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• Buffalo Police investigate shooting in front of Jim’s Steakout

  06-02-2016 20:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Police are investigating a shooting that occurred in front of a Jim’s Steakout Saturday morning.
  Buffalo Police responded to the shooting on Main Street near Minnesota Avenue around 4:30 a.m. Detectives say a 31 year-old Buffalo man was struck by gunfire just outside the front door of the restaurant and then driven to ECMC in a private vehicle.
  Police say the incident appears to be targeted in nature. Anyone with information is asked to call o
  
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• Gov. Cuomo moves to stop ‘gay conversion’ therapy for kids

  06-02-2016 20:47 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP modified) — New York is taking steps to stop therapists from trying to change young people’s sexual orientation, joining a number of states that have taken action against what’s known as “gay conversion” therapy.Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans for new regulations Saturday. They will bar New York insurers from covering the therapy for minors and will prohibit mental health facilities under state jurisdiction from offering it to minors.
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• New report wants sweeping changes to the college admissions process

  06-02-2016 19:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Leaders from colleges across the country are endorsing a report from the Harvard Graduate School of Education that could revolutionize the college admission process. Now more than 50 universities nationwide are jumping on board.
  Students at the Buffalo Public Schools annual college expo say the admissions process isn’t easy. But this report says changing the application process would send a strong message to young people.
  Shatara Holmes, a Senior at B
  
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• WNYers targeted by fake IRS calls

  06-02-2016 19:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —  Residents in Western New York are again the target of phony IRS calls.
  The Erie County Sheriff’s office is warning residents that these calls are a scam. The Sheriff’s office received numerous calls Saturday morning reporting callers claiming to be agents, officers or officials of the IRS. These callers can be very persuasive, even threatening to those who are skeptical.
  A real call from the IRS will never be threatening, according to IRS Commi
  
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• Fatal crane collapse causing local operators to take a look at safety procedures

  06-02-2016 05:26 via wivb.com
  
  LAKE VIEW, N.Y. (WIVB) — After a fatal crane collapse in Manhattan claimed one life and seriously injured two other people on Friday morning, local operators are taking a look at their safety procedures.
  “The last thing you want to see is a crane going over,” said Gary Swain, a business representative for Local 17 – the operators union which trains and finds jobs for big machine operators like those who run cranes. “We don’t put buildings up in Western Ne
  
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• Bills positional breakdown: D-line

  06-02-2016 05:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The cold front was unable to put any kind of heat on the quarterback last season. The Bills defensive lineman managed only had 14 sacks. Defensive end Mario Williams was the biggest disappointment. He went from 14.5 sacks in 2014 to only 5 sacks. His issues leaked off the field and into the locker room when he started questioning the defensive play calling. By releasing Mario this offseason the Bills will save $12.9 million against their 2016 salary cap. It don’t
  
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• HS & College hoops highlights

  06-02-2016 04:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Williamsville South, Kenmore West, and Amherst boys basketball teams won on Friday. Canisius College men look to avoid a 4th straight loss.
  
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• Tops still ‘investigating’ downtown supermarket plan

  06-02-2016 04:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- With all the growth in downtown Buffalo, it’s still proving difficult to get a supermarket up and running.
  Ciminelli Real Estate won the bid to build on the parking lot that sits between the downtown Library and the bus station on Ellicott Street, according to President & CEO, Paul Ciminelli. “It’ll be a mixed use project, have some form of housing, big public space and retail and parking.”
  Part of it would be downtown’s first supermarket w
  
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• Americans will eat 1.3 billion chicken wings on Super Bowl weekend

  06-02-2016 04:12 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, DC – A lot of Americans will be chewing on chicken wings on Sunday.
  Super Bowl Sunday is, after all, the second biggest eating day each year right after Thanksgiving.
  In a news release, the National Wing Report issued by the National Chicken Council says Americans will scarf down 1.3 billion wings over the weekend of Super Bowl 50.
  The Council’s report says the number of wings consumed over over this year’s Super Bowl weekend is up 3 percent form 2015&rsqu
  
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• Motorcyclist done in by Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies after police chase

  06-02-2016 04:07 via wivb.com
  
  HEMET, CA (WCMH) – A suspect in a police chase was arrested after said a box of Thin Mints helped link him to the crime.
  According to the Hemet Police Department, at about 4:07pm Thursday, officers attempted to pull over a motorcyclist for a vehicle code violation, when the suspect sped off leading officers on a pursuit.
  Police said that during the pursuit, the suspect threw an item into some bushes before they lost sight of him as he traveled at speeds more than 100 mph.
  Later, with the h
  
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• 2 planes collide midair, plunge into ocean off Los Angeles

  06-02-2016 03:55 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two small planes collided over the ocean just outside Los Angeles Harbor and plunged into the water Friday, prompting a massive search by dozens of boats and divers. As darkness fell there was no sign of survivors.
  The Coast Guard said the collision occurred at about 3:30 p.m. on a dazzlingly sunny day. Investigators had no immediate word on what might have caused the accident or the number of people aboard the two planes.
  Fire and lifeguard boats and rescue divers swarm
  
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• Doctors speak about mental health issues in athletes

  06-02-2016 03:47 via wivb.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – Many people are calling for a discussion about mental health, depression and suicide prevention. Doctors say it’s not uncommon to miss the signs of mental illness.
  “The life in his eyes and talking about exciting things he wanted to do here with kids,” Mayor Allan Thomas said.
  Mayor Thomas is still thinking about Dave Mirra’s death. He caught up with Mirra a few hours before police say he killed himself in his truck.  Mayor Thomas took
  
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• Operation H2O nets more than 700,000 bottles for Flint

  06-02-2016 03:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Building on the momentum gained from a successful push to donate bottles of water to Flint, Michigan to help with the water crisis there, the True Bethel Baptist Church just donated another massive set of bottles of water.
  A previous push netted roughly 200,000 bottles of water, which they trucked down over a few days. Headed up by Darius Pridgen, the organization’s goal is to bring the most clean water of any group to those in need.
  On Thursday, the group
  
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• Police bust two for heroin in Niagara Falls

  06-02-2016 03:19 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A pair of local residents are facing drug charges after they were pulled over by New York State Police on Thursday.
  Officers in Niagara Falls say they stopped Peter G. Healing, 31, and Zechariah M. Vandewart, 22, in Niagara Falls and learned Healing had an outstanding warrant. Further investigation turned up five wax bags with powder heroin inside.
  Police say Vandewart had drugs on him as well, including Suboxone and heroin.
  Now the two are facing various
  
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• Reward offered for local 20-year-old wanted on federal warrants

  06-02-2016 02:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The U.S. Marshals Service is on the hunt for a local 20-year-old, and they’re asking for help from the public.
  Federal officials say they’re looking for Haley Connor, who is accused of bail violations. A warrant has been issued by a federal judge to help bring her in.
  Police are partnering with local law enforcement to help capture her, and are offering a $1,000 reward to the public for anybody who offers arresting information.
  Anybody with informati
  
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• VA Inspector General’s report faults operations at Buffalo VA clinic

  06-02-2016 02:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs just finished a report citing deficiencies at a psychiatric outpatient clinic operated by the Buffalo VA Medical Center.
  Among the findings for the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center on Main Street were: wait times for new patients’ first appointments more than doubled, last year, from 6.3 days to 13.2 days; patients were not notified of lab results within 14 days, and manager
  
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• Chautauqua Institution’s 2016 concert lineup includes Avett Brothers & The Temptations

  06-02-2016 01:45 via wivb.com
  
  MAYVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A series of well-known musicians will make their way to the Chautauqua Institute’s stage this summer, even as the battle rages on over whether or not the Amphitheater will be reconstructed.
  Starting with the Avett Brothers, who will perform on July 8, and The Temptations, who will perform with The Four Tops on June 25, the lineup promises to have a taste of music for just about every taste.
  Chronological lineup:
  The Temptations and The Four Tops: June 25
  
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• Strong quake hits Taiwan; 160 pulled alive, many trapped

  06-02-2016 01:26 via wivb.com
  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan early Saturday, toppling a complex of two high-rise residential buildings where rescuers pulled out more than 160 people. More are still believed to be trapped inside.
  Firefighters scrambled to the sites with ladders, cranes and other equipment and pulled survivors from the buildings that were lying on one side of the road in the southern city of Tainan, footage from local TV broadcasters showed.
  Among the survivors, T
  
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• Westwood pollution worse than first thought

  06-02-2016 00:43 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — The cost to clean up the former Westwood Country Club golf course was expected to between $3 to $4 million dollars.
  But the company that owns the land now says their costs will go up, as additional toxic chemicals were found below the surface.
  The need to remove the top layer of soil of the 170-acre tract has been a reality for years. Mensch Capital Partners, which owns the land, says that reality has been driven home, after levels of lead, arsenic, cadmium, copper,
  
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• Millennials’ financial woes aren’t universal

  06-02-2016 00:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Millennials are the most educated generation of the US and beyond, but they’re also tops on finding themselves in mountains of debt, mostly from student loans. And while there are plenty of young people who fit that bill, there are a growing number bucking that trend.
  “I don’t see myself that way at all,” said Andrew Russo, 27.
  Russo, a sports performance specialist with CoachMePlus, was born in 1989. He finds himself right in the middle of th
  
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• FBI seeks public’s help in alleged sex trafficking case

  06-02-2016 00:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The FBI is seeking additional information in connection with the arrest of Robert Pritchett of Buffalo.
  “We’re confident that there are other victims out there,” said Buffalo FBI special agent in charge Adam Cohen.
  The FBI wants to hear from anyone who may have come in contact with Pritchett, both locally and across the country.
  The 20 year old Pritchett is charged with sex trafficking of minors, and with production, receipt and possession of child
  
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• ‘Dog Butler of Western New York’ sees booming winter business

  06-02-2016 00:02 via wivb.com
  
  Mark Booth is the self-proclaimed ‘dog butler of Western New York.’ Since going into business in 1999, he’s made a full time job of residential and commercial pet waste removal.
  For every year of business, Mark says there’s been an off-season because of the winter weather, where works virtually stops for weeks, or even months due to the snow. This season however, has been much different.
  “Last February, if you remember last February, I didn’t work a single day
  
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