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• GALLERY: See the scene at Super Bowl 50 city

  03-02-2016 22:52 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (WIVB) — Many millions of football fans will not be able to watch the Super Bowl live in person, and these images will help you live vicariously.
  GALLERY | See photos from California here. 
  
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• Two kids likely ate drugs, Ohio mom may face charges

  03-02-2016 22:47 via wivb.com
  
  WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) – Warren Police are investigating the mother of two children who were passed out when they arrived at a Warren hospital Tuesday, saying she is their main suspect at a press conference Wednesday morning.
  Police believe that the kids had opiates in their system but are waiting for toxicology reports to be sure. Those reports could be done as soon as the end of the day, according to Warren Police Detective Nick Carney, who said the kids, “were in a si
  
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• CDC: Women should not drink unless on birth control

  03-02-2016 22:46 via wivb.com
  
  (WPRI) — It’s no secret drinking alcohol while pregnant can be dangerous for an unborn baby. But now, The Centers for Disease Control says all women of child-bearing age should avoid alcohol unless they’re using contraception.
  The agency says alcohol – even when consumed during the first weeks of pregnancy – can cause long-lasting physical and intellectual disabilities.
  “Alcohol can permanently harm a developing baby before a woman knows she is pregnant,&rdquo
  
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• Super Bowl food calories broken down into football activities

  03-02-2016 22:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — While shoveling chips into the stomach during a football game, few stop to think about caloric intake, but one company is putting arbitrary calories into understandable terms.
  In order to remind Americans ahead of just how dangerous binge eating is to health ahead of the Super Bowl, DietDetective.com partnered with a Hunter College professor to put common food choices into terms understood by football fans.
  For example, anybody planning to consume two slices of
  
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• January rabies clinic sees over 500 animals vaccinated

  03-02-2016 22:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The first rabies clinic of the year was a success, according to Erie County Department of Health officials, with hundreds of animals receiving the vaccine.
  Veterinarians and technicians were on hand at the North Buffalo Community Center, injecting 556 pets with the life-saving vaccine. Although the bulk were dogs, 143 cats and a ferret joined the 412 pups who were vaccinated.
  “It’s good to see that so many residents brought their pets for these free
  
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• Scam season in full swing, NY establishes webpage for complaints, reports

  03-02-2016 22:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As tax season begins, expect fraudulent phone calls to ensue. Scammers are targeting the average person, but officials are working to protect and prevent loss.
  Scams take many forms, from phone calls to emails — but one thing is always in common. Those looking to steal from hardworking citizens almost always ask for information no official would ask for, and they frequently ask for payments in the form of gift cards or pre-loaded credit cards.
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• Home Depot to hire 80,000 employees, nearly 400 in Buffalo

  03-02-2016 21:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Ahead of the spring retail season, Home Depot is stocking up on more than lawnmowers and garden hoses — they’re stocking up on employees, too.
  Across the U.S., Home Depot officials say they’ll hire roughly 80,000 associates. Nearly 400 of those associates will be hired in Buffalo. Positions available include sales, cashiers, operations and online order fulfillment employees.
  Those available positions will have both part-time and full-time oppor
  
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• Local indicted on charges of armed robbery at East Aurora pharmacy

  03-02-2016 21:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local man is facing federal charges as police and prosecutors investigate and build a case on the armed robbery of an East Aurora pharmacy in October.
  Police responded to the scene of an armed robbery at Larwood’s Pharmacy on Oakwood on Oct. 24, and released photos soon after to the public to help locate and arrest the person responsible.
  Officers say that arrest wouldn’t come anywhere near western New York — officers located Ryan Peltan, 30,
  
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• Crimestoppers looking for parole absconder

  03-02-2016 19:54 via wivb.com
  
  GOWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crimestoppers is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of Gary K. Miles, 35, who authorities say was on parole for aggravated vehicular assault and attempted criminal possession of a forged instrument.
  Law enforcement officers say Miles hit another vehicle head on while drunk.
  He is described as standing at 6’2″, weighing 200 lbs., and having brown eyes and hair. Miles also has a tattoo on his right shoulder.
  He was released after se
  
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• Broncos’ Ryan Murphy questioned in prostitution sting, will not play in Super Bowl 50

  03-02-2016 19:27 via wivb.com
  
  SANTA CLARA (KRON) — The Denver Broncos’ Ryan Murphy has been questioned in a prostitution sting, and will not play in Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, according to Broncos coach Gary Kubiak.
  Here’s Kubiak’s statement.
  “Although practice squad safety Ryan Murphy was not cited by police, we decided it was best for the team if we continued our preparations for Super Bowl 50 without him,” Denver Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak said in a statement released Tuesda
  
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• Oklahoma college requires students buy Fitbits

  03-02-2016 17:23 via wivb.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (WIVB) — Some call it a new way to fight the “freshman 15” as an Oklahoma college decided to require that its students use Fitbits.
  The policy took effect last fall at Oral Roberts University — a small, private campus of about 3,500 people in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  Physical fitness has always been a big deal at the school. The university has students keep written logs of their exercise as a physical education requirement.
  Now, administrators want students to buy th
  
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• Convicted killer, prison escapee David Sweat sentenced to 3.5 to 7 years in prison

  03-02-2016 16:43 via wivb.com
  
  PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Convicted killer David Sweat was sentenced for the prison escape last summer in which he and his partner eluded an army of searchers for three weeks in northern New York.
  Already serving a life sentence, Sweat pleaded guilty in November to two felony charges that carry sentences of 3 1/2 to 7 years. He received a sentence of just that — 3 1/2 to 7 years, in Clinton County Court Wednesday morning.
  Fellow escapee Richard Matt was fatally shot June 26
  
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• Lockport postal worker recognized for potentially saving lives

  03-02-2016 16:04 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — A postal worker in Lockport potentially saved the lives of some residents after alerting them of a gas leak at their home.
  In early December, Norma Trapper noticed a peculiar smell while she was delivering a package to a resident. It was the smell of gas.
  After ringing the doorbell and delivering the package, she told homeowner Susan Wojcinski about her concerns.
  Wojcinski called the gas company who confirmed the smell to be a leak before fixing the p
  
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• Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul quits 2016 GOP presidential race

  03-02-2016 15:10 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rand Paul is dropping out of the 2016 race for president.
  Campaign spokeswoman Eleanor May confirmed his decision Wednesday to The Associated Press, saying a statement would be forthcoming.
  The first-term senator from Kentucky exits the race having never caught on with Republican voters, who have made billionaire businessman Donald Trump the front-runner in the race for the party’s nomination.
  Paul was determined to improve the GOP’s popularity among younger v
  
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• Tree crushes car, power lines on Whitehall Ave.

  03-02-2016 14:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A tree came crashing down on a car on Whitehall Ave. Wednesday morning in Buffalo.
  Along with damaging the car, the tree also brought down power lines on the street, leaving the first firefighters to arrive on the scene dealing with a potentotally dangerous situation involving live wires. Our News 4 crew saw the lines sparking and small flames when they first arrived. “Anytime you’ve got live voltage and these lines down, there’s multiple lines arci
  
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• Video: 96-year-old grandmother shares her tornado experience

  03-02-2016 14:29 via wivb.com
  
  NEWTON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – “The tornado hit us while we were in our truck,” said Mike Dearing. This is the second time he’s been hit by a possible tornado while driving to his storm shelter in Mississippi.
  “[I] looked up and saw the white rain. I told my wife it was fixing to hit. We got in our truck with our grandson coming to our storm pit. As luck would have it we never made it to the storm pit,” says Dearing. “The tornado actually picked
  
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• Visitation today for slain Virginia teen

  03-02-2016 14:00 via wivb.com
  
  BLACKSBURG, Va. (WRIC/AP) — Funeral arrangements have been made for Nicole Madison Lovell, the 13-year-old girl murdered in Blacksburg, Virginia last week.
  Visitation for Lovell will happen Wednesday, the day before her funeral.
  Authorities said on Tuesday that Lovell was stabbed to death the same day she climbed out her bedroom window, by a Virginia Tech student who got help from a university classmate both before and after the crime.
  David Eisenhauer, the engineering student ac
  
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• David Sweat, killer who escaped upstate New York prison, to be sentenced

  03-02-2016 13:10 via wivb.com
  
  PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Convicted killer David Sweat is scheduled to be sentenced for the prison escape last summer in which he and his partner eluded an army of searchers for three weeks in northern New York.
  Already serving a life sentence, Sweat pleaded guilty in November to two felony charges that carry sentences of 3 1/2 to 7 years. He’s due in Clinton County Court Wednesday morning.
  Fellow escapee Richard Matt was fatally shot June 26 by officers hunting the pair in woods 30 m
  
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• Man stabbed by woman on East Side

  03-02-2016 12:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 42-year-old man was stabbed by a 45-year-old woman on Guilford St. early Wednesday morning.
  The incident occurred just after 1:20 a.m. and the man was taken to ECMC for treatment.
  Buffalo Police say it was a domestic incident and that the suspect has yet to be dealt with. 
  
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• Fire starts in garage on Northampton St.

  03-02-2016 12:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Investigators are learning more about a fire that broke out on Northampton St. in Buffalo.
  The fire, near Michigan Avenue, began inside of a garage. Crews were able to get the flames under control quickly and no one was injured.
  The fire caused $40,000 in damage to the structure and $5,000 to a neighboring building.
  
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• South Wales house catches fire amid windy weather

  03-02-2016 12:22 via wivb.com
  
  SOUTH WALES, N.Y. (WIVB) — A house caught fire in South Wales amid windy weather Wednesday morning.
  National Grid and National Fuel were at the scene of the blaze on Hunters Creek Road along with emergency crews.
  It is not yet clear what caused the fire or if anyone was hurt. News 4 will have more information as it becomes available.
  
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• 2 Chautauqua County schools closed due to power outages

  03-02-2016 12:06 via wivb.com
  
  SILVER CREEK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The windy weather across western New York has caused thousands of power outages — some of those being at local schools.
  Silver Creek and Forestville Central School Districts closed on Wednesday due to power outages.
  Stay tuned to News 4 Wake Up! and follow News 4 on Twitter and Facebook for updates.
  MORE | See our 4 Warn forecast and get the latest on the powerful winds here.
  
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• Wind leaves thousands powerless in WNY Wednesday

  03-02-2016 11:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Thousands of power outages were reported throughout western New York Wednesday morning as powerful winds whipped through the region and damaged property.
  The county that saw the worst of it was Chautauqua. More than 3,700 outages were reported there around 5:30 a.m. Power had been restored to the county by 7:30 a.m.
  Also affected by power outages were Erie and Niagara counties. More than 800 customers were without power in Erie while nearly 4
  
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• Community voices concerns over Deep South Taco location on Hertel

  03-02-2016 06:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A second Deep South Taco location could bring a fenced-off corner in North Buffalo back to life.
  “We first saw this Hertel location in December 2014 and quickly made an offer,” said Richard Hamilton, the owner.
  The property is on the corner of Hertel Ave. and Starin Ave and there are still structures standing from when an oil change business operated on the site.
  Hamilton told News 4 he has spent nearly $60,000 doing an environmental clean-up of the propert
  
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• Bills positional breakdown: RB

  03-02-2016 05:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  The Bills are talented and deep at running back. Pro Bowler LeSean McCoy finished the season with 895 yards on the ground despite missing 4 games and battling injuries. It’s safe to say his 1st year in Buffalo was a success. Speaking of first year, Karlos Williams fought through injuries during his rookie season but when he was on the field he gave Bills fans a glimpse of what he’s capable of. Karlos scored a touchdown in each of his first 6 games and was
  
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• Dozens show to speak for, against earlier last call

  03-02-2016 05:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As has been the case since it was introduced last fall, the issue of shortening Erie County’s longstanding bar closing time had strong opinions on either side during Tuesday’s public hearing.
  That signaled the final opportunity to speak before the legislature before Thursday’s vote. Regardless of that vote’s outcome, another agency — the state’s Liquor Authority — will be making the final call on the county’s last call.
  
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• HS Hoops: Jamestown v Will North

  03-02-2016 05:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Jamestown’s James Rojas scored 29 points to end Williamsville North’s 7 game win streak. Maceo Jack finished with 24 points for Will North. Also, Sacred Heart knocks off Frontier in girls hoops.
  
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• Petition started to rename Ind. school after principal who died pushing kids away from moving bus

  03-02-2016 04:35 via wivb.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — More than 160 people have signed a petition to rename Amy Beverland Elementary after Susan Jordan, the principal who died last weekpushing kids away from a moving bus.
  An Amy Beverland mother, Karen John, said she started a Facebook group suggesting the name change. John said a former Amy Beverland student then started achange.org petition that will eventually be sent to the head of the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township.
  “I would love for the chi
  
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• Police: Mom sent suggestive photo of daughter to county co-worker

  03-02-2016 04:32 via wivb.com
  
  MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — Muskegon County leaders say they’re trying to learn whether two long-time county employees were on the job when they allegedly sent each other illicit texts about young children.
  One of those two, Paul Hibbard, 45, is a former Sparta Village Council member who resigned abruptly from that board in September. He works for Muskegon County facilities management.
  The other, Christine Workman, 38, of Norton Shores, is a former Muskegon County Family Court worker wh
  
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• Marshals auction off Bernie Madoff’s jewelry

  03-02-2016 04:25 via wivb.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Wall Street fraud Bernie Madoff is having an upswing of sorts. With a television miniseries airing now and an HBO film set for next year, the U.S. Marshals have decided now is the perfect time to get a little of that Madoff action.
  They will be auctioning off six pieces of jewelry that belonged to Bernie and his wife, Ruth.
  Madoff jewelry – US Marshals auction 
  The auction consists of a stylish diamond tennis bracelet (opening bid $21,250,) gold money clip (openi
  
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• Complaints piling up against home improvement contractor

  03-02-2016 04:23 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) – Frank Russo and his family sacrificed a lot of time and money to buy a travel trailer, and hire someone to build a concrete slab to store it on at their Hamburg home.
  “We skipped three years of vacations, and scrimped and saved to have this done because we were planning on buying this trailer, and this was the whole reason for having this concrete poured.”
  Two years ago, Russo hired a home improvement company, Affordable Concrete Creations to pave a pad
  
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• Ex-DA says he believes Cosby violated accuser

  03-02-2016 04:13 via wivb.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A former district attorney who decided not to charge Bill Cosby in a decade-old sexual assault case says he believes the comedian inappropriately touched his accuser but didn’t think he could overcome the lack of physical evidence.
  Former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. made clear in testifying for the defense Tuesday that he’s rooting for the prosecution. He told Cosby’s lawyer: “I want them to win.”
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• Gallery: Super Bowl Media Day

  03-02-2016 04:10 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (WIVB) — Monday the annual Super Bowl media day took place in San Jose, California.
  GALLERY | See the photos here. 
  
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• Eric Wood Foundation partners with Microsoft to bring Xbox Ones to Roswell Park

  03-02-2016 04:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Kids at Roswell Park will soon be able to play a little Halo or Call or Duty, a taste of normalcy, after Eric Wood’s foundation partnered up with Microsoft.
  The partnership yielded four new Xbox One units for kids battling cancer, to allow them to battle digital foes. The Eric Wood Foundation’s mission is to help children in WNY and in the Louisville, Kentucky area who are seriously ill or have special needs.
  Officials at the Roswell Park Cancer Inst
  
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• Supporters of aid family leave bill sense window this year

  03-02-2016 03:45 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York state Assembly again voted on Tuesday to allow workers to take paid time off to care for a new child or a sick loved one.
  Similar proposals have passed four times before, only to get hung up in the Senate, but supporters sense an opening this year. Polls show broad public support and Gov. Andrew Cuomo has offered his own proposal.
  “The U.S. remains the only industrialized nation in the world to not offer paid family leave,” Assembly Speaker Carl
  
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• Door-to-door pitchman went too far, arrested for theft in Tonawanda

  03-02-2016 03:42 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Door-to-door canvassers for a Florida-based energy services company (ESCO) are getting a tough reception in Western New York: the Town of Cheektowaga revoked their solicitors licenses, Monday, and one of their co-workers was arrested for theft last week.
  The sales people have been knocking on doors, signing up new customers for a company called New York Gas and Electric, a subsidiary of U.S. Gas and Electric, Inc. which is headquartered in Miramar, FL.
  When a grou
  
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• Father and son indicted on bank robbery charges after chase ends in crash

  03-02-2016 03:33 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — After a December bank robbery in the Town of Tonawanda, a father and son allegedly fled the scene and were arrested after getting into a crash with Buffalo Police. That father and son pair is now facing federal charges on an indictment for armed bank robbery.
  The crash, which followed the Dec. 9 bank robbery, didn’t injure anybody, and led to the arrest of the two men, Duane Loyd, 44, and Brandon Loyd, 19, both of Buffalo. Officers originally cre
  
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• Man pleads guilty to assaulting 1-year-old, damaging baby’s brain

  03-02-2016 00:31 via wivb.com
  
  SALAMANCA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A baby who suffered brain injuries after an assault will see justice after her attacker pleaded guilty as charged to assaulting the 1-year-old.
  Police arrested Jarred W. Murphy, a 25-year-old Salamanca native, in April of 2015 after a baby suffered critical injuries, putting her in Buffalo Children’s Hospital for some time.
  Doctors immediately went to work on the child, performing emergency brain surgery to save her life, and police immediately set to wo
  
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• Zika on the move: local specialist talks transmission, risks

  03-02-2016 00:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Dr. Bruce Rodgers is the Director of Fetal Testing at Sister’s Hospital. He’s studied fetal diseases for years, but until recently heard little of the Zika Virus.
  “It’s somewhat unique in that it’s almost like a fetal pandemic, the disorder really doesn’t harm the mother or the adult person expect in rare cases, but it harms the fetus,” he told News 4.
  The virus has a potential link to birth defects, like an abnormally sma
  
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