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• 6 ways to avoid ‘tech neck,’ why your electronics may be killing your back

  09-04-2016 19:31 via wivb.com
  
  KNOXVILLE (Media General) – Most of us have our heads down, looking at our electronic devices way more often than we realize, and the impact on the spine can be scary.
  “We’re just not made to be able to hold like this and stay that way,” said Britt Dalton, a physical therapist with University of Tennessee Medical Center’s Hardin Valley satellite office. Experts say the head weights 10-12 pounds, but the more you tilt your head, the more strain you are crea
  
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• 97% of Americans live unhealthy lifestyle, according to study

  09-04-2016 19:26 via wivb.com
  
  GREENVILLE, NC (Media General) – A new study reveals America is yet again one of the most unhealthy nations.
  According to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, less than three percent of Americans meet the basic qualifications for a healthy lifestyle.
  Having a healthy lifestyle is defined as partaking in a moderate or vigorous exercise for at least 150 minutes a week, maintaining a diet score in the top 40 percent on the Healthy Eating Index, having a body fat percentage under
  
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• John Kasich in Rochester

  09-04-2016 17:37 via wivb.com
  
  Republican presidential candidate Governor John Kasich spoke to voters in Greece, NY near Rochester, Saturday.
  Kasich has no plans to make a stop in Buffalo at this time.  Front runner Donald Trump will be at the First Niagara Center Sunday April 17th.  Sen. Ted Cruz will be in Buffalo Friday.
  News 4 will be following the latest on the from the presidential candidates leading up to the New York primaries Tuesday, April 19.
   
  
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• High School students protest smoking in movies outside MTV Movie Awards in Toronto

  09-04-2016 17:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – As stars walk down the blue carpet for the MTV Movie Awards on April 9, youth advocates from the Tobacco-Free Erie-Niagara Reality Check program will demonstrate against smoking in movies outside the MTV Studios in Toronto. They will join approximately 100 fellow Reality Check members from across New York State.
  Their demonstration, designed to push the film industry to rate movies that show smoking R, will focus on three youth-rated films that are up for MTV Mo
  
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• It’s April! But WNYers want to know why is it so cold?

  09-04-2016 05:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s April! But Western New Yorkers want to know why is it so cold? Especially when it was so warm just a few weeks back.
  News 4 spoke to people who had a word or two for Mother Nature regarding her erratic behavior.
  But for some people, they may not like the cold weather, but they’re counting their blessings for having such a mild winter.
  
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• Behind the scenes: Hillary Clinton tours local favorites

  09-04-2016 05:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Before she energized a crowd of nearly 2,000 at Buffalo’s Pierce Arrow Museum, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton toured some of the fruits of her labor as state senator.
  News4 cameras were there at the Jacobs Institute training lab, as she witnessed groundbreaking innovations in cardiac and vascular care.
  Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown joined the former Secretary of State to take in a bird’s eye view of Buffalo’s emerging medical campus, which inclu
  
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• Foligno, Prout score in Blue Jackets 4-1 win over Sabres

  09-04-2016 04:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Nick Foligno and Dalton Prout scored 2:09 apart in the second period in the Columbus Blue Jackets’ 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.
  Brandon Saad, with his 30th of the season, and Matt Calvert also scored for Columbus in a matchup of two teams already eliminated from playoff contention. The Blue Jackets moved into 27th in the standings, a point ahead of Vancouver, and won two in a row for the first time since Feb. 23-27.
  Rookie Sam Reinhart sco
  
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• Official: Airman shot his commander at Texas air base

  09-04-2016 04:26 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Military officials investigating an apparent murder-suicide that happened Friday on a U.S. air base in Texas are trying to determine whether the gunman was authorized to have a weapon on the base, where the possession of firearms is heavily restricted.
  The gunman was an airman who targeted his commander at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, according to a senior U.S. official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to publi
  
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• Key Paris attacks suspect seized in Belgium, officials say

  09-04-2016 04:25 via wivb.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The arrest Friday of five men suspected of links to the Brussels bombings, including the last known fugitive in last year’s Paris attacks, raised new questions about the extent of the Islamic State cell believed to have carried out the intertwined attacks that left 162 people dead in two countries.
  After weeks of speculation about a mysterious “man in the hat” who escaped the Brussels attacks while three suicide bombers blew themselves up, authorities were
  
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• Bruce Springsteen cancels NC concert over controversial ‘bathroom’ law

  09-04-2016 04:20 via wivb.com
  
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (WNCN) – The fallout from North Carolina’s bathroom law passage continued on Friday as Bruce Springsteen canceled a concert scheduled for Sunday because of the passing of the new legislation.
  Springsteen announced the decision on his website Friday. Springsteen is best known for his hard-rock anthems derived from his Jersey roots, but he has been to North Carolina often, as his daughter is a recent graduate of Duke University.
  His statement said:
  Bruce Springste
  
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• Urban farmer shares tips to keep crops safe from the cold

  09-04-2016 04:17 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Cold weather coming in is threatening crops and gardens across the northeast.
  Urban farmer Milan Karcic is using straw to protect his crops. He covers lettuce, spinach and other plants with a layer of straw over-night and gently rakes it off in the morning.
  “It’s been a challenging spring to say the least,” he says.
  Karcic says the straw helps insulate the crops without stifling it too much.
  “We’re just raking our straw on there and in
  
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• Netflix price to increase for 17 million, most don’t know it (yet)

  09-04-2016 04:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (MEDIA GENERAL) — If you’ve been a longtime customer of Netflix, your bill may be going up starting in May.
  According to Business Insider, approximately 17 million customers were grandfathered in 2014 at a price of $7.99 per month for a subscription. This is 37 percent of U.S. subscribers.
  But the company is increasing their rate to $9.99, which is what customers after 2014 have been paying. The $9.99 price is for the Standard HD content.
  Research by JP Morgan found tha
  
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• Spring cleaning to get healthy before summer hits

  09-04-2016 04:13 via wivb.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Natural food stores like the Edge of the Woods offer healthy choices but even here some are healthier than others.
  If you’re trying to shed the pounds, don’t be sucked in by the packaging.
  Nationally known health expert David Forman, The Herbal Pharmacist, says “What we’re finding is that the things you take the fat out of, they have to put something else in to make up for the lack of the fat and often times that might be more sugar or salt
  
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• Campus safety in spotlight after UT Austin killing

  09-04-2016 04:10 via wivb.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The killing of Haruka Weiser on the campus of the University of Texas Austin sent shockwaves through colleges across the country.
  The 18-year-old from Portland was a freshman attending UT Austin on a full-ride dance scholarship when she was assaulted and killed sometime around late Sunday night as she walked home from class.
  A 17-year-old, Meechaiel Criner, was arrested Friday and charged with her murder.
  The arrest affadavit revealed Weiser called her roommate arou
  
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