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• State panel fines Dennis Gabryszak $100,000

  12-02-2016 22:21 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Charges of misconduct involving at least seven female staffers and requiring Assembly staff to do political work will cost former Assemblyman Dennis H. Gabryszak $100,000 in fines.
  A state ethics panel Friday issued a two-page ruling fining Gabryszak, a Cheektowaga Democrat who resigned Jan. 13, 2016 after former female staff members came forward with allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct. Others said they spent most of their time as an Assembly staffer d
  
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• Sabres 1-on-1: WNY native Justin Bailey

  12-02-2016 21:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Justin Bailey grew up rooting for the Buffalo Sabres. Now he plays for them, making his home debut Friday night against the Montreal Canadiens.
  Bailey has played at First Niagara Center before, however. It’s just been a long time.
  “I was eight or nine and and it was pretty cool getting on the ice,” Bailey said. “The coolest thing was how loud the board were when you’d bang into them so we guys trying to hit guys to make the noise of
  
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• House sends North Korea sanctions bill to president for signature

  12-02-2016 19:28 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation Friday that hits North Korea with more stringent sanctions for refusing to stop its nuclear weapons program.
  Republicans and Democrats joined together to overwhelmingly approve the bill by a vote of 408-2 less than a week after North Korea launched a rocket carrying a satellite into space. Pyongyang conducted its fourth underground nuclear test last month. Both actions sparked worldwide condemnation and heightened fears the
  
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• State Police issue more than 4,600 tickets during Super Bowl weekend effort

  12-02-2016 19:06 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police say they issued more than 4,600 tickets during their Super Bowl STOP-DWI traffic enforcement initiative last weekend.
  State Police began their campaign at 2 p.m. on February 6 and continued for 34 hours until midnight on Sunday, February 7.
  92 people faced DWI charges and hundreds of others were ticketed for distracted driving or seatbelt violations.
  More than 1/4 of the tickets were the result of speeders though, according to Stat
  
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• Traffic stop for hanging plate leads to alcohol, drug charges

  12-02-2016 18:36 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 20-year-old faces alcohol and drug-related charges after a traffic stop in Clarence.
  Erie County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle on Harris Hill Road late Thursday night after noticing its front license plate hanging toward the roadway. The vehicle was being driven by Clarence resident Timothy Cullinan, 20.
  Deputies say they detected the smell of alcohol during the stop. Along with this, authorities say they found a controlled substance that wa
  
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• Police: No more danger after 2 teens killed at Arizona school

  12-02-2016 16:52 via wivb.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Police say two teens have been shot and killed at a high school in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, but there is no more danger to the rest of the campus.
  The 15-year-old victims at Independence High School were students.
  She didn’t say who fired the shots but said there is no active shooter situation now. The school is on lockdown.
  Police and fire units have descended on the school. Streets are closed to traffic in the residential area around the campus.
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• Video: Professor in Muslim head scarf kicked out of Trump rally

  12-02-2016 16:42 via wivb.com
  
  PENDLETON, S.C. (WSPA) — A Clemson professor dressed in a traditional Muslim garment says he was kicked out of Donald Trump’s rally Wednesday night in South Carolina. He caught it all on tape, posting this video to social media and it was watched more than 150,000 times in 24 hours.
  Dr. Chenjeria Kumanyika was wearing a traditional Muslim head scarf called a “keffiyeh” at the rally. He doesn’t practice that religion, but wanted to stand in solidarity with groups tha
  
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• Ohio radio host resigns after making comments about Bills’ hiring of Kathryn Smith

  12-02-2016 16:24 via wivb.com
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio (WIVB) — A Cleveland radio host known in western New York for remarks he made on-air about Bills assistant coach Kathryn Smith, has resigned.
  Kevin Kiley, one of two hosts of “Kiley & Carman,” a morning show on 92.3 The Fan, showed his disdain for the Bills’ hiring of the NFL’s first-ever full-time female coach on-air.
  His comments included statements like this:
  “We’ve been through this a thousand times — no
  
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• Indoor activities for Valentine’s weekend in WNY

  12-02-2016 16:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Here are some ways to escape the cold with your valentine or your whole family around Western New York this weekend.
  The Buffalo Auto Show is a fun February tradition at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. There are more than 300 new cars on display this year.The show runs through Sunday, and they have valet parking available.
  They’re still going strong after 25 years! The Blue Man Group’s anniversary tour rolls through Shea’s once again this wee
  
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• The men behind the make up in “Blue Man Group”

  12-02-2016 15:55 via wivb.com
  
  It’s part rock concert, part comedy show, and part dance party. You never know what’s going to happen when the Blue Man Group guys are on stage.
  One of the cast members, who only goes by “Meridian,” told News 4 what it’s like to go from regular guy to blue man. The process involves both a physical transformation and a mental one.
  “At the beginning of the show, audience sees these 3 blue guys, and at first, there’s this feeling of like, who are these guys
  
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• WHO: Possible Zika vaccines months away from broad trials

  12-02-2016 14:31 via wivb.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says possible Zika vaccines are at least 18 months away from large-scale trials.
  WHO assistant director-general for health systems and innovation Marie-Paule Kieny says the U.N. health agency’s response is “proceeding very quickly” and 15 companies or groups have been identified as possible participants in the hunt for vaccines.
  She told reporters in Geneva Friday that WHO also believes the link between the mosquito-borne virus
  
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• Cruz app data collection helps campaign read minds of voters

  12-02-2016 14:24 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Protecting the privacy of law-abiding citizens from the government is a pillar of Ted Cruz’s Republican presidential candidacy, but his campaign is testing the limits of siphoning personal data from supporters.
  His “Cruz Crew” mobile app is designed to gather detailed information from its users’ phones — tracking their physical movements and mining the names and contact information for friends who might want nothing to do with his campaign.
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• Fire causes $60,000 in damage on West Side

  12-02-2016 13:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A fire at a carriage house behind another home on Normal Avenue caused $60,000 in damage Friday morning.
  The fire began around 3 a.m. and no one was hurt. The Red Cross is helping two adults and one child.
  The blaze did not spread to any other structures and its cause is under investigation.
  
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• GALLERY: Snowy roads cover WNY Friday

  12-02-2016 13:08 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Heavy snow pushed its way across the region Friday and covered roads as it passed.
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• Too busy to brush off your car could cost you

  12-02-2016 06:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Who hasn’t left a layer of snow on their car because they were in too big a hurry to brush it off? Lawmakers in Albany are dusting off a measure that would cost drivers dearly for leaving heavy snow on their vehicles.
  Legislators are taking action because for every car or truck that drives down the road covered with snow, drivers behind it catch the snow on their windshield in the form of dust or big chunks of ice.
  It can be dangerous, and often leads to accid
  
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• HS hoops & hockey highlights

  12-02-2016 06:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y.(WIVB)- The McKinley boys basketball team claimed the Yale Cup with a win over MEC. The Williamsville South boys basketball team captured the league title and the #1 seed in sectionals. Williamsville North and St. Joe’s met on the ice for an overtime thriller.
  
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• Enter To Win Tickets To Sesame Street Live At Shea’s

  12-02-2016 06:00 via wivb.com
  
  Sesame Street Live hits the stage in buffalo at Shea’s Performing Arts Center, February 24th through February 28th, 2016. Submit your contest entry and you may win a pair of tickets to the show!
  Enter the contest today, it starts on February 12th and ends on February 17th.
   Shea’s Sesame Street Live Ticket Contest
  OFFICIAL CONTEST RULESNO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
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• Finding shelter and warmth for homeless during a Code Blue

  12-02-2016 05:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Just walking around in sub-zero temperatures and windchills can be unbearable, even for a few minutes. For some people though, being outside when the winter weather and cold temperatures hit isn’t an option; it’s their life.
  They’re the homeless, living on the Buffalo city streets, enduring the cold because they have no where to call home.
  The city has made remarkable efforts to find housing options for the homeless; creating programs where tho
  
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• Philly Mayor Kenney: LeSean McCoy needs to ‘Answer for his actions’

  12-02-2016 03:03 via wivb.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA, PA (WIVB) — A former member of the Philadelphia community is facing a firestorm there, along with potential criminal charges after LeSean McCoy allegedly attacked two off-duty cops.
  McCoy, top running back for the Buffalo Bills, was a star for the Philadelphia Eagles for several years before he departed in trade deal. While on off-season, McCoy and three of his former NFL friends allegedly got into a brawl at a private bar over the weekend with two off-duty police office
  
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• Police K-9 finds, saves missing woman from frigid pond

  12-02-2016 02:45 via wivb.com
  
  TOLLAND, Conn. (WTNH) — A missing woman is now recovering in the hospital after a police K-9 dog led state troopers to rescue her from a frigid pond in Tolland.
  Authorities say the 55-year-old woman had not been seen since walking out of her Eaton Road home, around 8 pm on Wednesday. State police began looking for her about an hour later, but after an extensive search, she could still not be found.
  State police issued a statewide Silver Alert for the missing woman and notified nearby polic
  
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• Study shows physical inactivity now may lead to smaller brain later

  12-02-2016 02:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (MEDIA GENERAL) — By now most folks have heard the well-worn advice to eat well and exercise more, but now new evidence is suggesting that physical fitness is connected to brain size later in life.
  Study looks at fitness and effect on brain
  The research was conducted as part of the ‘Framingham Heart Study’ which began in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1948 as a way to study the effects of aging over a long period of time.
  The study, which is now on its third generat
  
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• Dangerous cold prompts NY to issue warning to WNY residents

  12-02-2016 02:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Frigid temperatures akin to what New Yorkers became accustomed to in February of 2015 are back — at least for the weekend.
  The freezing temperatures could get as low as negative eight degrees, with wind chill dropping temps below negative 40 at times. At the same time, WNY could receive as much as two feet of snow.
  National Weather Service officials forecast the heaviest hit areas for snow over the coming days will be between Buffalo and Batavia, along wit
  
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• NYC officer convicted of manslaughter in stairwell shooting

  12-02-2016 01:42 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A rookie police officer who shot an unarmed man dead in a darkened public housing stairwell was convicted Thursday of manslaughter in a case closely watched by advocates for police accountability.
  The courtroom audience gasped and Officer Peter Liang, who had broken into tears as he testified about the 2014 shooting of Akai Gurley, buried his head in his hands as the verdict came after 17 hours of jury deliberations.
  The manslaughter charge carries up to 15 years in pr
  
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• West Seneca settles shooting of unarmed man by police for $4.65 million

  12-02-2016 00:56 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The West Seneca police dash cam video tells the story behind a $4.65 million settlement in the shooting and ultimate death of Jeffrey Edwards.
  The 46-year-old Buffalo man was unarmed. He was shot twice by a police officer on East and West Road in West Seneca in 2010. Police say someone from inside the car he was driving fired at officers with a high powered rifle.
  “By the time the West Seneca police began shooting on the vehicle the gun that was used by the
  
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• Lockwoods’ trickery readies plants months in advance

  12-02-2016 00:55 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Although he can’t control everything, there are some things Harry Lockwood doesn’t leave up to chance — even if they’re still out of his soiled hands.
  “Luck. This whole business is luck,” he laughed.
  Lockwood’s Greenhouses in Hamburg is a 100-year-old greenhouse. And in that century, they’ve perfected the art tricking plants into their spring readiness — sometimes months ahead of schedule — or, what’s
  
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• Thousands ask for environmentally friendly way to play “Roll up the Rim”

  12-02-2016 00:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Thousands of environmentally conscious “Roll up the Rim to Win” players are petitioning their coffee provider Tim Hortons to accommodate reusable mug users.
  An ever-popular game each year during the colder months, “Roll up the Rim to Win” is a Tim Hortons promotion that affords loyal customers opportunities to get free rewards, like coffee, doughnuts or more if luck cooperates.
  Typically, “Roll up the Rim to Win” players parti
  
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• After warm start, February cold returns to WNY

  12-02-2016 00:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – They say the cold and the snow comes with the territory of living in Western New York, but this season hasn’t seen much of either. It was a different story today though, where temperatures in the teens had locals bundled up tight.
  To many, this cold is just a small price to pay to avoid a winter like last year, where we saw cold and snow records broken constantly. Still, this cold has been long overdue. This past Wednesday was the first day this
  
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• Athenex to bring 1,400 medical jobs to WNY

  12-02-2016 00:12 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB)- A pharmaceutical company that is perfecting a cancer treatment drug may be just what the doctor ordered for Dunkirk’s economy.
  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo calls it a ‘game changer’ for Dunkirk. The pharmaceutical company called Athenex just received FDA approval last month to advance development of its cancer drug Oradoxel. Athenex is based in Buffalo’s medical corridor and now plans to expand in the Conventus building, creating five hundred new j
  
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• NY Gov: Let teens get HIV treatment without parental OK

  12-02-2016 00:06 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Teens in New York don’t need their parent’s consent before seeking treatment for most sexually transmitted diseases. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it’s time to change the law so that HIV infections are treated the same way.
  The Democratic governor said Thursday that he’s calling on the Legislature to authorize teens to seek treatment for HIV infections without a parent’s OK. The governor says requiring parental consent is a barrier to treatment.
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