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• Deputy, K-9 locate autistic teen who fled into woods

  02-03-2016 22:33 via wivb.com
  
  COLLINS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A deputy who works hand-in-paw with a K-9 utilized his furry partner to help locate an autistic teen who fled a vehicle into a wooded area in Erie County.
  Deputy Lundberg and his partner Haso rushed to Aldrich Road Sunday morning to a vehicle from which an autistic teenager fled. The driver of the vehicle was forced to pull over to the side of the road, at what time the teen ran into the woods in the Town of Collins.
  Just minutes after Haso began to track the te
  
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• Man who raped, sodomized 7-Eleven clerk during robbery gets maximum sentence

  02-03-2016 21:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man who admitted to raping and sodomizing a store clerk during a robbery a year ago will spend 50 years under the watchful eye of New York State.
  Michael Sanchez, 28, faced sentencing in state court on Wednesday, when a judge decided he would spend 25 years in state prison and face 25 years of post-release supervision — the maximum sentence he could have received.
  Sanchez pleaded guilty in November to raping, sodomizing and robbing a 20-year-old 7-Eleven
  
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• Buffalo factory building added to NY preservation list

  02-03-2016 19:43 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The upstate homes of black families who migrated north decades ago, a New York City library designed by a renowned Gilded Age architect and a rail corridor in the Adirondacks were added Wednesday to a New York preservation’s list of historic places to save.
  An abandoned Buffalo factory, a 180-year-old church in Newburgh, Schenectady’s Stockade District and the Dennis-Newton House in Ithaca also made the Preservation League of New York State’s
  
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• United Steelworkers approve deal with Allegheny Technologies

  02-03-2016 19:28 via wivb.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The United Steelworkers union has voted roughly 5-to-1 to approve a four-year contract with Allegheny Technologies Inc. after 2,200 workers were locked out more than six months ago.
  About 90 percent of the union workers affected cast votes Tuesday.
  The last contract expired June 30, and ATI locked out the workers at 12 plants in Pennsylvania and five other states on Aug. 15. About 1,500 of those locked out work at six plants in the Pittsburgh suburbs. The company is
  
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• Late payments being made to workers at SolarCity project

  02-03-2016 19:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — State officials say $82 million in late payments are being made to contractors who had to lay off scores of construction workers at Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature economic development project in Buffalo.
  Empire State Development and the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute announced Monday night that the payments for the SolarCity project will be disbursed as soon as Tuesday.
  Union officials said contractors owed money from the state issued layoff no
  
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• Williamsville teen charged with manslaughter following infant son’s death

  02-03-2016 18:22 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Williamsville teen has been charged with 2nd degree manslaughter following the October death of his two-month-old son.
  Authorities believe the child died from shaken baby syndrome after he was rushed to Women and Children’s Hospital from Cheektowaga back in October.
  When police initially responded to the scene, they say the father brought the boy to the first floor of their Meadow Place apartment. The infant’s face was reportedly
  
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• Authorities looking for man accused of sex crime involving child

  02-03-2016 17:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crimestoppers is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of 28-year-old Christopher Strong.
  Strong is wanted for sexual assault of an 11-year-old.
  Anyone with information on Strong’s whereabouts can call the Crimestoppers tip line at 867-6161.
  
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• Snow and ice create headaches for commuters

  02-03-2016 17:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Overnight winter weather made for a messy Wednesday morning commute. A layer of ice under snow that continued to fall through the morning created very difficult driving conditions in some spots.
  That led several area school districts to cancel classes for the day rather than risk sending the buses out on slippery streets.
  A lot of people had trouble even getting out on the roads in the first place because of the ice coating their cars.
  News 4’s Katie Alexander
  
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• US official: Debris from same type of plane as MH370

  02-03-2016 16:44 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says debris washed up over the weekend in Mozambique has been tentatively identified by experts close to the investigation as a part from the same type of aircraft as the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
  The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, said the debris appears to be the leading edge of the right-hand horizontal stabilizer of a Boeing 777. MH-370, which disappeared two years ago thi
  
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• UN approves toughest sanctions on North Korea in 20 years

  02-03-2016 16:36 via wivb.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved the toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades, reflecting growing anger at Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test and rocket launch in defiance of a ban on all nuclear-related activity.
  The United States and North Korea’s traditional ally China spent seven weeks negotiating the new sanctions. They include mandatory inspections of cargo leaving and entering North Korea by sea or air, a ban on
  
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• Connecticut priest charged with stealing from parish

  02-03-2016 15:46 via wivb.com
  
  SEYMOUR, Conn. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the Connecticut parish where he once served as pastor.
  Police say the Rev. Honore (AH’-nor-ay) Kombo has been arrested this week on a first-degree larceny charge.
  Police did not say exactly how much Kombo is charged with stealing from St. Augustine’s parish in the town of Seymour, Connecticut, but a first-degree larceny charge is for thefts of more than $20,000.Kombo was remov
  
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• Clinton, Trump lead 2016 delegate race: How March could decide everything

  02-03-2016 15:35 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Super Tuesday voters handed Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton major wins and — more importantly — loads of delegates.
  Those delegates will travel to the Republican and Democratic conventions in July to cast votes in the candidates’ favor.
  The aim is to reach a magical delegate threshold, at which point presidential hopefuls become party nominees.
  The Democratic benchmark is 2,382 delegates. Republicans need 1,237 delegates.
  Tuesday’s
  
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• Safety over sexy: Airport stops woman with gun-shaped heels

  02-03-2016 15:10 via wivb.com
  
  LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) — At the airport, safety is more important than sexy.
  That’s what a woman found out at the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Officials say she was stopped Sunday at a security checkpoint with a pair of gun-shaped stiletto heels.
  TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein says the stilettos had heels in the shape of handguns and faux bullets around the sole. They were in the woman’s carry-on luggage, along with bracelets lined in faux bullets.
  
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• Disney revives ‘High School Musical’ with open casting call

  02-03-2016 14:59 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Disney Channel is reviving “High School Musical.”
  The channel said Tuesday it’s starting a nationwide casting search for the latest sequel in the hit TV movie franchise.
  “High School Musical 4” will introduce new East High Wildcats and their cross-town rivals, the West High Knights, the channel said.
  The cast of the original 2006 movie included Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu. The sequel comes amid network TV&r
  
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• Sheriff: Indiana man causes ‘scalping’ injuries to 3-year-old girl

  02-03-2016 14:56 via wivb.com
  
  HOWARD COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) — An Indiana man faces a felony charge after authorities say he caused injuries described as “scalping” to a 3-year-old girl.
  The girl’s mother, Noel Maxwell of Frankfort, discovered swelling on the toddler’s head Feb. 23, according to the Howard County Sheriff’s Department.
  Maxwell told detectives her boyfriend, Andrew J. Milburn, 35, of Frankfort, had returned home with the girl earlier in the night. Milburn told Maxwell the 3-year
  
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• Man impersonating FBI agent robs Mississippi gym

  02-03-2016 14:53 via wivb.com
  
  MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) – A Mississippi business fell victim to a sophisticated robbery plot involving a man impersonating an FBI agent.
  “Very shocking to me I just didn’t think it was going to happen especially at that hour.”
  Starke Fitness Gym owner, Lee Sahler is finding his run-in with a robber hard to believe.
  “He goes behind the counter and he is acting like he is with a security company, FBI security or FBI something that is what he tells my front des
  
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• Kansas shooting victim begins long road to recovery with wife by his side

  02-03-2016 14:48 via wivb.com
  
  HESSTON, Kansas (KSN) – There are dozens who are still feeling the earth shattering effects of the Excel Industries shooting in Kansas.
  Media General contributors sat down with a couple who experienced it firsthand, an event that forever changed their lives. The Cebulski family is just now beginning the long road to recovery.
  It’s a memory that will forever haunt Jeff Cebulski.
  “I was yelling, ‘help, help, help’, and everybody else was running and stuff,”
  
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• Powerful quake hits off Indonesia, tsunami warning issued

  02-03-2016 14:40 via wivb.com
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful, shallow earthquake hit off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia Wednesday and could trigger a tsunami, officials said.
  The U.S. Geological Service said the earthquake struck Wednesday evening and had a preliminary magnitude of 7.9. It was centered under the ocean at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), it said.
  Shallow earthquakes are more likely to cause damage, but the USGS said the quake was located quite far from land, about 662 kilometers (4
  
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• Researchers: Hugs can help protect us from colds

  02-03-2016 14:14 via wivb.com
  
  PITTSBURGH, Penn. (WIVB) — A hug a day could really keep the doctor away.
  Doctors decided to look into the emotional impact of our hugs. They can deliver more than a boost.
  Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University studied about four-hundred adults. They checked in to the effect of hugs and whether they can protect you from catching a cold.
  The researchers say people who received more hugs and greater “social support” were 32 percent less likely to come down with
  
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• 33 vehicles involved in massive series of crashes on Milestrip Road

  02-03-2016 13:04 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Slick roads caused havoc overnight in western New York.
  One of the worst instances of troubling traffic happened when a 33-car pileup occurred on Milestrip Road in Hamburg shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday.
  Hamburg Police say the Milestrip accident happened at the railroad overpass near the Martin Road exit.
  Police say that as they were responding, the situation began to escalate quickly. Many more accidents began to happen in the same area and polic
  
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• Scott Kelly back home after year aloft: ‘We did it!’

  02-03-2016 05:48 via wivb.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented year in space for NASA, landing in barren Kazakhstan with a Russian cosmonaut who shared his whole space station journey.
  Their Soyuz capsule parachuted onto the central Asian steppes and ended a science-rich mission at the International Space Station that began last March and was deemed a steppingstone to Mars.
  It was a triumphant homecoming for Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko after 34
  
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• Western New York voters weigh in on the race for the White House

  02-03-2016 05:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Western New Yorkers head to the polls for the presidential primary on April 19 but many told News 4 they are still undecided.
  “I would like to see Ben Carson as probably vice president,” said Anthony Naples, of Buffalo. “I don’t know who I want for president.”
  Naples said there has been too much rhetoric among the Republican candidates.
  “I wish they would stop acting like kids, they’re like grammar school kids in the worst pos
  
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• Train derails in Chautauqua County, State of Emergency declared

  02-03-2016 05:29 via wivb.com
  
  RIPLEY, N.Y. (WIVB) — First responders rushed Tuesday night to the scene of a 15-20 car train derailment in Chautauqua County’s Ripley.
  Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office officials say the train derailed near Shaver Street and Mechanic Street, closing Route 76 and Shaver Street in Ripley.
  Residents within 1,000 feet of the derailment were evacuated due to an ethanol leak caused by one of the cars.
  All others in the vicinity of the derailment were asked to stay in
  
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• Train derails in Chautauqua County

  02-03-2016 05:29 via wivb.com
  
  RIPLEY, N.Y. (WIVB) — First responders rushed Tuesday night to the scene of a 15-20 car train derailment in Chautauqua County’s Ripley.
  Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office officials say the train derailed near Shaver Street and Mechanic Street, closing Route 76 and Shaver Street in Ripley.
  Residents within 1,000 feet of the derailment have been evacuated due to an ethanol leak caused by one of the cars.
  All others in the vicinity of the derailment are asked to stay ind
  
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• Residents return home after Chautauqua County train derailment

  02-03-2016 05:29 via wivb.com
  
  RIPLEY, N.Y. (WIVB) — First responders rushed Tuesday night to the scene of a 15-20 car train derailment in Chautauqua County’s Ripley.
  Norfolk Southern spokesperson David Pidgeon told News 4 the 34 car train was traveling eastbound when 16 of its cars derailed. One of the derailed cars was transporting propane, two of the cars carried ethanol. It happened near Shaver Street and Mechanic Street, closing Route 76 and Shaver Street in Ripley.
  “Our house shook it was jus
  
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• Union Fire Co. seeks OK on $8M bond

  02-03-2016 04:15 via wivb.com
  
   
  WEST SENECA (WIVB) – Volunteer firefighters in West Seneca said an expanded hall would double as an emergency shelter for the district. They also said they need it to store their equipment. Now, they’re asking taxpayers to see it through with an $8 million municipal bond.
  Tuesday night, fire officials held an informational meeting on the issue.
  “This building is 60-years-old. We’ve outgrown it. We have no room to expand,” said Union Fire Department Commission
  
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• Major roads, Skyway shut down as ice causes three 10-vehicle pileups

  02-03-2016 04:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A complex storm front brought freezing rain into the Buffalo area on Tuesday night, creating havoc and three separate 10-vehicle pileups on Buffalo roads.
  Officials made a fast call to temporarily close down Route 5, on the stretch known as the Skyway, in both directions on Buffalo’s waterfront after at least 10 vehicles crashed on both the inbound and outbound ramps.
  Vehicles also crashed on the Scajaquada Expressway near Niagara Street, where o
  
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• Trump and S.C. Governor get into Twitter tiff

  02-03-2016 01:47 via wivb.com
  
  MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Governor Nikki Haley responded to Donald Trump’s Twitter attack with just three words.
  Donald Trump took to Twitter to insult the South Carolina governor, who endorsed presidential candidate Marco Rubio February 16. After retweeting two posts questioning Gov. Haley’s political moves, Donald Trump tweeted, “The people of South Carolina are embarrassed by Nikki Haley!”
  About 20 minutes later Gov. Haley responded to Trump’s proclamation
  
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• Local man arrested, accused of selling heroin, cocaine

  02-03-2016 01:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Wellsville man is facing drug charges Tuesday after officers arrested him in the City of Buffalo.
  New York State Police stopped Maurice Roberson, 39, in Buffalo after police in Wellsville issued a warrant for his arrest on allegations that he sold various drugs in the village.
  Police say they found evidence to support his sale of heroin and cocaine, and issued charges of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal sale
  
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• Super Tuesday: Candidates battle it out for 12 states

  02-03-2016 00:57 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WIVB) — With a total of 865 delegates on the line for Democrats and roughly 600 on the line for Republicans during Super Tuesday, candidates will fiercely battle it out for victories.
  During this huge night in presidential politics 12 states will host their Republican and Democrat primaries while three will hold caucuses. Democrat front runners remain squarely between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, but the Republican field is splayed between Donald Tru
  
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• Refrigerator recycling program put on ice

  02-03-2016 00:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Thousands of consumers across the country want to know where their money is, after trading in their old refrigerators for cash.
  They were participating in a national recycling program that has been put on hold after the recycling company suddenly went out of business, sending dozens of power companies scrambling to make things right for their customers.
  The program worked this way:a consumer calls their participating electric utility to come pick up their old ineffi
  
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• Mississippi teenager uses billboard to ask date to prom

  02-03-2016 00:36 via wivb.com
  
  FLORENCE, Miss. (WJTV) – One Florence High School student got creative when it came to asking out his date to the prom.
  He took his proposal to new heights by posting a billboard of his bold question for everyone to see.
  Bailey Mickle put it on a billboard where he asked his girlfriend Mia to prom.
  The idea came to him while he was talking to his dad about whether or not they could put the question on a billboard.
  Once they got the plans into motion, Bailey took Mia to see the finished bil
  
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• Makowski school passes inspection but county recommends more work on rodents

  02-03-2016 00:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —The rodent problem at Makowski School #99 on Jefferson Avenue goes beyond the kitchen to other areas where teachers and children spent most of their days.
  The kitchen is back open at the school but school leaders aren’t out of the woods yet.
  The cafeteria was shut down last week after rodent droppings were found. Erie County health officials wrote up the school for 27 health violations last Tuesday.
  This Tuesday, health inspectors were back at the school to carr
  
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• Former coach: Late UB defensive end had ‘rare quality’

  02-03-2016 00:24 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Solomon Jackson, or “Solo,” as he was known to family and friends and teammates at the University at Buffalo, had a contagious smile and a will to be the best. But despite his successes between the lines, those who knew him well said he was humble both on and off the field.
  The redshirt sophomore died Monday at Buffalo General Hospital, where he was rushed last week after suffering a medial emergency during a team’s conditioning session on Feb. 22.
  
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• Second fatal boating accident haunts Wisniewski

  02-03-2016 00:19 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)- When Timothy Wisniewski was charged in connection with last year’s fatal boating accident on Ellicott Creek Monday, it dredged up painful memories for another local family.
  On April 23 of 1987, 26 year old Charlie Boehnke died in a boating accident on the Niagara River in Tonawanda. The only other person in the boat was Timothy Wisniewski. Back then, Wisniewski told Tonawanda Police that Boehnke was driving the boat when it struck something. Wisniewski managed to sw
  
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