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• Five friends donate hair to support friend with cancer

  15-02-2016 23:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  A group of teenagers in Buffalo made a big donation on Tuesday.
  “It’s just hair, it’ll grow back,” said Mia Trietley, who donated her hair to the non-profit Children With Hair Loss.
  Trietley and four other girls decided to cut their hair to be made into wigs for sick children.
  “Why not do something out of the ordinary,” said friend Eva Sidaris.
  Emma Hollander told News 4 she wasn’t going to miss the opportunity.
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• NHL Trade Deadline: Which Sabres could be traded?

  15-02-2016 23:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Just two weeks away, the NHL trade deadline looms for the Buffalo Sabres once again this year. Sellers in each of the last few seasons, Buffalo figures to sell rather than buy once again this time around.
  All eyes should be on Jamie McGinn, who figures to be the best trade bait Buffalo has to offer. He’s among the Sabres’ top goal-scorers and because he’s an unrestricted free agent this summer, he’s not guaranteed to return to Buffalo. GM
  
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• Local dog to compete in Westminster Dog Show

  15-02-2016 22:57 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local man and his best friend are set to compete in the Westminster Dog Show to prove he’s the best of his breed.
  Brian White, 40, will head to Madison Square Garden for the Westminster Dog Show  on Monday, and will compete on Tuesday. His trusted companion is a 5-year-old Wirehaired Vizsla named Ryder.
  White says Ryder is a grand champion and is the second ranked dog for Wirehaired Vizsla dogs in the nation currently, but his true love rests in hi
  
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• Local cadets weigh-in on draft debate

  15-02-2016 22:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Second year ROTC Cadet Stephanie Amodeo was raised in a military family. Serving her country was an honor she wanted from a young age.
  “I actually joined the Army National Guard in October of 2013, did basic, then grad school ROTC,” she told News 4.
  When asked about women being included in a draft, her response was automatic.
  “Absolutely,” she said.
  Amodeo’s path to wearing the uniform was the same as a male cadets, and so is her
  
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• Red Cross comes to aid dozens of fire victims over 3-day period

  15-02-2016 22:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A total of seven serious fires prompted the response of firefighters in western New York over the weekend, spanning into Monday.
  First responders rushed to the scene, ensuring everybody escaped the fires with their lives, but with every fire — memories, money and more is lost. That’s where the American Red Cross comes in to help.
  Red Cross officials aided 26 people after the seven fires in Lockport, Buffalo, Batavia, Sloan and Tonawanda. Volunteers f
  
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• February freeze prompts concerns over frozen pipes

  15-02-2016 21:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Frozen pipes can lead to a number of issues in a modern home, causing significant damage once flowing water turns to ice.
  Although keeping pipes flowing and fluid during the winter season isn’t always in the control of a homeowner, there are some preventative measures a homeowner can take to combat frozen pipes.
  Allstate Insurance agents, who deal with claims from frozen pipes, recommend keeping homes warmer than 65 degrees to keep walls from freezing. Hom
  
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• Local man charged with drunken snowmobile driving

  15-02-2016 21:22 via wivb.com
  
  CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (WIVB) — While on patrol early Monday morning, police say they located a snowmobile driver operating in a dangerous fashion.
  Police say they stopped Brandon L. Cessna, 35, on ST-394 in the Town of Chautauqua at about 1 a.m. Monday. After stopping him, Cessna’s name in the system showed he drove unregistered and uninsured, police say.
  After testing his sobriety, police say he tested positive for driving under the influence. Upon further testing, Cessna repor
  
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• Living XXX: UB student, former porn star speaks out

  15-02-2016 21:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Elliott Vance looks like your average biology major, unless you check his twitter, or search his name on the Internet.
  “When you actually look back and you’re in the middle of doing these things you’re just like wow, alright I never thought I’d be doing this,” said the 23-year-old student.
  He’s talking about porn.
  Vance was recently featured in a special sex edition of UB’s student newspaper, The Spectrum.
  He’s always loved be
  
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• Police identify victim of Sunday morning gunfire in Buffalo

  15-02-2016 20:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local man is dead after a fatal shooting on Buffalo’s east side.
  Police responded to the 100 block of Dutton Avenue Sunday morning just before 5:30 a.m. to respond to a call of shots fired.
  When on the scene, they say they located 53-year-old Michelangelo Barbour with gunshot wounds. First responders rushed Barbour to the Erie County Medical Center where he later died to his wounds.
  As police continue to investigate the shooting, they’re asking any
  
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• Police: Man drove three times over legal limit with child in car

  15-02-2016 19:52 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Williamsville man is facing a slew of charges related to DWI after New York State Police responded to a call for a vehicle off the road in Clarence Friday.
  State Police say William Crabtree, 34, faces multiple charges, including felony DWI, DWI under Leandra’s Law and traffic violations, after his vehicle was found off Main Street.
  Troopers say Crabtree had a 12-year-old in the vehicle with him.
  Upon standing, Troopers say Crabtree was unsteady on his f
  
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• Local 10-year-old wins international piano competition

  15-02-2016 19:33 via wivb.com
  
  GETZVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – A 10-year-old from Getzville recently won an international competition. Eric Yang came in first place at the American Protégé International Piano and String Competition.
  “I was so excited,” he said.
  The 5th grader at Casey Middle School in Williamsville has always had a passion for music.
  He started learning how to play when he was 4-years-old. His father, Dr. Gage Yang, said even when his son was a toddler, he liked classical music. Dr. Y
  
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• VIDEO: Town of Tonawanda Police looking for suspected stolen card users

  15-02-2016 19:21 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Town of Tonawanda Police are looking for help identifying two people accused of using a stolen credit card.
  Police say the card was stolen from an unlocked vehicle before it was used in a local convenience store.
  The suspects may be operating a black Chevy Impala and can be seen in the video above, according to police.
  Anyone with information on the suspects or the theft is asked to call police at 879-6606.
  
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• Kane out of Tuesday game after missing practice

  15-02-2016 19:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Sabres Head Coach Dan Bylsma says left wing Evander Kane will not play in Tuesday’s away game against the Ottawa Senators after missing practice on Monday.
  Kane attended the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night and called the Sabres to say he would miss Monday’s practice. Bylsma says Kane slept in.
  Robin Lehner will start in goal Tuesday night as the Sabres play in Kanata, Ontario at 7:30 p.m.
  
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• Car rolls over during Clarence crash

  15-02-2016 17:38 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A rollover crash was seen in Clarence Monday morning.
  Witnesses say the driver of the red car pictured below came through the intersection of Main Street and Harris Hill Road, turned on the wrong side of the road and hit another car that was turning onto Main Street before it flipped.
  No one was injured in the crash, but emergency crews were on the scene.
  The car that rolled over was placed right side up again and the Erie County Sheriff’s Offic
  
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• Common voting myths: What’s true and what’s false?

  15-02-2016 17:23 via wivb.com
  
  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — When it comes to voting, there can be a quite a few myths floating around. So how do voters know what is true, and what isn’t? Media General contributors spoke with one member from the League of Women Voters who dispels many common voting myths.
  The League of Women Voters has been around since 1920. Voter services co-chair Joanne Evers said their main goal then is the same as it is now to educate people on how to be active voters.
  “We try to g
  
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• How to protect your electronics during frigid temperatures

  15-02-2016 17:11 via wivb.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Smartphones, tablets, and other devices we enjoy, while being outside, are not fans of the cold. If you do have to go outside, leave your phone inside, or at least in your pocket where it’s warm.
  Freezing temperatures can drain your battery quickly, and even damage your phone’s hardware.
  One man told Media General contributors, while skiing this weekend, the cold weather caused his and his friends’ phones to lose power. “Pretty much
  
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• ‘I think we’re crashing:’ Pa. dad recalls 1-78 pileup that killed three, injured dozens

  15-02-2016 17:05 via wivb.com
  
  FREDERICKSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Interstate 78 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania reopened at 5 a.m. Sunday, some 19 hours after it closed following Saturday’s pile-up that involved 64 cars, tractor trailers, and box trucks.
  The only evidence of the series of crashes was a little debris and roughed-up snow in the median.
  But those involved face bigger impacts.
  “We dodged a bullet yesterday,” Jeffrey Brown said Sunday.
  Brown was driving to work near Hamburg, Berks County, from Me
  
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• Restaurant owner moving forward after brutal attack

  15-02-2016 16:51 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — They call themselves ‘family,’ and on Sunday evening they reunited for the first time, since Thursday.
  Staff and close friends of the Nazareth Mediterranean Cuisine in Ohio came together for a short prayer and dinner, to begin their healing process.
  The gathering was not focused on Thursday’s violent attack, instead the focus was on moving forward.
  “I was happy Hany [Baransi] was able to work again,” said Christian Rogers, a member of t
  
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• Crash leaves thousands of western Mass. residents in the cold

  15-02-2016 16:48 via wivb.com
  
  PALMER, Mass. (WWLP) – A rude awakening on a bitter cold morning… nearly 2,000 Palmer, Massachusetts residents woke up to a power outage on Sunday, the coldest day of the year.
  National Grid told Media General contributors a downed power line on the corner of Main and Allen Streets in Palmer is what caused the early morning outage.
  Palmer resident Edward Pascale told contributors it was extremely difficult to wake up on the coldest of the year, and not even have heat. &ldq
  
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• Planned Parenthood to reopen Monday

  15-02-2016 16:38 via wivb.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (MEDIA GENERAL) – Planned Parenthood is reopening its doors in Colorado Springs after tragedy shut them over three months ago.
  Three people were killed November 27, when alleged gunman Robert Lewis Dear opened fire.
  Monday, the Colorado Springs office will hold a reopening ceremony at 9 a.m.
  The number of patients the clinic can treat will be limited for a few months, but the president said the organization wanted to follow through on its promise to reopen as soon a
  
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• GOP hopeful Ted Cruz delivers sermon at Beaufort Church in S.C.

  15-02-2016 16:33 via wivb.com
  
  BEAUFORT, S.C (WSAV) – It was not a day of rest for the Ted Cruz campaign as he talked religion in politics for nearly an hour at Community Bible Church outside of Beaufort. It’s a message to evangelicals that Cruz hopes will push them to the polls.
  “What happens in six days on February 20th in South Carolina will change the course of history,” says Cruz.
  It now marks less than a week before low country voters head into the GOP primary.
  “If Christians rise up and ta
  
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• Marco Rubio greeted by large crowd in South Carolina; feels good about debate

  15-02-2016 16:02 via wivb.com
  
  GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) — Less than 24 hours after the GOP Debate in downtown Greenville, Senator Marco Rubio was greeted by a cheering crowd of over 1,500 in Easley. Sunday’s town hall was one of the biggest events the candidate has held in South Carolina.
  “You elect me, you’ll have a president that believes, respects, upholds, protects and defends the constitution of the USA,” he said to the crowd.
  But the event was briefly interrupted, by four people holding smal
  
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• Loss for words can be a rare brain disorder, not Alzheimer’s

  15-02-2016 15:52 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A mysterious brain disorder can be confused with early Alzheimer’s disease although it isn’t robbing patients of their memories but of the words to talk about them.
  It’s called primary progressive aphasia, and researchers said Sunday they’re finding better ways to diagnose the little-known syndrome. That will help people whose thoughts are lucid but who are verbally locked in to get the right kind of care.
  “I’m using a speech device to
  
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• 10 years later, Tennessee woman doing well after heart transplant

  15-02-2016 15:49 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Nashville mom received a gift that keeps on giving 10 years ago.
  Ashelie Davis was a fairly healthy teenager, but when she was just 20 years old she was diagnosed with Cardiomyopathy.(Photo: WKRN)“My heart was really, really weak. It made me really weak,” Davis told Media General contributors on Valentine’s Day, which shares the day with National Donor Day.
  It turned out to be genetic, she learned her family has history of Cardiomyopathy a
  
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• Plane returns to London after laser beamed into cockpit

  15-02-2016 15:43 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Virgin Atlantic Airways is working with investigators to identify the source of a laser beam that forced a New York-bound flight to return to London, the airline said Monday.
  The crew of flight VS025 decided to return to Heathrow rather than making the trans-Atlantic crossing, the airline said in a statement. Passengers were offered overnight accommodation.
  Police said they were contacted Sunday evening and that no arrests have been made.
  Lasers can cause a temporary loss of
  
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• North Carolina man charged in deadly stabbing of woman with screwdriver

  15-02-2016 15:33 via wivb.com
  
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — In North Carolina, Asheville Police arrested a man Saturday in connection with the murder of a woman in a parking lot on Friday afternoon.
  According to the Asheville Police Department, 29-year-old James Michael Norton of Marshall has been arrested and charged with first degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon.
  Officers responded to 56 Central Avenue about 4:30 p.m. Friday for a severely injured woman who was taken to Mission Hospital, where she later
  
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• Peace Bridge lights symbolize numerous occasions

  15-02-2016 15:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s enjoyed by people on both sides of the border, but how does the LED light display on the Peace Bridge work?
  They can be seen from two countries, illuminating the Peace Bridge at night over the Niagara River.
  The $1.2 million lighting system went live in 2009. Senior Systems Analyst Roger Ripa is the one who sets the show using an automated software program.
  “We actually had a lighting designer come and lay out the lights on the Peace Bridge, and I wa
  
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• Results in key cases could change with Scalia’s death

  15-02-2016 13:21 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court abhors even numbers. But that’s just what the court will have to deal with, perhaps for many months, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Eight justices will decide what to do, creating the prospect of 4-4 ties.
  Here are some questions and answers about the effect on the court of the death of its conservative icon and longest-serving justice:
  Q. What happens to cases in which Scalia cast a vote or drafted an opinion, but no decision has been
  
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• Frozen hydrants cause issues after clothing iron starts fire in Town of Tonawanda home

  15-02-2016 13:06 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 6 a.m. Town of Tonawanda fire was extinguished Monday morning and left an icy mess.
  The fire happened at a two-family home on Roswell Ave. Similar to another Monday fire in Ontario County, frozen hydrants gave fire crews trouble at the scene.
  Despite this, the fire was brought under control about one half hour after crews arrived.
  A clothing iron that was left on was determined to be the cause of the fire.
  Only one person was inside the hom
  
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• 10 people escape Ontario County hotel fire

  15-02-2016 12:13 via wivb.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — Frozen hydrants proved to be a major issue during a Monday morning fire at an American’s Best Value Inn in Ontario County.
  Flames and heavy smoke were still able to be seen from the roof of the hotel in Farmington on Route 96 more than two hours after the fire started.
  The blaze began around 3:30 a.m. and spread faster than fire crews could put up lines. Backup was called in in the form of tankers. In all, 18 crews responded to the scene.
  10 people esca
  
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• Former NY Gov. Spitzer accused of assaulting girlfriend

  15-02-2016 11:41 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (WIVB) — New allegations of assault are coming against former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.
  A 25-year-old Russian woman told New York City Police that Eliot Spitzer was her boyfriend, and got physical with her during an argument at a hotel, according to law enforcement sources that spoke with CNN and CBS.
  Police received the call Saturday and found the woman with cuts on her wrist. She reportedly told officers at the hospital that she and Spitzer argued, and that&rsqu
  
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• Cold weather impacting common Valentine’s Day products

  15-02-2016 04:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The streets in the Elmwood Village have been busy Sunday, busier than the last few days so it’s safe to say cold weather isn’t impacting certain business around the city but it could be having an affect on their products.
  “Valentine’s Day is one of our best,” said Bob Petrik, the owner at Mother Nature’s Plant Emporium in the Elmwood Village. The shop had hundreds of customers today looking to spread love in a vase.
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