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• Local 5th grader calls out GOP candidates

  04-03-2016 23:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Thursday’s GOP debate in Detroit had everything from name-calling to mocking.
  Ryan Lysek, a fifth grader at Buffalo Public School #72, Lorraine Elementary, said they were bullying.
  Lysek is a politician himself; he’s the Vice President of the Student Council. He told News 4 he ran his campaign a lot differently than what he’s seen from the GOP front runners.
  He’s a ways away from being able to cast a ballot, but Lysek hasn’t been too
  
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• Local debt collector indicted on charges of bilking WNY victims

  04-03-2016 23:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local debt collector is facing charges of bilking western New York victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by using multiple organization names and aliases.
  Alan Ceccarelli, 30, faces 41 charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and distribution of alprazolam and buprenorphine. Officers arrested Ceccarelli after an investigation into his debt collection business that went by at least eight different names.
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• Buffalo Home Show returns to Buffalo Niagara Convention Center

  04-03-2016 23:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Home Show gives attendees the opportunity to visit with over 300 local companies all under one roof. From large scale home renovations, to simpler do-it-yourself projects, there are professional vendors that can provide great products, services, and advice to anyone seeking guidance.
  And with Spring right around the corner, there are vendors available to help with anything, from indoor and outdoor recreation with home theatres and hot tubs, to expand
  
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• Deputies stop 2 for driving under the influence

  04-03-2016 22:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers on patrol say they stopped two western New York residents for driving under the influence or drugs of alcohol.
  On Wednesday, police say they stopped Philip Steffan, 36, for driving with a suspended registration. While interviewing Steffan, police say he showed signs of driving under the influence.
  A drug recognition expert decided he drove impaired by drugs, leading to his arrest. Steffan is no stranger to local authorities. He’s currently involve
  
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• Dunkirk man crashes car into golf course pond

  04-03-2016 18:59 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF HANOVER, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office says a Dunkirk man crashed his vehicle into a golf course pond Friday morning.
  Leland Lamoreaeux, 64,  was driving west on Beebe Road in the Town of Hanover when he lost control of his vehicle, according to authorities.
  Deputies say that because of how fast he was going, Lamoreaeux slid across a lawn and into a Rosebrook Golf Course pond.
  Lamoreaeux was able to get himself out of the car, which was p
  
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• Agent: Bills release CB Leodis McKelvin

  04-03-2016 18:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Veteran cornerback Leodis McKelvin has been released by the Buffalo Bills in the team’s latest cost-cutting move.
  The move was confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday by McKelvin’s agent Hadley Engelhard.
  The eight-year veteran was entering the final year of his contract and due to make a $3.1 million base salary.McKelvin’s contract was deemed too expensive for a backup, and for a team seeking to free up space under the salary cap before the start
  
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• LAPD investigates knife purportedly found at OJ Simpson home

  04-03-2016 18:00 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are investigating a knife purportedly found some time ago at the former home of O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 stabbing deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
  Police Capt. Andy Neiman confirmed the investigation Friday but released few details, stressing that the authenticity of the story is not known.
  The weapon used in the killings has been a mystery for decades.
  The account of the knife&
  
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• Discovery of knife is latest twist in O.J. Simpson case

  04-03-2016 18:00 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 20 years after O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife and a friend were stabbed to death, police revealed Friday they are examining a knife that was reportedly found at the home where the former football star was living at the time.
  The announcement marked yet another twist in a case that’s had more unexpected turns than television’s best crime shows. The knife was believed to have been recovered by a construction worker tearing down the house. The worker the
  
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• Woman allegedly pushed from vehicle in Darien

  04-03-2016 17:16 via wivb.com
  
  DARIEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — A woman is being treated at UMMC in Batavia after Genesee County Sheriff’s deputies say she was pushed from a vehicle in Darien.
  A firefighter driving on Route 77 said he saw the woman being pushed while on his way home from work. Officials say she suffered cuts to her face and had shoulder injuries.
  A male suspect was taken into custody and may have had a knife, according to authorities.
  As of Friday morning, no charges had been filed yet.
  
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• Texas man charged in sale of slain neighbor’s home

  04-03-2016 17:03 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man accused of posing as his slain neighbor to sell the dead man’s home has been charged with money laundering and other counts.
  Dallas Police Maj. Max Geron tells sources that 43-year-old Christopher Brian Colbert was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday.
  Police say the death of Colbert’s neighbor, 57-year-old Ronald Shumway, is being investigated as a homicide but that Colbert faces no charges in Shumway’s death.
  Colbert is in custody pend
  
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• What’s for dinner? For Arnold Classic participants, a whole lot of protein

  04-03-2016 17:00 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Wolfgang Schober of Austria has been involved in bodybuilding for 43 years.
  He says, at 56 years old, what used to be weeks of preparation for competition, now takes months. Part of that regimen is diet and Schober says he begins to eliminate most of the variety in his diet the closer he gets to a competition.
  “It reduces itself, for me, to chicken and rice for the last two and a half months,” Schober said.
  Thousands of other bodybuilders descending on C
  
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• Innocent man released from prison after 24 years enjoys first full day as a free man

  04-03-2016 16:57 via wivb.com
  
  KINSTON, N.C. (WNCN) – On Thursday, Howard Dudley spent his first full day as a free man in nearly 25 years.
  “[I] put on jeans, a shirt, casual clothes. This feels great,” he said.
  He’s spent the last two decades in a prison uniform.
  A Lenoir County, North Carolina judge decided to free Dudley on Wednesday after rehearing his case.
  Dudley was convicted in 1992 after his daughter claimed he molested her. He was sentenced to life in prison.
  Howard Dudley has maintained his
  
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• Virginia State trooper injured in deadly wreck: ‘I’m just glad I’m still here’

  04-03-2016 16:44 via wivb.com
  
  AMELIA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia State Police Trooper J.T. Glasscock remembers only bits and pieces of last month’s tragic accident, but he knows he’s fortunate to be alive.
  “It was February 15,” he recalls. “Terrible ice came out of nowhere.”
  Glasscock was standing on the side of the road on Route 288 trying to clear and investigate a two-vehicle wreck. That’s when another driver came crashing into he and several of the people he was assisting
  
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• Closing arguments expected to begin Friday in Erin Andrews’ civil trial

  04-03-2016 16:39 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A jury could soon begin deliberating on whether two hotel companies and a convicted stalker should be forced to pay sportscaster Erin Andrews millions of dollars.
  Closing arguments are expected to begin in Andrews’ civil case on Friday.
  The sportscaster and co-host of the TV show “Dancing with the Stars” filed a $75 million lawsuit against the stalker and the two companies that owned and operated the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt whe
  
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• Going blue for colon cancer awareness

  04-03-2016 16:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — March is the month dedicated to raising awareness about colon cancer and how to prevent it, but March 4 is the only day where everyone who cares about this cause is encouraged to dress in blue. The purpose of bringing attention in this way, is to get more people to go for screenings. Although colon cancer is the second deadliest form of cancer, it is also one of the most preventable when caught in its early stages.
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• West Seneca PD looking for man accused of threatening to kill car salesman

  04-03-2016 16:23 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in West Seneca are looking for a man accused of threatening a car salesman with a knife.
  Authorities say the suspect is a black male standing somewhere between 5’7″ and 5’9″ and weighing about 160 lbs. Police say he looks to be in his 30s.
  On February 24 at 3:30 p.m, the suspect was at a West Seneca dealership when he threatened to kill a salesman while discussing the purchase of a vehicle.
  A black female in the suspect’s
  
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• Dog wanders onto I-190 Friday morning

  04-03-2016 15:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police say a dog made it’s way onto I-190 near Niagara Street around 5:30 Friday morning.
  State Police say the dog was a young husky. When it arrived on the highway, it got scared and hid under a parked vehicle, according to authorities.
  Within the next hour, the dog left the underside of the car, but State Police could not confirm whether the dog was forcibly removed or if it left on its own.
  Sgt. Brian Guise believes the dog may have
  
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• Lone survivor of shooting that killed two journalists returns to work

  04-03-2016 14:28 via wivb.com
  
  SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE (WSLS 10) – The lone survivor of a shooting at Smith Mountain Lake that claimed the lives of two local journalists last summer has returned to work.
  Several surgeries and months of recovery later, Vicki Gardner has been back part-time as the Executive Director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce for one month now.
  With more than 90 events planned for the SML’s 50th anniversary, Gardner said she could not have picked a better time to return
  
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• Funeral set for Raleigh man killed in police shooting

  04-03-2016 14:23 via wivb.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Mourners of a Raleigh, North Carolina man who police say pulled a gun on a Raleigh police officer before he was shot and killed will gather Friday for his funeral.
  The funeral for 24-year-old Akiel Denkins is scheduled for Friday afternoon; a day after police released a preliminary report on the deadly shooting that occurred Monday afternoon.
  The report showed Denkins pulled a gun from his waistband and then reached toward Officer D.C. Twiddy’s weapon during a
  
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• Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore to perform at Darien Lake

  04-03-2016 14:04 via wivb.com
  
  DARIEN CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Country star Brantley Gilbert will perform at Darien Lake this Summer.
  The July 8 show will also feature special guests Justin Moore and Colt Ford.
  Gilbert is one of only four country artists to have back-to-back platinum albums.
  Tickets for the show go on sale Friday, March 11 at 10 a.m.
  Prices range from $30.50 to $55.25. Lawn four-packs will also be on sale for $104.
  Here is Brantley Gilbert’s “Bottoms Up”:
  
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• ‘Turn around don’t drown,’ stay safe during flooding

  04-03-2016 13:55 via wivb.com
  
  KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Standing water may look harmless at first sight, but just six inches of water over the road can wash away your car.
  Flooding is the second deadliest weather related killer in the nation and is not something to take lightly. “The national weather service created a slogan in the late to mid 90s called ‘turn around don’t drown,’ and it’s a public awareness campaign that we use,” said Andrew Pritchett.
  Flash flooding can was
  
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• Video: Five years after attack at Dodger Stadium, Bryan Stow speaks to high school students about bullying

  04-03-2016 13:50 via wivb.com
  
  SAN MATEO (KRON) — Five years after Bryan Stow was brutally attacked after a San Francisco Giants versus Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Night baseball game in 2011, he is talking to students about bullying.
  “We are gathered here today to stop bullies in their tracks before they hurt other people,” Stow said.
  Bryan suffered a severe brain injury that left him in a coma for nine months and took away his life as a paramedic. His recovery has been painfully slow.
  “I learned
  
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• Some U.S. Senators hope to reduce prescription medication cost

  04-03-2016 13:44 via wivb.com
  
  (KIMT) — Some families are finding it hard to be able to afford prescription medication.
  That’s why quite a few U.S. Senators are coming together to try to bring down the cost.
  U.S. Senator Al Franken (DFL) Minnesota is a member of the Senate Health Committee and he wants President Obama to help bring down the cost of prescription drugs.
  He is hoping the President negotiates prices with drug manufacturers and promote competition in the generic drug market.
  Franken also says that TV a
  
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• Medical examiner: Water, drugs led to Bobbi Kristina’s death

  04-03-2016 13:38 via wivb.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A medical examiner says Bobbi Kristina Brown’s face being immersed in water, along with drug intoxication, led to her death last year.
  The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office in Atlanta released a statement Friday morning on the death as it prepares to release the full autopsy report.
  The 22-year-old daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her suburban Atlanta townhome Jan. 31, 2015, and di
  
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• Yale star quits team amid controversy

  04-03-2016 13:26 via wivb.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — While the university is not saying a word publicly, student-run organizations said that allegations of a sex crime have gotten a star-athlete expelled. Since Media General contributors found no evidence of criminal charges, they are not identifying the player at the center of this controversy.
  At Friday night’s game, the Yale basketball team came out in solidarity of a former teammate. Their warm-ups were emblazoned with his nickname and numbe
  
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• Attorney: Adoptive parents in student impostor case contacted authorities months ago

  04-03-2016 13:20 via wivb.com
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Stephayne and Michael Potts called authorities last year after they became concerned about Artur Samarin and his behavior, their attorney said Thursday.
  “They had great concern about him and the direction they thought that he might be taking,” attorney Corky Goldstein said. “They thought that the time had come that they felt afraid and they wanted to make sure they did the right thing and went to the authorities. That’s all I am comfortable
  
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• Protect your kids: 5 things to consider when buying a gun safe

  04-03-2016 13:17 via wivb.com
  
  KNOXVILLE (WATE) – There’s a lot to consider when thinking about gun safety, including how many guns you have and if you should buy a safe or if there is a better way to protect your kids. There are a bunch of different options out there, although safety experts say a safe is still your best bet.
  Martha Stanojevich firmly believes guns belong in a safe.
  “I used to do mobile crisis and that was one of the first things we advocated for,” said Stanojevich.
  Just over five mon
  
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• Analysis: Rubio, Cruz forge loose alliance to block Trump

  04-03-2016 11:45 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio tried to tear each other down in a bid to become Donald Trump’s top challenger. The senators are now unlikely allies in an effort to stop Trump’s march toward the Republican nomination.
  The strategy shift was on full display in Thursday’s GOP debate. Rubio and Cruz ignored each other almost entirely, choosing to instead fully focus their attention on the billionaire businessman whose surprising dominance of the 2016 r
  
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• Advocates, community members and lawmakers addressing opioid epidemic

  04-03-2016 05:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Julie Israel stands on the stage, choking back tears, as she talks about her son, Michael.
  She uses loving words to describe him; talks about how he could hug her when he could tell her day wasn’t going well and how he’d ask for a hug when his wasn’t. She talks about how he starred in his 8th grade play. And she talks about his death.
  “I am a mother; I am a suicide survivor; I am the face of addiction,” said Israel in front of
  
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• ‘Mom voice’ used to get armed intruders to retreat

  04-03-2016 04:08 via wivb.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Tyra Slaughter spotted intruders walking up to her neighbor’s front door on a Tuesday at 3:00 a.m. Instead of calling police, she confronted the suspects.
  When she stepped outside, she noticed three men wearing shoe coverings. One had a rifle and the other wore a mask.
  “What are you guys doing?” says Slaughter on the surveillance tape.
  After being called out, the men started walking back to a pick-up truck. A woman sat in the driver’s seat of t
  
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• Nanny camera catches babysitter allegedly smothering 13-month-old boy in California

  04-03-2016 04:04 via wivb.com
  
  LIVERMORE (KRON) — A 20-year-old caretaker was arrested after a hidden nanny camera caught the woman allegedly suffocating a 13-month-old boy when he wouldn’t stop crying, police said.
  Moriah Gonzalez, 20, was arrested on Feb. 19 for felony child abuse and was booked into Santa Rita Jail.
  Gonzales was hired as a nanny through the popular babysitting website Care.com.
  According to police, the parents of the boy, identified only as Amanda and Nicole, reported the abuse in the early mor
  
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• Man taking selfies with gun fatally shoots himself

  04-03-2016 04:00 via wivb.com
  
  CONCRETE, Wash. (AP)  —  A 43-year-old man has died after authorities say he accidentally shot himself in the face while taking selfies.
  The Skagit Valley Herald reports the man and his girlfriend were photographing themselves with the weapon on Sunday at a residence when he shot himself.
  Skagit County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Chief Chad Clark says the woman reported that she and the man had taken photos with the gun several times that day and that the man had loaded and unl
  
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• Larsson scores go-ahead goal in Sabres’ 6-3 win over Flames

  04-03-2016 03:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Johan Larsson scored the go-ahead goal with 9:31 left and Marcus Foligno had a goal and two assists in the Buffalo Sabres’ 6-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.
  The loss extended the Flames’ skid to 0-6-1 and the team dropped into last place in the Western Conference.
  Jack Eichel, Nicolas Deslauriers, Rasmus Ristolainen and Evander Kane, with an empty-netter, also scored in helping Buffalo extend its home dominance over Calgary. The Sabres impr
  
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• Canadian truck driver charged with attempting to smuggle Polish citizens over Peace Bridge

  04-03-2016 03:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Canadian man is facing serious charges for attempting to smuggle in two illegal aliens to the U.S. over the Peace Bridge on March 1.
  Leszek Budzyna, 50, a Canadian citizen, allegedly told Customs and Border Protection agents that he needed to enter the U.S. with his commercial truck to pick up a trailer to haul. Under a second inspection, authorities utilized an x-ray to reveal suspicious objects in the cab of the truck.
  After telling agents he was traveling a
  
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• Disabled veteran takes on the VA over misdiagnosis, medical bills

  04-03-2016 02:17 via wivb.com
  
  Lancaster, N.Y. (WIVB) – Lynn Magistrale’s battle with a government bureaucracy has been almost as traumatic as her battles overseas: her cancer was missed and then misdiagnosed, her medical bills got mixed up, and now debt collectors won’t leave her alone.
  “It has been awful.It is a rollercoaster, a rollercoaster of emotions.”
  After serving her country faithfully, first in the U.S. Navy, a tour of duty in Iraq, and then as an Air Force reservist, Magistrale found
  
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• Sisters who founded Honor Flight Buffalo receive recognition

  04-03-2016 01:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local lawmakers said thanks on Thursday to two women who worked to honor western New York’s veterans
  Lisa and Jo-Anne Wylie, two sisters, received recognition from Erie County Legislators for their commitment to serving veterans. The two sisters founded Honor Flight Buffalo, and received a proclamation attesting to the service they provided.
  Honor Flight Buffalo, a group which allowed veterans of World War II to see the war’s memorial in Washington D
  
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• N. Korea makes nuclear threat after sanctions

  04-03-2016 01:10 via wivb.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his country’s nuclear weapons made ready for use at a moment’s notice, the country’s official state news agency reported Friday.
  Kim also said his country will ready its military so it is prepared to carry out pre-emptive attacks, calling the current situation very precarious, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
  The threats in the statement are part of the authoritarian nation’s regular p
  
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• Texas 11-year-old hits hole-in-one on 1st shot on Woods course

  04-03-2016 01:06 via wivb.com
  
  MONTGOMERY, Texas (AP) — An 11-year-old from Corpus Christi, Texas had a day he’ll never forget on the golf course — and it happened with Tiger Woods watching.
  Woods was on hand for the opening Wednesday of The Playgrounds at Bluejack National, which he helped design.
  South Texas PGA junior Taylor Crozier stepped up to the first tee and knocked in the inaugural shot on the 81-yard, par 3. The crowd went wild.
  Woods posted the YouTube video on his Twitter page. He ran over to th
  
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• Social media’s 4-month-old Bernie Sanders lookalike has died

  04-03-2016 00:40 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bernie Baby, the cheerful toddler who won the affections of people of all political stripes after his mom posted photos on social media of him greeting Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in a lookalike white-haired wig, oversized glasses and plaid tie, has died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
  Oliver Jack Carter Lomas-Davis of Los Angeles died Feb. 25, his aunt Anastasia Lomas told The Associated Press. He was 4 months old.
  The winsome baby boy quickly beca
  
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• Romney, Trump spar over future of Republican Party

  04-03-2016 00:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A war of words continues to escalate in the Republican Party.
  Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney launched a sharp attack just hours before GOP front-runner Donald Trump is set to square off against his rivals in another televised debate.
  “Here’s what I know. Donald Trump is a phony. A fraud,” said Romney, who was speaking at the University of Utah.
  Not to be out done –Trump fired back.
  “Mitt is a failed candidate. He failed,&rdq
  
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• Batavia lottery player wins $32k

  04-03-2016 00:34 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Kwik Fill in Batavia just provided a lucky lottery player with a victory to the tune of $32,615.
  After purchasing a TAKE 5 ticket ticket for the March 2 drawing, a lucky person learned they won the top prize, although a total of 83,356 players won prizes in the drawing.
  The lucky numbers for March 2’s drawing were 1-15-16-25-36. The nearest claim site to the Kwik Fill in Batavia is at the Batavia Downs Gaming location on Park Road.
  
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• Delaware North opens its new doors

  04-03-2016 00:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Construction is finished at Delaware North’s new headquarters.
  The bigger and brighter building is equipped with mobile WiFi, a Lego wall, and even chalk art.
  The company was founded by the Jacobs family in 1915. They grew up in downtown Buffalo, and wanted the headquarters to stay in the Queen City and bring more economic development to Western New York.
  The company employs about 350 people.
  Delaware North will share the new space with two subsidiaries, the
  
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