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• Voices of voters as they cast ballots on Super Tuesday

  01-03-2016 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve states in all cast votes for presidential nominees on March 1, also known asSuper Tuesday, the biggest single-day delegate haul of the nomination contests. Republicans are voting in 11 states, with 595 delegates at stake. Democrats are casting ballots in 11 states, too, plus American Samoa, with 865 delegates up for grabs.
  Here’s a look at what some voters had to say as they went to the polls Tuesday:
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  Jan Kearns, a special education teacher originall
  
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• Mary Wilson speaks to life beyond the Bills

  01-03-2016 23:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – In a rare one on one interview, Mary Wilson relived her fairy tale with Ralph Wilson, the long-time owner and founder of the Buffalo Bills. She got emotional thinking about the fans, and how they opened their hearts to her when Ralph died in 2014.
  “When Ralph passed away … this city just poured out their love,” Mary Wilson said. “People were so thankful for Ralph.”
  Ralph died at the age of 95 nearly two years ago. Six months after his d
  
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• Three in Buffalo die to overdoses in 36 hours

  01-03-2016 22:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Brainstorming efforts are underway by Buffalo officials to understand how to dismantle the heroin problem after reports Tuesday revealed three fatal heroin overdoses in a span of 36 hours.
  Buffalo Police Commissioner Dan Derenda spoke alongside Mayor Byron Brown on Tuesday at a discussion on a new hiring initiative for Buffalo Police Officers, when they revealed the continuing severity of heroin overdoses in the city.
  Derenda said thus far in Erie County in
  
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• NY court says fraud suit over Trump University can continue

  01-03-2016 20:51 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York court has refused to throw out a fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump over his former school for real estate investors.
  The Appellate Division on Tuesday unanimously rejected Trump’s request to dismiss the 2013 suit.
  The four justices also denied New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s request for an immediate judgment, saying there are material issues of fact.
  Schneiderman alleges Trump University was unlicensed and promised lessons with
  
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• Apple, FBI stake out competing sides in encryption debate

  01-03-2016 19:56 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The high-stakes legal fight between Apple Inc. and the Justice Department over a locked iPhone is moving from the courts to Congress.
  FBI Director James Comey and Apple chief lawyer Bruce Sewell are appearing before the House Judiciary Committee for a hearing on encryption Tuesday afternoon.
  The hearing comes amid two significant and conflicting court rulings in New York and California on whetherApple can be forced to help the FBI gain access to locked phones.
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• Bills release Mario Williams, Urbik, Gray, Dixon; tag Cordy Glenn

  01-03-2016 19:15 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s been a big week for player movement in the world of sports, and one of the most significant moves in Buffalo happened to Bills defensive end Mario Williams.
  The NFL confirmed Tuesday that the Bills released Williams after four seasons with the team.
  By releasing Williams, the Bills save almost $13 million.
  Before joining the Bills, Williams played for the Houston Texans from 2006 to the 2011 season.
  Along with the release of Mario Williams, Antho
  
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• UB football player dies after being hospitalized last week

  01-03-2016 15:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A University at Buffalo football player, who was hospitalized after a team conditioning session last week, has died.
  Georgia resident and UB football defensive end Solomon Jackson passed away on the night of February 29.
  UB Athletic Director Allen Greene released a statement on Jackson’s passing:
  “It is with deep sadness that I write to share that we have lost one of our own, UB football player Solomon Jackson, who passed away last night.  Our h
  
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• Researchers say good relationships foster happiness

  01-03-2016 13:23 via wivb.com
  
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WIVB) — A study at Harvard University may be the longest running study of its kind. It’s been going on for 75 years with generations of researchers working to answer the question: What makes people happy?
  Robert Waldinger says if you think the answer is fame and money, you’re not alone, but are you mistaken?
  Research says the real answer to finding happiness is having good relationships.
  The study has given researchers unprecedented access to data on
  
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• Former Niagara County Sheriff’s Deputy due in court after fatal October crash

  01-03-2016 12:58 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF CAMBRIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A former Niagara County Sheriff’s Deputy will be in court Tuesday.
  James Bissell, III, is charged with reckless driving and going through a stop sign. Investigators say he collided with a jeep in the Town of Cambria back in October.
  Lockport resident Glenn Annalora, 61, died in the crash.
  Bissell resigned in December.
  
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• Crews battle blaze on West Tupper Street

  01-03-2016 12:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Shortly after a fire struck a vacant rectory on Buffalo’s East Side, another fire began at a home on West Tupper Street.
  Firefighters say they got the blaze under control quickly and that no one was hurt.
  It is not known how much damage the fire caused.
  
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• Super Tuesday voting begins

  01-03-2016 12:23 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Today’s the day the front-runners for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations look to get some major separation from their rivals.
  Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are hoping things break their way in the delegate-rich Super Tuesday, the busiest day of the 2016 primaries.
  Rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz want to stop Trump.
  Bernie Sanders hopes he can better rally minorities that are core Democratic voters.
  
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• Vacant rectory burns, three locals face arson charges

  01-03-2016 12:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Firefighters had a tough fight on their hands as they battled the flames in a former rectory overnight, but fire officials are celebrating a job well done after crews were able to stop the flames from spreading to nearby buildings.
  Firefighters were called to the former rectory building on Watson around 11:30 p.m. Monday and got to work trying to put the fire out.
  They faced major challenges because of how large the building was, how cold the weather was, and how clo
  
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• Fire damages former East side rectory building

  01-03-2016 12:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Firefighters had a tough fight on their hands as they battled the flames in a former rectory overnight, but fire officials are celebrating a job well done after crews were able to stop the flames from spreading.
  Firefighters were called to the former rectory building on Watson around 11:30 p.m. Monday and got to work trying to put the fire out.
  They faced major challenges because of how large the building was, how cold the weather was, and how close the buildings all
  
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• Buffalo home saved after vacant rectory catches fire overnight

  01-03-2016 12:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo building that had been vacant for decades caught fire late Monday night, threatening a nearby home.
  Firefighters are working to figure out what started the blaze at the old church rectory.
  The nearby house, which was just around 15 feet away, was saved from any major damage.
  The homeowners, Murray and Nona Holman, say they were told of the fire by an unknown person who was looking out for their safety and wanted them to get out of the house before
  
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• Trifecta!!!

  01-03-2016 06:05 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- There was plenty of celebrating at the First Niagara Center and it had nothing to do with the Buffalo Sabres. Three local high school hockey teams chased down championships. St. Joe’s beat Canisius 3-0 to claim the Monsignor Martin Championship. Williamsville North held off Niagara-Wheatfield 1-0 to win the Section VI large school title. Trevor Pray scored 5 goals to lead Kenmore East to a 5-2 over Williamsville East in the small school championship game.
  
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• Medici House owner explains why minimum wage forced him to shut down

  01-03-2016 05:39 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA (N.Y.)- A restaurant in East Aurora closed its doors after the owner said he couldn’t afford to pay a higher minimum wage. Medici House and the adjoining restaurant, Theas, were shut down on Saturday.
  “It’s a little bit of a shock,” said Mark Stancampiano, a former dishwasher. “My problem is I have three kids, two handicapped kids, so it’s tough all the way around.”
  Stancampiano is one of about 20 employees laid off after the restau
  
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• World Record; Calif. Sheepdog gives birth to 17 puppies

  01-03-2016 04:40 via wivb.com
  
  FAIRFIELD (KRON) — A Maremma Sheepdog just broke the California and world record for largest litter of puppies ever recorded, according to a California owner.
  John Costanzo, sent us an adorable picture Monday afternoon of his 17 puppies living in one litter to local organic farm in Fairfield. Costanzo shared that Maremma Sheepdogs which are usually referred to as just Maremmano, is a breed of livestock guardian dogs who are indigenous to central Italy.
  Sheep-farming has decreased
  
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• More Americans save rather than spend their tax refund check

  01-03-2016 04:37 via wivb.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – If you filed your taxes this year, you may have already received your refund check.
  “Tax refund, you save it, put it in a house fund and a rainy day fund, and if anything goes wrong, I have money; that’s what you do with it,” said Chris Juss of Springfield.
  Several citizens said saving their tax refund check is the way to go this year.
  “I usually save it and try to put as much as I can into my 401K,” said Vincent Govoni of Massachus
  
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• R.I. man, sexual abuse victim depicted in ‘Spotlight’ discusses decision to go public

  01-03-2016 04:34 via wivb.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — At the Academy Awards Sunday, “Spotlight” – which portrays the Boston Globe’s investigation into the Catholic church’s cover-up of sexual abuse by members of the clergy – was crowned best picture.
  A key figure in the film, who went by the alias “Kevin from Providence,” spoke out on Monday.
  His real name is Jim Scanlan.
  For the film, he said he wanted to remain anonymous because as a student at Boston College High Sch
  
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• Leap year baby delivered by doctor born on same day

  01-03-2016 04:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local doctor who was born on a leap year four decades ago celebrated her 11th true birthday on Monday, and she spent it bringing another Leapling into the world.
  Lynn Marie Aronica, 44, said she spent her birthday — which she wasn’t originally scheduled to work — to bring a special child into the world. She helped a local mother deliver a little girl named Ella at 5:15 a.m., .
  “Every four years on this day I get to do som
  
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• Criminal past haunts boat owner in girl’s death

  01-03-2016 04:11 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) —The only adult who was on the boat the night a teenage girl was killed is facing the most serious charges of his long criminal past.
  Sixteen-year-old Avery Gardner was the youngest one on the boat last June as it sped down Ellicott Creek in the dark. Avery was killed when her head struck a low pedestrian bridge according to Acting Erie County District Attorney, Michael Flaherty.
  “She’s just an innocent victim as far as I’m concerned,”
  
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• Polished Lodge at River Fest Park showed off

  01-03-2016 03:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Following millions of dollars in investments into Buffalo’s waterfront, officials got to show off a new gem at Buffalo’s River Fest Park Monday.
  Officials showed off the Lodge at the park, which resides at 249 Ohio Street, and is surrounded by three acres of land. Also in the park are a band shell, picnic area, boardwalk, public docks and a view of the Buffalo River.
  Partially funded by the federal government, local officials said the Lodge is just a
  
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• Man dies, woman in critical condition, following Buffalo crash

  01-03-2016 02:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A car crash on Buffalo’s east side sent a vehicle into a tree, leaving a man injured and a woman in critical condition.
  Police say a SUV crashed into a tree at about 4 p.m. while traveling southbound on Mendola Avenue off Kensington Avenue. First responders who rushed to the scene of the crash say they transported a man and woman to the Erie County Medical Center.
  The male succumbed to his injuries soon after, but the female is in critical condition. Their
  
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• County Health Dept. allows school cafeteria to reopen Tuesday

  01-03-2016 01:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The cafeteria at the Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center, PS 99 reopens Tuesday morning. The Erie County Health Department had closed the cafeteria the previous Tuesday, after finding rodent feces in several areas where food is prepared and served.
  But county health officials say they are not done—they found other health code violations at the school after an initial inspection earlier in the month, and three subsequent inspections in the following three we
  
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• Some back to work; NYS processing large payment for SolarCity contractors

  01-03-2016 00:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State says it will make good on an estimated $80 million in late payments to contractors at Solar City as soon as Tuesday.
  At least one of the major unions representing dozens of workers there returned to work Monday on a promise the money would come — while others are still holding out.
  Members of the Carpenters Local 276, which represents 65 to 70 workers, were notified over the weekend and returned to work Monday morning.
  As a result, there was
  
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