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• Clinton draws upon WNY connections to generate votes

  08-04-2016 22:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The first presidential candidate seeking a bid in the 2016 election touched down in Buffalo on Friday, and she arrived to thundering applause.
  Hillary Clinton arrived to a crowd of thousands at Buffalo’s Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum as she attempts to generate enough support and votes to secure New York’s Democratic primary on April 19.
  The campaign trail was still warm, though, from Bill Clinton’s trip earlier in the week. The former Pre
  
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• Bernie Sanders to discuss tuition, health care and more in Buffalo Monday

  08-04-2016 16:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Democratic Presidential candidate and U.S. Senator representing Vermont Bernie Sanders will appear at the University at Buffalo on Monday, April 11.
  Officials with Sanders’ campaign say the candidate will discuss separating “big money” from politics, making public colleges tuition-free, taking on climate change and “ensuring universal health care.”
  Sanders will be speaking at the Alumni Arena at the North Campus of the school. Doors
  
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• Cheektowaga man threatens to kill Pres. Obama, Trump, Cruz and both Clintons

  08-04-2016 15:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man from Cheektowaga has been accused of threatening to kill multiple political figures — Pres. Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
  In addition, prosecutors say Joseph Conrad Goode, 21, also threatened to kill “all of the FBI.”
  “Bill Clinton is only a couple hours away and I am going to f—— kill him along with Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and all of the FBI,” are the words uttered by Goode
  
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• Man pleads guilty a year to the day after robbing Buffalo M&T Bank

  08-04-2016 03:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Exactly a year to the day after Antwan Lindsay walked into a Buffalo bank and demanded cash from the teller, he’s been convicted of the crime.
  Officers arrested Lindsay on April 7, 2015, after he forced a bank teller from M&T Bank on Grant Street to give him $1,700. He fled the scene and threw away his hooded sweatshirt and hat, but it didn’t foil Buffalo Police, who found him less than a mile away.
  On his person, police say they found the cash a
  
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• ‘Kill switch’ partly to blame for massive 911 failure

  08-04-2016 03:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Erie County lawmakers held their first hearing into last week’s massive failure of the county’s 911 system, Thursday afternoon, and public safety officials testified the failure was caused by a combination of factors, including human error.
  The control center went down at the county’s Public Safety Campus downtown, but the backup system designed to divert 911 calls to dispatchers at suburban call centers also failed.
  Erie County Emergency Services
  
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• Auditors stop $25 million in suspicious NYS tax refunds

  08-04-2016 03:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Auditors monitoring the billions flowing out of New York State’s coffers as New Yorkers file their income taxes say they’ve stopped thousands fraudulent refunds.
  Thus far in the current tax season New York State has paid out $4.2 to about 4.5 million filers, but thousands of filers have attempted to file for money they aren’t entitled to.
  According to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office, those fraudulent filers attempted t
  
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• UT homicide victim identified as Haruka Weiser, suspect video released

  08-04-2016 02:49 via wivb.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas at Austin has identified the homicide victim as 18-year-old Haruka Weiser, a first-year Theatre and Dance student from Portland, Ore. Haruka’s body was discovered in Waller Creek, west of the Alumni Center, on campus Tuesday around 10:30 a.m.
  Haruka was last seen Sunday night, April 3, between 9 and 9:30 p.m. by a friend who saw her leaving the Drama building on campus. When she didn’t make it to her dorm that night, a
  
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• Local woman introducing Buffalo to others through her skincare line

  08-04-2016 01:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Chicken wings, Loganberry and Resurgence beer — all local products and all bases for a skincare line which is introducing others to all things Buffalo.
  Lindsay Sullivan is the creator for the line, EllePeaTee.
  “I feel like you have to have a passion,” said Sullivan, a Youngstown native who now lives in the city. “And follow and appreciate that passion.”
  Her passion for natural skin products started about two years ago.
  “I thou
  
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• 30 in 30: Ezekiel Elliott

  08-04-2016 01:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Ezekiel Elliott may not be on the board by the time the Buffalo Bills make their first draft selection at No. 19 overall, but that doesn’t mean he’s not on their radar.
  The Ohio State standout has been called the “best running back prospect since Adrian Peterson” and could be a target for the Bills’ division foes, the Miami Dolphins.
  Elliott rushed for more than 1,800 yards in back to back seasons with the Buckeyes, and says he stri
  
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• Buffalo Peacemakers holding fundraiser, looking for financial assistance

  08-04-2016 01:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Peacemakers have only been around three years now but they’re already well-recognized and highly-regarded. Their initial start up funding is running out and now they’re reaching out to the public for help.
  The organization was created in response to a number of fights and violent incidents happening at public locations. They’ve been receiving funding from the city and several other organizations which made pledges to keep them up an
  
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• Bounce Back Bo: UB’s Branden Oliver readies for crucial NFL season

  08-04-2016 01:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After rushing for more than 4,000 yards in a stellar UB Bulls career, Branden Oliver burst onto the scene in the NFL as a rookie with the San Diego Chargers. He rushed for 600 yards in his first season and appeared set for a follow-up campaign, until he injured his toe, ending his sophomore season.
  Now, Oliver is back in western New York, training with John Opfer at Proformance Training, where he’s expecting big things for his third NFL season.
  “I fe
  
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• Candidates’ focus on auto, jobs rings true in WNY

  08-04-2016 00:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As presidential candidates turn their focus to New York, local voters like those who work in the auto industry, will be paying close attention to what they say about strengthening the manufacturing base, and ensuring places like the Ford stamping plant can remain viable.
  “The auto industry has a very rich history in Buffalo. For a long time, we were No. 2 in producing cars behind Detroit,” said Art Wheaton of Cornell University’s The Worker Institut
  
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