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• Eichel scores in OT as Sabres beat Hurricanes 3-2

  12-03-2016 23:35 via wivb.com
  
   BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jack Eichel scored his second goal on a breakaway at 4:59 of overtime, lifting the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.
  Evander Kane had two assists and Chad Johnson made 28 saves for the Sabres, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Marcus Foligno also scored.
  Victor Rask and Phillip Di Giuseppe scored for Carolina, which had won two in a row. Cam Ward made 21 saves.
  The Hurricanes (31-26-12) are 10th in the Eastern Conferenc
  
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• Two women rescued from Niagara Gorge

  12-03-2016 23:22 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB)- Niagara Falls State Park Police rescued two female hikers from the Niagara Gorge Saturday afternoon.
  The rope rescue happened in the area of Whirlpool State Park. Officials say that the women in their late teens were trying to take a shortcut through the gorge at the time of accident.
  Additional information has not yet been released.
   
   
   
  
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• Everybody is Irish for Shamrock Run 2016 in Buffalo’s Old First Ward

  12-03-2016 18:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Everybody is Irish Saturday in Buffalo’s Old First Ward. For the 38th year, more than four thousand people came out to run and celebrate a kick off to spring.
  For the 38th year the honorary Irish of Buffalo pack the Old First Ward to run in this traditional 8K race.
  Tim Reukauf from Buffalo has run this race for 4 years. He said, “Saint Patrick’s Day! I think it’s about celebrating your Irish heritage, and as I think everybody will tell
  
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• Health officials investigate mumps outbreak at University at Buffalo

  12-03-2016 18:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP modified) — New York state health officials are investigating a possible mumps outbreak at SUNY Buffalo.The state Department of Health says the university has identified two probable and four suspected cases of mumps among its students.
  Students are on spring break until March 21. SUNY Buffalo is reviewing immunization records to identify students who may need to either be vaccinated or excluded from school when classes resume.
  UB says they sent an all campus email F
  
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• Snowmobile strikes Iditarod teams, kills dog, injures others

  12-03-2016 17:56 via wivb.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man on a snowmobile purposely drove into two dog teams competing in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Saturday morning, killing one dog and injuring at least three others, officials said.Mushers Aliy Zirkle and Jeff King were attacked outside the village of Nulato, a community of 236 on the Yukon River a little more than halfway into the 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) race to Nome.
  A suspect has been identified by a village police officer.
  Race marshal Mark No
  
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• UB women headed to MAC finals

  12-03-2016 06:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB)- The UB women’s basketball team held off Akron 88-87 to advance to the MAC finals for the first time in program history. The Bulls will take on Central Michigan Saturday at 1:00.
  
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• UB headed to MAC finals

  12-03-2016 06:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB)- The UB women’s basketball team held off Akron 88-87 to advance to the MAC finals for the first time in program history. The Bulls will take on Central Michigan Saturday at 1:00.
  
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• Bulls-eye! UB hits 14 3’s to reach MAC finals

  12-03-2016 06:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB)- The UB men’s basketball team has taken over Cleveland for a second straight year. The Bulls knocked down 14 3-pointers on their way to beating Ohio 88-74 to advance to the MAC Tournament finals. UB was led by Willie Conner’s 22 points and Blake Hamilton added 20 points and 5 rebounds. They will look to repeat as MAC champs when they play Akron in the finals Saturday night at 7:30.
  
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• Bulls-eye!!! UB hits 14 3’s in win

  12-03-2016 06:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB)- The UB men’s basketball team has taken over Cleveland for a second straight year. The Bulls knocked down 14 3-pointers on their way to beating Ohio 88-74 to advance to the MAC Tournament finals. UB was led by Willie Conner’s 22 points and Blake Hamilton added 20 points and 5 rebounds. They will look to repeat as MAC champs when they play Akron in the finals Saturday night at 7:30.
  
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• NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a year in outer space, is retiring in April

  12-03-2016 04:36 via wivb.com
  
  FLORIDA — There won’t be any more space voyages for astronaut Scott Kelly, who recently made history by spending almost an entire calendar year aboard a spaceship.
  NASA said Kelly joined the astronaut corps in 1996, and currently holds the American record for the most time spent in space. He has been on four space missions.
   He and his twin brother, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, will still participate in research projects.NASA said the unprecedented yearlong space
  
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• Man dies in house fire trying to save his dogs

  12-03-2016 04:34 via wivb.com
  
  ODENVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — A family is in mourning after a man died in a house fire trying to save his dogs.
  “I thought he was behind me, I said, ‘come on Phillip,’ and saw he was trying to get the fire extinguisher, but I thought he was right behind me,” said Angela Hudgins, the wife of a man who died in a house fire.The coroner identified the man as 46-year-old Phillip Hudgins, who according to police and the family, managed to get his wife and child out of the
  
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• ‘We might have to kill him,’ NC man says after punching Trump protester

  12-03-2016 04:32 via wivb.com
  
  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) – A man arrested for punching a protester at Donald Trump’s rally in Fayetteville this week later said he “might have to kill” the demonstrator the next time he saw him.
  The punch was captured on video and tweeted by New York Daily News writer Shaun King. The video shows a man later identified as John McGraw punching a protester as he was being escorted out by security at Wednesday’s Trump rally at the Crown Coliseum.John McGrawMcGraw, 78,
  
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• Road work begins as winter hides away

  12-03-2016 04:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As winter disappears from western New York, road crews are seizing an opportunity to get an early jump on tackling projects.
  The Thruway Authority announced it will begin construction on the I-290 eastbound ramp to the I-90 eastbound, a project that will span all the way through the summer. All traffic on the I-290 eastbound heading towards the I-90 eastbound will be detoured into a single lane of Wehrle Drive, then back onto the Ramp, as shown in the graphic.
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• Trump calls off rally due to security concerns

  12-03-2016 01:51 via wivb.com
  
  CHICAGO, IL. (WIVB) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has cancelled a rally in Chicago, calling off the event due to safety concerns after protesters packed into the arena where it was to take place.
  The announcement that Trump would postpone the rally for another day led the crowd inside the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion to break out into raucous cheers.
  Protesters at the rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump rushed the arena floor in jubilan
  
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• Man found guilty of murder from string of December 2014 killings

  12-03-2016 01:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man pleaded guilty Friday to stabbing man during a deadly string of killings in December of 2014.
  Detectives have been investigating a deadly string of killings in December of 2014 since 11 people died in that month alone. Police arrested Wayne Wilson, 37, for stabbing to death Lewis Browning, 62, on Dec. 17, 2014.
  MORE | A timeline of the deadly December. 
  Wilson pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter for the attack on Titus Avenue on F
  
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• Not-for-profits rally in support of minimum wage hike, asks for state support

  12-03-2016 01:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Not-for-profit groups that provide care to people with developmental disabilities hit the streets Friday with a message for Albany. They support the minimum wage hike, but are worried about paying their workers. Friday they kicked off the “bfair2directcare” campaign.
  Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed gradually raising the minimum wage in New York State to $15 by the year 2021.
  Non-profits aren’t just rallying here in Bufallo, but all over the Empir
  
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• Shaving heads to raise money and support fight against cancer

  12-03-2016 00:50 via wivb.com
  
  ANGOLA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Western New Yorkers are going “Bald for Bucks!” The 14th annual fundraiser kicked off Friday at Lake Shore Central school district to support the fight against cancer.
  Hundreds of students cut their locks to show solidarity with those fighting cancer.
  It’s a fundraiser sparked by a woman named Cathleen George who was diagnosed with breast cancer back in 1998. Her brother Anthony, a Lake Shore social studies teacher, shaved his head in honor of his si
  
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• Local 11-year-old gets helping hand from community

  12-03-2016 00:38 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB)- It’s been just over a week since the Colvin family asked people in the Southern Tier to help their son, Hunter.
  They’ve already raised $6,000.
  The 11-year-old loves 4H more than anything, but he has Cerebral Palsy and needs a special type of wheel chair to keep taking care of his animals; it comes with a hefty price-tag, around $15,000.
  “When we had the show last year, the open class judge really reached out to Ben and I and said we really want to l
  
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