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• Frustrated with options, Amherst man plans to run for President

  09-02-2016 23:53 via wivb.com
  
   
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – There’s an Amherst man who says he would be the best person for the nation’s top job. Matt Robinson has lived in the town his entire life.
  After watching candidates debate in this years primaries, he decided they’re not qualified, and he is the best person for the job.
  His father, Bob Robinson said, “Why would Matt make a good president? He’s so outgoing. He would make friends with everybody. I think if he was president, even
  
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• Car ends up in Cheektowaga basement

  09-02-2016 23:48 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB)- It was about 1:45am Tuesday when a Dodge Avenger veered across the center line on Beach Road near Maryvale Drive and crashed into a home ending up completely in the basement.
  “Things happen.” said the homeowner named Gerald, who called 9-1-1 thinking his furnace had exploded. “So then I heard voices down in the basement and I said to the police ‘There’s someone in my basement and I’m the only one living here.”
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• Attorney: DMX has recovered after being resuscitated

  09-02-2016 23:43 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for DMX said the rapper has recovered after he was resuscitated by police outside Yonkers, New York hotel on Monday.
  Murray Richman said Tuesday that the artist, whose given name is Earl Simmons, is out of the hospital.
  Yonkers Police Detective Lt. Patrick McCormack said officers responded to a Ramada Inn, where they found a 45-year-old man with no pulse in the parking lot. McCormack said privacy laws prevented him from identifying the man, but that the man was
  
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• Photos: Royal Caribbean cruise ship sailed through storm, but limps back to port

  09-02-2016 23:02 via wivb.com
  
  MIAMI (AP-Mod.) — A Royal Caribbean cruise ship ran into high winds and rough seas in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday, forcing frightened passengers into their cabins overnight as their belongings flew about, waves rose as high as 30 feet, and winds howled outside. The cruise line says that although no one was injured and the ship suffered only minor damage, it’s turning around and sailing back to its home port in New Jersey.
  “I was shaking all over,” Shara Strand of New Yor
  
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• Lucky lotto player snags $34,000 TAKE 5 ticket in Buffalo

  09-02-2016 22:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A lucky New York Lottery player picked up a TAKE 5 ticket and will soon have an extra $34,000 after matching all five numbers.
  A Grand Island customer of Buffalo’s Carl’s Lotto Market on Dick Road in Buffalo picked the right ticket before the Feb. 6 drawing, joining nearly 100,000 other winners — although that customer hit the jackpot.
  Most TAKE 5 players won small prizes, but the grand prize will be issued for $34,434.
  The lucky winner can cla
  
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• Massive spike in overdose deaths sparks warning from local leaders

  09-02-2016 22:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The heroin crisis is taking yet another alarming turn in Erie County.
  Health officials issued an emergency warning Tuesday, after a massive spike in overdose-related deaths.
  The Erie County Medical Examiner is looking into 23 deaths since Jan. 29. And if the war is on opioid overdoses, local and federal leaders met in the battle trenches Tuesday afternoon; the middle of the emergency room at ECMC.
  Just last month, County Executive Mark Poloncarz created a task for
  
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• Police turns alleged McCoy assault case over to DA’s office

  09-02-2016 22:05 via wivb.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WIVB) — Star Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy could soon learn his fate after police in Philadelphia turned over a case he is implicated in over to the District Attorney’s Office there.
  McCoy is implicated in a case under review now that accuses four current or former NFL players of assaulting two off-duty police officers at a private nightclub over the weekend.
  The fight, caught on camera, left the officers hospitalized, however no police responded to
  
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• After challenging holiday, Sears to speed up store closings

  09-02-2016 20:40 via wivb.com
  
  HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Following a “challenging” holiday season, Sears will accelerate the closure of some of its stores.
  Comparable-store sales in the fourth quarter dropped 6.9 percent at Sears, and 7.2 percent at Kmart, which the also company owns.
  While the quarter that contains the critical shopping season was better compared with the previous three quarters, overall same-store sales fell 9.2 percent in 2015, with Sears stores leading the decline.
  Shares are down nea
  
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• News 4 nominated for 5 Emmy Awards

  09-02-2016 20:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As reporters compete to break hard-hitting stories first, they also compare themselves to one another in competitions like the New York Emmy Awards.
  For coverage in the last year, New York Emmy Awards officials announced News 4 received five nominations for stories carried out between October of 2014 and July of 2015.
  In the category of Environment, Jordan Williams’ report on buried radioactive waste brought to light a potentially hazardous issue. The
  
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• A look at Obama’s final budget proposal

  09-02-2016 19:43 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama proposed a record $4.1 trillion budget on Tuesday. Here’s a look at each agency and department:
  AGRICULTURE
  Up or down? Down 5.3 percent
  Highlight:
  —Obama’s budget for the Agriculture Department includes a proposed $12 billion over 10 years to help feed schoolchildren from low-income families during the summer. Nearly 22 million low-income children receive free and reduced-price meals during the school year, but just
  
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• Surgery for shoulders developed with WNY doctor

  09-02-2016 19:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A new surgical technique can make shoulder surgery less painful for patients, and the procedure was developed in large part in Western New York.
  The cutting edge technology uses a 3D cage, developed by a company called Coventus.
  The cage looks like a stent, and is used in a similar way by surgeons. They say it’s an alternative to waiting a long time to be able to move it or having physical therapy, according to Dr. Paul Paterson, M.D., with Excelsior Orthopaedi
  
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• The path of the paczki

  09-02-2016 18:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – They’re pockets of warm deep-fried dough stuffed with rich filling, and topped with sweet glaze, and they’re the hot sellers at the Broadway Market on Fat Tuesday.
  The staff at Mazurek’s Bakery made 50 packzi just to prepare this year. One of their first customers was retired pastor, Monsignor Robert Golombek.
  “It was always a tradition to come to the market, buy the donuts, and share them with family and friends,” he said.
  As is his tra
  
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• A non-profit that helps so many in dire need of help

  09-02-2016 18:37 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) – A non-profit in Hamburg is on the verge of closing its doors.
  Buffalo Peace House provides food, clothing, and shelter for asylum seekers. They’re people who’ve had to flee their country.
  “The peace house is so important. The people that stay here have nowhere else to go. So they come here from everywhere. All over the world,” Marci Wagner, the house manager at Buffalo Peace House said.
  One of their current guests, fled from an East African co
  
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• Erie Co. Exec. issues emergency warning amid opiate crisis

  09-02-2016 17:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A shocking number of deaths related to opioid use has prompted action from Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz.
  Poloncarz issued an emergency warning regarding the opiate crisis in the county Tuesday morning at ECMC.
  “Having been updated with information about a recent spike in opioid overdose deaths within the past week, we felt it was important to address this issue today and come together as a community to issue an emergency warning for what has become a se
  
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• New Hampshire primary: Behind-the-Scenes

  09-02-2016 15:33 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  NEW HAMPSHIRE, N.Y. (LIN MEDIA) — The nation’s first primary in New Hampshire brought out some celebs, surprised some candidates and made for some fun candid photos. Here’s our behind-the-scenes look.
  APP USERS | See the gallery here.
  
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• Average gas price drops under $2 for local region

  09-02-2016 15:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline is finally under the $2.00 mark for the Buffalo-Niagara Falls region, dropping to an average of $1.99, according to AAA.
  Buffalo has seen gas prices below $2.00 for a few weeks at various gas stations, however this is the first day the average has gone below that mark. This is the lowest price paid for a gallon of gas in Buffalo since early 2009.
  New York State is still in the top ten most expensive average gas
  
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• Keep the passion alive in your relationship with these apps

  09-02-2016 15:16 via wivb.com
  
  TAMPA, FL (WFLA) — Most of the time, smartphones aren’t romantic, but Media General contributors found ways they can be. There are apps designed to help you and the love of your life keep the passion alive.
  From ideas for dates, to playful games like Truth or Dare, there are all kinds of apps couples can play together. Kelly Shaefer and Kayla Congdon use an app called Desire. The couple is planning to get married next month. “I can go and send him a little dare, and then g
  
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• A growing and troubling trend: Babies born addicted

  09-02-2016 15:06 via wivb.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Stephanie Paquette is already planning the perfect first birthday for her little one. It is coming up in May, and there will be a lot to celebrate.
  “We’re actually having a big carnival,” Paquette says with excitement.
  Paquette knows her foster baby, who Media General contributors will refer to as “Joey” throughout this report, has made so many strides in his short life. He has been a part of her family since he was three-weeks-old.
  
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• A first look into New Hampshire primary day

  09-02-2016 14:59 via wivb.com
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (WWLP) – It’s primary day in New Hampshire and people are already casting their votes. The winners of the primary won’t be announced until Tuesday night, but early Tuesday morning is when the first results came in.
  Democrat candidate Bernie Sanders and Republican candidate Governor John Kasich won in the small, remote village of Dixville Notch, which has only nine registered voters. These voters have the privilege of voting first, just after
  
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• Names of Rochester shooting victims released

  09-02-2016 14:49 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — The names of the victims of a Sunday morning shooting outside the Mexican Village bar in Rochester have been released.
  One person was killed in the shooting and seven others were injured. Every victim was a Rochester resident.
  29-year-old Ernesto Ayber was killed. Jeffrey Benson, 21, Jorge Colon, 26, Jose Lugo, 21, and Elsie Berrios, 25, were treated and released.
  Robert Garcia, 30, and Dominic Rosario, 23, remain hospitalized in satisfactory condition and Dav
  
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• Police: Several bags of meth found during Dunkirk traffic stop

  09-02-2016 13:59 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Authorities in the City of Dunkirk say they seized a large amount of methamphetamine and a small amount of cash during a traffic stop on Eagle St.
  Officials say they stopped Dale W. Miller as he was driving away from an area known for methamphetamine activity early Tuesday morning. Lawmakers say that Miller was known to have a suspended driver’s license.
  A search after his arrest revealed that he was in possession of several bags of meth packaged for street sal
  
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• Lake Snow Watch upgraded to Warning for part of Southern Tier, S. Erie County midweek

  09-02-2016 13:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Much of the Southern Tier and part of Erie County may see lake snow in the middle of the week.
  A Lake Snow Watch was issued for Southern Erie, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties late Tuesday night through Thursday afternoon, but upgraded to a Warning later in the day.
  Snow in some amount or another has been predicted for every day this week. Here is the forecast:TUESDAY: Occasional Snow Showers, High: 34-38, Wind: SW8-14 pm, Low: 27
  WEDNESDAY: Cloudy, Snow Showers,
  
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• Lake Snow Watch for part of Southern Tier, S. Erie County midweek

  09-02-2016 13:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Much of the Southern Tier and part of Erie County may see lake snow in the middle of the week.
  A Lake Snow Watch will be in effect for Southern Erie, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties late Tuesday night through Thursday afternoon.Snow in some amount or another has been predicted for every day this week. Here is the forecast:TUESDAY: Occasional Snow Showers, High: 34-38, Wind: SW8-14 pm, Low: 27
  WEDNESDAY: Cloudy, Snow Showers, Lake Effect develops and shifts to the
  
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• Local bakers prepare for Paczki Day

  09-02-2016 12:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Bakers were getting ready for Paczki Day, or as it’s also known, Fat Tuesday, early in the morning.
  The holiday, which is a Polish tradition celebrated internationally, is being celebrated in Buffalo too.
  The Broadway Market expects the holiday to be very busy as they prepare paczkis, which are traditional Polish pastries that are deep fried and contain a sweet filling. They are eaten on Fat Tuesday to mark the final day before the lent
  
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• Train crash in Germany kills at least 9, injures scores

  09-02-2016 11:42 via wivb.com
  
  BAD AIBLING, Germany (AP) — Two trains crashed head-on in southern Germany early Tuesday, leaving at least nine people dead and 40 seriously injured, the German news agency dpa said. More than three hours after the crash, emergency services were still trying to reach people trapped in the wreckage.
  Police spokesman Stefan Sonntag told The Associated Press the two regional trains crashed near Bad Aibling, in Bavaria before 7 a.m. and that several wagons overturned.
  TV footage show
  
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• Train crash in Germany kills at least 8, injures scores

  09-02-2016 11:42 via wivb.com
  
  BAD AIBLING, Germany (AP) — Two trains crashed head-on in southern Germany early Tuesday, leaving at least eight people dead and 40 seriously injured, the German news agency dpa said. More than three hours after the crash, emergency services were still trying to reach people trapped in the wreckage.
  Police spokesman Stefan Sonntag told The Associated Press the two regional trains crashed near Bad Aibling, in Bavaria before 7 a.m. and that several wagons overturned.
  TV footage sho
  
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• Car crashes into Cheektowaga house, lands in basement

  09-02-2016 11:18 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Tuesday morning in Cheektowaga, a car crashed into a home and ended up in the basement.
  The incident occurred around 1:45 a.m. when the car came down Beach Road, crossed the center line and slammed into the house. The homeowners heard noise and called police.
  The vehicle’s passenger was trapped inside but first responders worked to remove him from the car. The crews who pulled him out say he slipped in and out of consciousness. They also tried to
  
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• HS Basketball: Will North at Lancaster

  09-02-2016 05:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Williamsville North’s Maceo Jack had 31 points but it wasn’t enough to beat Lancaster. The Legends were led by Joe Powers’ 22 points.
  
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• Video catches drivers ignoring stop signs in Buffalo’s Parkside neighborhood

  09-02-2016 05:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- People living in Buffalo’s Parkside neighborhood are fed up with drivers. New video shows car after car ignoring stop signs near where kids get picked up for school.
  Our News 4 cameras didn’t have a difficult time capturing drivers skipping the stop sign at the intersection of Greenfield and Russell Streets.
  “On several occasions when crossing the street with my kids here, cars act surprised to see people and often they’ve sped up at the stop si
  
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• Witnesses describe bank robber chase

  09-02-2016 04:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Two people are under arrest after a bank robbery in North Buffalo.
  It happened at the Summit Federal Credit Union on Delaware near Hertel at 3:41pm Monday afternoon.
  Carlson Mancinelli happened to be walking by as the suspect made a getaway. “Someone was running and then there was someone behind him running after him yelling stop and he had he was yelling ‘Stop, I’ll shoot!”
  Carlson says he saw the suspect get into one car with a woman but they could
  
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• Former teacher arrested, accused of sexting students

  09-02-2016 03:47 via wivb.com
  
  ETOWAH COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Kayla Lynn Hodges was arrested Monday and charged with four counts of having sexual contact with a student.
  According to a release from the Sheriff’s Office, Hodges is accused of sending “sexual photos and text messages to four high school students while employed with the Etowah County Board of Education.”
  Etowah County Superintendent Alan Cosby said in a statement, “Mrs. Hodges r
  
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• Bobcat spotted on Tennesee family’s front porch

  09-02-2016 03:45 via wivb.com
  
  BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (WKRN) – A family spotted a large bobcat on their front porch Sunday morning.
  Shelley Dahms’ husband was working out of his office in his Brentwood home when he looked out the window and saw a bobcat on his front porch.Courtesy: The Dahms family“The bobcat walked down the porch in front of the windows and went down the stairs and back up and disappeared back through these bushes,” said Dahms.
  Dhams’ husband took pictures of the feline.
  Doug Markham
  
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• PUCKer Up event sees families fall in love with pets

  09-02-2016 03:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The SPCA and the Sabres slapped another one into the net with the PUCKer Up event, pairing up dozens of families with new pets.
  SPCA officials say more than 200 people visited the event location on Ensminger Road, and more than 30 pets were adopted. That could be partially thanks to appearances by Zach Bogosnian, Ryan O’Reilly and Sabretooth.
  Thirty adoptions is more than double the average number of adoptions for an average Monday by the SPCA.
  The event i
  
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• Buffalo’s east side to get 35-acre redeveloped WNY Workforce Training Center

  09-02-2016 03:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In a push to educate those in need of crucial job training and beautifying Buffalo’s east side, the City of Buffalo approved plans to redevelop a 35-acre plot to advance the western New York Workforce Training Center.
  The project will create a massive training facility in the Northland Corridor, allowing for the training of between 300 and 400 workers each year. The goal is to send those trainees off into the workforce, ready and able to contribute in manu
  
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• What happens in New Hampshire primaries sets the tone for the entire campaign

  09-02-2016 02:48 via wivb.com
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (WWLP) – Relatively speaking, New Hampshire doesn’t have that many delegates to the party conventions, and a candidate can still win the presidency without winning the state’s first-in-the-nation primary. But the New Hampshire Primary is so important here because it sets the tone for what’s to come in the campaign.
  We saw in Iowa that after the caucuses, several Republican candidates dropped out. It is expected that we will see that again following Tuesda
  
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• BBB warns about Valentine scams

  09-02-2016 02:44 via wivb.com
  
  CROMWELL, Conn. (WTNH)  –  The Better Business Bureau is alerting people about several scams related to Valentine’s Day that they say can be heartbreaking as well as expensive.
  The scams include “catfishing” where con artists create fake profiles on line through social media, e-mail and on dating websites with the intention of courting for financial gain.   The scammers usually meet someone on line and ask they send money for a plane ticket so they can
  
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• City lays out plans for former steel site

  09-02-2016 00:44 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The city of Lackawanna is looking to create commercial subdivisions on the former Bethlehem Steel site, much of which is toxic and will require remediation.
  But before shovels hit the earth, the city’s first step will be to create ordinances to facilitate that development.
  In the coming weeks, those plans will released and lay out plans for light manufacturing and commercial development on the former steel site, according to Lackawanna’s Director of De
  
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• Frustration growing over failing fence

  09-02-2016 00:30 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A miles-long chain linked fence along Route 5 Lackawanna is not only an eyesore, it’s a safety hazard, city officials say. And not even a little public shaming has worked to get it fixed.
  “It’s not rocket science guys,” said Lackawanna’s Director of Development Fred Heinle. “It looks bad.”
  Heinle says he’s fed up about this fence. In fact, he was fed up last year when he notified the landowner Tecumseh Redevelopment,
  
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• Niagara County warns of its first rabies case of the year

  09-02-2016 00:15 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — After two pet dogs tussled with a raccoon, killing it on 74th Street in Niagara Falls, health officials say they’ve identified their first rabies case of the year.
  Officers say the killed raccoon tested positive for rabies, and it’s the first case of rabies in the county in 2016. Officials say this is an opportune time to remind pet owners that animals are kept up-to-date on vaccinations, and pets that are too young to be vaccinated are kept indoors
  
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