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• Stars mourn passing of Joey Feek

  05-03-2016 20:52 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Singer Joey Feek of the country duo Joey and Rory has died after a long battle with cervical cancer.
  Joey, 40, passed away around 2:30 p.m. Friday in her hometown of Alexandria, Indiana.
  According to her husband Rory, who announced the news on his blog, This Life I Live, she died surrounded by loved ones, who were holding hands and praying.
  “When a person has been through as much pain and struggle as Joey’s been through, you just want it to be ove
  
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• Driver crashes into pole and dies following Buffalo police chase

  05-03-2016 20:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo police say officers attempted to pull over a Jeep Liberty at Michigan Ave. and East North St. around 2 a.m. Saturday morning.
  According to police the driver took off at a high rate of speed and officers began to pursue the driver. Moments later the Jeep crashed into a pole.
  The driver, a 21 year-old male from New York City, died a short time after the crash. His two passengers were transported to ECMC with apparent non-life threatening injuries.
  
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• Buffalo State student crashes into pole and dies following police chase

  05-03-2016 20:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police say officers attempted to pull over a Jeep Liberty at Michigan Ave. and East North St. around 2 a.m. Saturday morning.
  According to police, the driver, Buffalo State student Eddie Hernandez Jr, 21, of New York City, took off at a high rate of speed and officers began to pursue the driver. Moments later the Jeep crashed into a pole.
  Hernandez died a short time after the crash. His two passengers were transported to ECMC wit
  
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• Change coming to St. Patrick’s Day parade route

  05-03-2016 20:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Changes are coming to a long-time tradition. There will be a new route this year for the St. Patrick’s Day parade in the old first ward.
  The saint Patrick’s Day parade in Buffalo’s old first ward is long-time spring tradition. Angela Beltran lives in the old first ward. She said, “The whole street is loaded with cars, people from everywhere come here to see it.”The parade is just two weeks away, and this year, a new route isn&rsquo
  
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• Change coming to Old Neighborhood St. Patrick’s Day parade route

  05-03-2016 20:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Changes are coming to a long-time tradition. There will be a new route this year for the St. Patrick’s Day parade in the old first ward.
  The saint Patrick’s Day parade in Buffalo’s old first ward is long-time spring tradition. Angela Beltran lives in the old first ward. She said, “The whole street is loaded with cars, people from everywhere come here to see it.”
  The parade is just two weeks away, and this year, a new route isn&rsqu
  
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• Niagara Falls fire injures 3 residents and kills dog

  05-03-2016 18:36 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB)- Flames broke out at a home on Portage Avenue Friday night.
  Niagara Falls Fire dispatch says that the fire started in the first floor kitchen and spread through the home.
  Three residents were taken to Memorial Medical Center to be treated for smoke inhalation. The family dog was killed.
  Damages totaled $120,000 and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
   
  
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• New York State emerging as one of the top places for technology

  05-03-2016 05:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York has become a tech hub, of sorts. The state is ranked third in the nation for job creation in the emerging field. Between 2014 and 2015, more than 15,000 jobs in the field have been created across the state.
  “For the kind of market we’re looking for and the customers we’re seeking, there’s no better place for us to grow our American presence than here in Western New York,” said Taylor Mann, a Toronto native who moved to Buff
  
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• Young philanthropists take lessons from Bak USA

  05-03-2016 04:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A business based around employing and educating those who need it most gave high school students a lesson on Friday.
  A group of high school students enrolled in a program called the “Young Philanthropists” toured Bak USA, a company that manufactures tablets and other mobile technology engineered to be affordable.
  “We are an example of what they are working so hard at in their everyday life,” Ian Donnelly, of Bak USA, said. “The
  
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• Learn Irish sayings ahead of St. Patrick’s Day

  05-03-2016 04:12 via wivb.com
  
  Before getting pinched for not wearing green on March. 17, learn a few Irish sayings.
  1. May the road rise up to meet you.
  You may recognize this popular blessing (in Irish Gaelic: Go n-éirí an bóthar leat) from Catholic weddings or cross-stitched pillows in Nan’s house. One of the main characteristics of Celtic Christianity is the use of images of nature to show how God interacts with people. “May the road rise up to meet you/ May the wind be always at your
  
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• First lead pipe removed in the City of Flint

  05-03-2016 04:07 via wivb.com
  
  FLINT, Mich. (WLNS) – The Lansing Board of Water and Light was on hand Friday, assisting local crews remove the first lead pipe in Flint as Mayor Karen Weaver kicks off the Fast Start Project.
  “My mission is to totally get the lead out of Flint, but we cannot and we will not stop there,” Weaver said.
  Mayor Weaver is calling on the Michigan legislature to approve 25 million dollars to continue the first phase of the 55 million dollar plan.
  “We owe our residents someth
  
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• GOP state convention has Trump focus

  05-03-2016 02:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Walking through the halls of Friday’s New York GOP nominating convention HarborCenter Marriott, it was easy to feel excitement and anticipation of the 2016 presidential election.
  And, as would be expected, a lot of that conversation, both on and off the convention floor, was about GOP front runner Donald Trump.In fact, Friday morning, multiple people took to the podium to speak about Trump, including Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy. Langworthy said it
  
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• Checks are in the mail for refrigerator recycling customers

  05-03-2016 02:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – It was a recycling program designed to turn old refrigerators into cash, but when the recycling company suddenly went of business, it sent participating power utilities across the country scrambling to get things right with their customers
  “I had a freezer that I wanted to get rid of,” said Jeffrey Kramer of Buffalo, who got his freezer picked up back in October.
  Kramer had contacted National Grid which participated in the program for removing old ineffic
  
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• VA brass respond to disabled veteran’s Call 4 Action

  05-03-2016 01:42 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – U.S. Air Force TSgt Lynn Magistrale (Ret.) decided she had to speak up, after finding out doctors at the VA Medical Center missed her cancer in the early stages, then once they found the cancer, misdiagnosed it.
  The disabled veteran who served in the Navy and Air Force told her story to Call 4 Action, and now she is being assured that all the mistakes, all the missteps related to her medical ordeal will be made right.
  “My phone has been ringing off the hook,
  
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• Police search for Buffalo man’s killer

  05-03-2016 01:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police are offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of a murderer.
  Officers say Jesus Santana, 29, died to a gunshot to his head just over a week after sustaining the gunshot wound on Sep. 1, 2015 on Whitney Place.
  The day followed one laden with violence in Buffalo, where police responded to at least three serious shootings. Now police are searching for the man who murdered Santana, and are pleading for public help.
  Buffalo P
  
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• Counterfeit ‘Movie Money’ used in local stores

  05-03-2016 00:52 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Several local stores reported to police being burned with counterfeit bills commonly used in movies during transactions with customers, prompting officials to issue a warning.
  Officials say using a counterfeit bill is a serious crime investigated directly by the U.S. Secret Service, which does have a headquarters in Buffalo. Police say common targets of the scam are delivery workers who make quick transactions in poorly lit conditions.
  Anybody who noti
  
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• Buffalo police seek to “diversify” department

  05-03-2016 00:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo is looking for the best and brightest candidates to join the police force.
  Just this week the City of Buffalo announced that a new police exam, open to city residents between 19 and 35 years old, will be given on June 18.
  In years past the city required 60 college credit hours to qualify — but not anymore.
  “We certainly want to remove any barriers that exist from getting good quality talented people to take this exam,” said Buffalo Mayor Byr
  
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• Ben Carson declines to endorse a GOP candidate after departing race

  05-03-2016 00:20 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Ben Carson, who recently ended his White House bid, is declining to endorse any candidate for the Republican nomination, though he says he has “talked to all of them this week.”
  Speaking to a gathering of conservative activists in suburban Maryland, the retired neurosurgeon says the United States needs “trickle-down ethics.” He says the ideal presidential candidate is ethical and accomplished, has clear policies and treats others well. He say
  
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• Think Trump was crude? The Founding Fathers were privately just as bad

  05-03-2016 00:09 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — You could say politics has reached a new low with the “small hands” remarks from the Republican debate.
  But the exchange over the size of Donald Trump’s, um, hands is merely the most recent vulgarity in American politics. The history of crude remarks goes back to the Founding Fathers.
  In the 18th century, John Adams called Alexander Hamilton a “bastard brat” and wrote that Hamilton had “a superabundance of secretions which he could not fi
  
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• Cheektowaga man, 61, charged with receiving child porn from teen

  05-03-2016 00:04 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Cheektowaga man is facing charges of child pornography after police asked one of his previous victims to identify him in a lineup.
  Officers say they investigated 61-year-old Raymond Crum after learning he asked children for nude photos on social media platforms and applications like Kik. Officers say he sent messages in October of 2014 asking a 12-year-old asking for photos.
  Their correspondence continued until police learned of it, and seized the child&rs
  
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• Local leaders push to get tobacco out of pharmacies

  05-03-2016 00:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz wants other pharmacies to follow in the footsteps of CVS; the company stopped selling tobacco products back in 2014.
  Friday he rolled out a new plan that would make it illegal for pharmacies to sell tobacco and e-cigarette products.
  Supporters feel pharmacies are an important part of the health care community and should stop selling products that can have a negative health impact.
  Local leaders said Friday the sale of tobacco produc
  
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