s been a mother to 50 foster kids over her years.
  “I gave them what I didn’t get. I was a drop out, but I thank the Lord because I’m doing alright,” Arlena told WJW-TV.
  So what’s the secret to her long life? Arlena sa
  
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• Niagara Aquarium welcomes new family member: Gray seal ‘Della’

  29-01-2016 03:37 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Aquarium of Niagara is welcoming a new member to its family of adorable aquatic animals.
  Officials announced on Thursday they acquired a 25-year-old gray seal from the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, saying she has a compelling story.
  Aquarium officials say Della is blind, and needed help acclimating to her surroundings, so her trainers are becoming her eyes. The seal is trusting, Aquarium staffers say, and enjoys rubdowns and food.
  As one of the 10 North A
  
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• Frontier CSD dismisses substitute bus driver over allegations of inappropriate behavior

  29-01-2016 03:19 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A school employee at the Frontier Central School District has been dismissed after allegations surfaced that he conducted himself inappropriately with students.
  Frontier Central School District Superintendent Bret Apthorpe confirmed they dismissed on Thursday a new substitute bus driver who allegedly shared an inappropriate YouTube video with students.
  “As a parent, this just makes me so angry, and I can’t even believe something like this hap
  
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• Frontier CSD dismisses part-time bus driver over allegations of inappropriate behavior

  29-01-2016 03:19 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A school employee at the Frontier Central School District has been dismissed after allegations surfaced that he conducted himself inappropriately with students.
  Frontier Central School District Superintendent Bret Apthorpe confirmed they dismissed on Thursday a new substitute bus driver who allegedly shared an inappropriate YouTube video with students.
  “As a parent, this just makes me so angry, and I can’t even believe something like this hap
  
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• Attorney General cracks down on ticket brokers and “bots”

  29-01-2016 03:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is cracking down on third party ticket re-sellers, after a lengthy investigation uncovered third party brokers routinely sell event tickets well above face value.
  Schneiderman said resellers like StubHub and Tickets Now often list tickets online with a nearly 49% price hike, and found cases of selling tickets for almost 1000% above face value for concerts, sporting events, and even local entertainment.The Attorney General
  
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• Niagara Falls names next superintendent as Cynthia Bianco steps down

  29-01-2016 03:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The passing of the superintendent baton at Niagara Falls City School District will take place after the current school year is over — the Board of Education has decided to go with an inside hire.
  On Thursday, the Board of Education announced Mark Laurrie will be elevated to the superintendent position, succeeding Cynthia Bianco as she steps down from her post. Bianco said Laurrie is the right choice because he started his career with the school district mo
  
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• Buffalo Bills look to capitalize in draft with less flexibility in free agency

  29-01-2016 02:34 via wivb.com
  
  MOBILE, AL. (WIVB) — After shelling out cash for stars on the field last season, the Buffalo Bills checkbook will be tight this coming year — increasing the need for a successful draft.
  In Mobile, Alabama, the Bills and their scouts are zeroing in on potential talent, hoping to win the draft battle — as they did last year, with rookies like Karlos Williams, John Miller and Ronald Darby making their marks.
  On the defensive side of the ball, the Bills will look to buffer the
  
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• Amigone crematory to stay closed, despite judge’s ruling

  29-01-2016 02:15 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – An uneasy truce hangs over a Northtowns crematory whose operators want to get it going again, over the objections of neighbors and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
  The crematory is attached to the Amigone Funeral Home on Sheridan Drive in the Town of Tonawanda, and the Amigone family signed an agreement with Schneiderman and the State Department of Environmental Conservation in 2012 to close the facility, amid complaints from neighbors about the smell,
  
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• USPS carrier implicated in drug delivery ring pleads guilty to bribery

  29-01-2016 01:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A veteran of the United States Postal Service’s postal carrier corps pleaded guilty to federal charges after he was implicated in a drug trafficking ring.
  Officials investigating the shipment of drugs, carried by postal workers in western New York, led police to arrest 56-year-old Dennis Bernhard and one of his fellow postal carriers. FBI agents learned throughout their investigations that the two employees accepted bribes to carry packages with drugs insi
  
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• Police: Mother-daughter murder-suicide could be health related

  29-01-2016 00:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Residents living along Cunard Road were shocked to find out what happened to the mother and daughter who called lived in the old white and green home across the street. And they were even more surprised to find out crime committed there earlier this week ended more than three hours away.
  “Yesterday, there were probably five or six cop cars and a few detective cars out here, and they were just investigating,” said Nicholas Martone, 17.
  Police said they wer
  
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• So much more than books at the Buffalo Downtown Central Library

  29-01-2016 00:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) – Checking out books at the library may seem like a fading practice, but the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries have certainly been keeping with the times.
  “Libraries have taken on a whole new world these days.” explains Joy Testa Cinquino, the Director of Communications for the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. “Right now in the Launch Pad MakerSpace you can find 3d printers, maker bots, different types of little computers and cir
  
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• Official: Fighter jet likely caused sonic booms along coast

  29-01-2016 00:09 via wivb.com
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A defense official says sonic booms heard and felt along the New Jersey coast and as far away as Long Island and Connecticut likely were caused by a fighter jet conducting tests.
  The official tells The Associated Press that a U.S. military F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was conducting flight tests along the coast on Thursday. The flights were out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland.
  The stealthy, Lockheed Martin-made fighter jet has a top speed of nearly 1,200 m
  
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