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• Clinton leads money race in NYS

  14-04-2016 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  Individual donors through FebruaryBuffalo, N.Y. (WIVB) —  Running for the White House takes a ton of money and even though both parties are still deciding who their nominees will be -- the money is flowing in.
  All eyes are on New York with primary day on Tuesday.
  As Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton has told voters: “I'm not going to forget Buffalo. I'm not going to forget Niagara Falls. I'm not going to forget Jamestown. I'm not going to forget Western New York.”
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• Buffalo Bisons kick off season celebrating what’s new at the ballpark

  14-04-2016 23:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Baseball is back in Buffalo and the Bisons are showing us what’s new to do, eat and see around the ballpark.
  “There’s a great excitement to bring back spring and baseball in downtown Buffalo,” said Brad Bisbing, the Director of Public Relations for the Bisons. He says after 13 opening days with the organization, still, this is a day he looks forward each year.
  “It never gets old,” said Bisbing. “The excitement surroundin
  
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• WNY Peace Center promoting nonviolence at political rallies

  14-04-2016 23:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “Trump supporters or what not they have their followers and they have strong belief in something and if people go against that they’re going to be upset,” said Avery Edwards, training attendee.
  The Donald Trump rally at First Niagara Center is just a few days away. The Western New York Peace Center has been teaching people how to avoid aggression at political rallies through a series of trainings.
  “This gives us an opportunity to be ready if o
  
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• UB experts talk Cruz, importance of upstate NY in Primary

  14-04-2016 23:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The divide between upstate and downstate New York is never more clear than during an election cycle.
  Thursday, Texas Senator Ted Cruz made a stop at UB for a town hall event. Both Democratic candidates, and Cruz’s largest Republican rival, Donald Trump, have connections to The Empire State.
  But UB Political Science Professor, Jacob Neiheisel, told News 4 Cruz’s camp understands the Primaries, which will help him despite lagging in the polls.
  “You&rsqu
  
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• Slow time for donations at the Food Bank of WNY

  14-04-2016 22:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Thousands of people in Western New York depend on food banks to feed their families, but the number of donations drops this time of year. The Food Bank of WNY serves as many as 129,000 people a month and needs public support to do it.
  The holidays are the busiest time of year for the Food Bank and it’s when they see the most food donations year round. But after the first of the year, the numbers drop.
  Shelf foods like pasta, and canned products are always in de
  
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• Murder warrant issued for local man after Buffalo native found dead in Myrtle Beach

  14-04-2016 20:35 via wivb.com
  
  LONGS, S.C. (WIVB) — A local man who is already in police custody on unrelated charges is facing a murder warrant after a Buffalo native was found in a pool of her blood in a Myrtle Beach vacant lot.
  Officers have been investigating the death of Shannon DiTillio since the owner of the property stumbled across it on Monday. Although the cause of death hasn’t yet been released, police have been investigating it as a homicide.
  Courtesy: Horry County Police Department.A day aft
  
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• Prosecutor won’t pursue charge for Trump aide

  14-04-2016 19:45 via wivb.com
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors have decided not to press misdemeanor battery charges against Donald Trump’s campaign manager over a videotaped altercation with a female reporter.
  The Palm Beach County state attorney’s office said in the document Thursday that they wouldn’t pursue charges against campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. A news conference was planned for 2 p.m.
  Police charged Lewandowski last month after determining that the videotape showed he grabbed
  
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• Buffalo man found guilty of 2014 Rother Ave. murder

  14-04-2016 18:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Appearing in Erie County Court Thursday, Buffalo resident Antone Herrod, 32, was found guilty of second-degree murder.
  Herrod shot and killed Christopher Pratt, 24, of Buffalo on Rother Ave. in December of 2014.
  Prosecutors say Herrod saw Pratt on the street, “pulled out a long gun” from his trunk, and fatally shot him in the back.
  Herrod’s girlfriend, who was with him at the time, said that Pratt shot her mother in 2012, paralyz
  
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• MMA legalized in New York

  14-04-2016 18:20 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (WIVB) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared in Madison Square Garden Thursday to officially legalize a sport previously banned in New York — professional mixed-martial fights fighting.
  “It’s time to bring mixed martial arts competitions to the New York stage,” said Governor Cuomo. “With venues like Madison Square Garden, New York truly is the international icon for great sporting events, and we’re excited to begin a new chapter of MMA in
  
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• Day 2 of Verizon strike brings more picketing

  14-04-2016 17:48 via wivb.com
  
  GETZVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tens of thousands of Verizon workers remained off the job Thursday as their strike entered its second day.
  The workers, who are members the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) unions, walked off the job Wednesday morning as a contract negotiation deadline came and went without a deal in place.
  Thursday, the workers, including hundreds here in Western New York, were back out on the picket lines, demandin
  
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• Illegal alien found in Olean after previous removal from US

  14-04-2016 17:30 via wivb.com
  
  OLEAN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Prosecutors report that Maurillo Bautista-Feria, 48, of Olean was found guilty of illegally entering the country after being removed.
  Law officials state that Bautista-Feria was convicted in 2009 of harboring illegal aliens. Authorities say that after her conviction, Feria was removed from the United States to Mexico for having illegally entered the United States and committing the felony. In 2013, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement found the defendant working at
  
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• Entire 2016 field descends on New York City ahead of primary

  14-04-2016 17:19 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s matzo factories and diners will take a backseat to the debate stage and talk show circuit as the entire presidential field — two Democrats and three Republicans — descends on the nation’s largest city.
  Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will hold their first debate in more than a month, a showdown Thursday in Brooklyn that comes at a tense moment in the Democratic primary. Republicans Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich will each speak
  
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• Feds: Northern NY man had 900K-plus untaxed cigarettes in Pembroke

  14-04-2016 17:01 via wivb.com
  
  PEMBROKE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a northern New York man has been charged with failing to pay taxes on hundreds of thousands of cigarettes he was transporting in a truck pulled over by police near Buffalo.
  The U.S. attorney’s office in Buffalo says 43-year-old Ian Tarbell of Hogansburg, on the Canadian border in Franklin County, faces several charges, including possession of contraband cigarettes and evading the payment of a tax.
  Prosecutors say Tarbell was arrested Feb. 16 afte
  
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• Erie Co. legislators to decide on fate of Opioid Response Plan

  14-04-2016 16:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Will Erie County’s Opioid Response Plan be as strong in the next fiscal year?
  The Majority Caucus will amend the plan, making it so that the plan’s hotline is required to show positive results. If the County Legislature decides that the plan is worth spending money on, then it will become a permanent fixture of the annual budget.
  “Since the County Executive proposed spending tax dollars on a new hotline to combat the heroin and opioid epidemic
  
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• US Postal service offers tips to last-minute tax filers

  14-04-2016 15:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s almost Tax Day, the time of year when tax forms must be filed.
  Although some choose to file their taxes electronically, others choose to mail in their tax returns. The U.S. Postal Service has offered a series of tips to those who are closing in on the April 18 deadline.
  They are listed here:
  On April 18, mail early in the day at any Post Office, station, branch or collection box.
   
  If depositing returns in a collection box on April 18, double-check th
  
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• Erie Co. Sheriff’s Office receives $40,000 grant from NYS Canal Corporation

  14-04-2016 15:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Sheriff’s Office will be improving upon their Marine Unit after receiving a $40,000 grant from the New York State Canal Corporation.
  The grant money will help the marine patrol efforts of the Sheriff’s Office on the Erie County section of the canal.
  “The Erie County Sheriff’s Marine Unit is responsible for patrolling parts of Lake Erie, Niagara River, the Erie Canal and other waterways along the over 90 miles of Erie Count
  
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• First woman to finish Boston Marathon tabbed to sculpt her own statue

  14-04-2016 14:48 via wivb.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Some of the biggest names in Boston Marathon history are backing an effort to put up a statue honoring the first woman to complete the race — an accomplished sculptor who has been commissioned to create the piece.
  The 120th marathon next week marks the 50th anniversary of Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb’s pioneering run in 1966, when women were not even allowed to register. She hid in the bushes at the starting line in her brother’s Bermuda shorts, pulled h
  
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• Police: Man rides motorized cart, eats chicken tenders during shoplifting attempt

  14-04-2016 14:25 via wivb.com
  
  MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Police say a man was arrested for shoplifting after driving a motorized cart through a Myrtle Beach Walmart while eating chicken tenders from the store’s deli and stuffing clothes into a backpack.
  An incident report from Myrtle Beach Police says Jason Daigrepont, 50, of Myrtle Beach, was seen by a loss prevention officer riding a cart through the sporting goods section of the Walmart on Seaboard Street while eating chicken tenders and potato wedges
  
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• ‘Funny or Die’ skewers Tennessee over proposed religious freedom legislation

  14-04-2016 14:15 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Humor website “Funny or Die” has released a parody tourism ad targeting a Tennessee bill that would allow private practice therapists to deny service based on religious beliefs. The ad mocks the state’s “Made in Tennessee” tourism campaign, referring to the state as the “home of the latest anti-gay bills being pushed through state governments.”
  The ad goes on to say if Governor Haslam signs the bill, tourists in the state
  
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• Mississippi flyers claim KKK endorses Hillary Clinton

  14-04-2016 14:05 via wivb.com
  
  LAUREL, Miss. (WJTV) – A white supremacy group wants Mississippians to know they endorse Hillary Clinton.
  One Laurel neighborhood is calling the message disruptive.
  The Laurel Police Department says there is no cause for concern; however, they just want to get to the bottom of this and find out who’s disrupting the neighborhoods.
  There is surveillance video of a white truck driving down a road, throwing something out of the window into residential yards.
  The flyers say “The KKK
  
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• Woman travels 1,000 miles to save dog’s life

  14-04-2016 13:48 via wivb.com
  
  AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF) — “He was a down and out dog. He came in as a stray. His eye was injured and had to be removed. He had heartworms and demodectic mange,” said Jennifer Miller, President of the animal rescue group Friends Of The (Aiken County) Animal Shelter (FOTAS).
  She listed the proverbial “three strikes” against Wink, whose day to be euthanized had already been scheduled before Miller’s group stepped in and provided medical treatment and fostering. It als
  
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• New ridesharing app exclusively for women

  14-04-2016 13:43 via wivb.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Another ride sharing app is rolling out this month – but it’s just for women.
  Only women can drive, and only women and children can ride as passengers. Creators believe it will be a safer option for women who want to utilize ridesharing.
  The new app, Chariot For Women, says it’s driving women towards empowerment and safety.
  Its owner, Michael Pelletz, says he’s a former Uber driver, who has personally felt “unsafe” during a
  
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• Video: Teacher starts initiative to stop California teen suicides

  14-04-2016 13:34 via wivb.com
  
  PALO ALTO (KRON) — Affected by student suicides at his former high school, a teacher started a grassroots initiative that he believes will help stop Palo Alto teenagers from taking their own lives.
  But surprisingly, he said he feels the school district is giving him pushback.
  “I don’t understand it,” former Gunn High School teacher Marc Vincenti said.
  Within the last seven years, 10 Palo Alto students committed suicide. The CDC calls it an epidemic in Santa Clara Cou
  
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• Iowan creates home for victims of sex slavery

  14-04-2016 13:28 via wivb.com
  
  IOWA (KIMT) — For one more girl.
  That’s the motto of Wings of Refuge, a campaign that flew into action when Joy Fopma saw that sex slavery was not just a problem overseas.
  “I originally thought sex trafficking was a problem that happened over in south east Asia and in third world countries and I felt really bad about that, but what’s a small town girl from Iowa supposed to do?”
  She and her husband sold their thriving restaurant business to join others in a movement
  
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• Kobe Bryant scores 60 in final game before retirement

  14-04-2016 12:53 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The stars did not disappoint.
  And the most-celebrated closing night in NBA regular-season history not only lived up to expectations, it might have exceeded them with a pair of performances that will be talked about for years to come.
  Golden State became the first team to win 73 games in a season, Warriors guard Stephen Curry scored 46 points and topped the 400 3-pointer mark to cap what will almost certainly be his second straight MVP campaign. Kobe Bryant’s career
  
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• Texting in a movie theater? AMC considers loosening ban

  14-04-2016 12:49 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The CEO of AMC Theatres says his company is considering loosening its ban on texting during movies.
  In an interview with Variety Magazine, AMC CEO Adam Aron said his company is looking for ways to reshape the movie-going experience so that millennials go to movie theaters as often as baby boomers did before them.
  When you tell a 22-year-old to turn off the phone, don’t ruin the movie, they hear please cut off your left arm above the elbow. You can’t tell a 22-
  
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• Trooper hospitalized after shooting suspect in Livingston County

  14-04-2016 12:00 via wivb.com
  
  LIMA, N.Y. (WIVB) — During a traffic stop-related altercation, a New York State Trooper was hospitalized after things turned violent Wednesday night.
  Around 11 p.m., the Trooper pulled over a person suspected of a traffic violation just west of Livonia Center Road in Lima, according to CBS contributors in Rochester.
  While still pulled over, the suspect left his car and began to assault the Trooper. It is not clear if the assault was by gunfire.
  The Trooper then took out his
  
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• 30 in 30: Braxton Miller

  14-04-2016 05:45 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Braxton Miller is one of the most intriguing prospects in the NFL draft. He was the 2012 and 2013 Big10 offensive player of the year as a quarterback for Ohio State. Miller missed the 2014 season due to an injury and then switched to wide receiver for the 2015 season. He finished last season with 26 receptions for 341 yards and three touchdowns. Playing quarterback for three years helps Miller see the entire field in a unique way. “Reading defenses.
  
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• Teen candidate takes shot at Paladino’s no show

  14-04-2016 05:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo School Board meeting for candidates looking to fill the six district seats had a debate Tuesday night, but several didn’t show up.
  Park District Candidate, Carl Paladino, was scheduled to face his opponent, 18-year-old high school student, Austin Harig. Paladino didn’t show up for the debate.
  “I had more pressing responsibilities last night so I didn’t make it,” said Paladino.
  “He robbed me and the other candidates of our
  
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• Months after Kalamazoo shooting spree, teen to return home

  14-04-2016 04:10 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The 14-year-old girl who survived February’s random shooting spree in Kalamazoo will get to go home after spending six weeks in a rehabilitation facility.
  Doctors told Abigail Kopf’s parents that they plan to release the teenager from Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, April 20.
  “She’s really looking forward to home-cooked meals,” said her mom, Vickie Kopf, who is also excited to head home to Battle
  
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• Ringo Starr cancels appearance in NC over bathroom bill

  14-04-2016 04:07 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH CAROLINA (MEDIA GENERAL) — Ringo Starr has canceled his North Carolina performance in opposition to the passing of HB2.
  In canceling the appearance, scheduled for June 18 at Cary’s Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Starr quoted the Beatles’ song by saying “All you need is love.”
  Like Bruce Springsteen, Starr said he stands with those fighting against, what he calls, “the bigotry” of HB2.
  “I’m sorry to disappoint my fans in the area, but we
  
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• Man wrongfully imprisoned for 64 days sues for $3M

  14-04-2016 04:05 via wivb.com
  
  CARTER COUNTY, TN (WJHL) – A Carter County man filed a lawsuit in Carter County Circuit Court citing, unreasonable seizure, false imprisonment, libel, negligence, and is seeking a total of $3 million in damages.
  According to court documents from Carter County Circuit Court, James Wilson filed a lawsuit against Johnny Blankenship, Janet Smith, Janet Hardin and Carter County, Tenn.
  The lawsuit states on Sept. 8, 2015, charges of identity theft and theft of $500 or less against Wilson were pr
  
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• Couple whose relationship led to kidney transplant to get married

  14-04-2016 04:02 via wivb.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) —  It’s not your typical love story, but it does have a happy ending.
  Ashley Goodwin and Kyle Rebman are getting married June 25. Their walk down the aisle began four years ago when she got sick while donating plasma. He was the technician who took care of her.
  “From then on, she always requested my section [at the plasma donation center] and the conversations happened,” said Kyle, telling the story of how they met. “We started dating sh
  
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• Big names in comedy head up Jamestown’s Lucille Ball Comedy Festival

  14-04-2016 03:57 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — A festival that celebrates not just the legacy of one of television’s most famous comics, but the history of comedy itself, will bring three big stars to western New York.
  Headlining the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, which kicks off from Aug. 4 through Aug. 7, will be Trevor Noah, new host of the “Daily Show,” Lewis Black, made famous for his rants, and Brian Regan, an up-and-coming comedian.
  The entire festival will encompass more than 50 ev
  
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• Albright-Knox holds free week-long admission

  14-04-2016 03:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Admission will be free to the popular Albright-Knox Art Gallery this coming week as free admission week returns in 2016.
  From Sunday, April 17 through Saturday, April 23, those interested in visiting the Albright-Knox can do so without an admission fee, as leadership from the gallery say thanks to Erie County residents who support the gallery’s mission.
  Exhibitions that will be on display during the free admission week will include the following: For
  
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• Buffalo Medical Group teams up with Relay for Life to raise money for cancer

  14-04-2016 03:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Relay for Life is just around the corner, and they’re receiving help in 2016 from the Buffalo Medical Group.
  Thus far, for the May 20 race that takes place at Canalside from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m., donors have committed over $18,000 that will head directly to fighting cancer.
  Teams are still welcome to register for the event. Anybody interested in signing up can click here for additional information. 
  
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• Live Tweets: Cruz speaks at UB town hall

  14-04-2016 01:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The first Republican candidate for President of the United States of America is set to the ground in Buffalo to a small crowd of about 300.
  APP USERS | Click here to view the live tweet stream.
  The town hall style meeting is set to pose questions on Cruz’s campaign and positions to better help the people of Buffalo New York and the U.S. decide whether or not he would be a suitable candidate for the office of Commander in Chief.
  Due to restrictions, the 11
  
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• Cruz speaks at UB town hall, stops in Williamsville

  14-04-2016 01:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The first Republican candidate for President of the United States of America is set to the ground in Buffalo to a small crowd of about 300.
  The town hall style meeting was set to pose questions on Cruz’s campaign and positions to better help the people of Buffalo, New York and the U.S. decide whether or not he would be a suitable candidate for the office of Commander in Chief.
  Due to restrictions, the 11 a.m. meeting at the Katharine Cornell Theatre was no
  
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• Sabres Chat: How Buffalo can reach playoffs in 2017

  14-04-2016 01:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — If the final 40 games of the 2015-2016 season are any indication, the Buffalo Sabres will enter next year with much loftier expectations after playing to a 94-point pace to close this year’s campaign.
  Was this season the stepping stone the Sabres needed to make a playoff run next year? NHL.com’s Joe Yerdon thinks so, telling News 4 Sports’ Tom Martin he believes Buffalo can be a playoff team in 2017.
  Tom and Joe recap the Sabres 2015-
  
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• More than 800 WNY workers part of nationwide Verizon strike

  14-04-2016 01:20 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Not too many were surprised when nearly 40,000 Verizon workers walked off the job at 6 a.m. Wednesday. And while both the company and the union representing those workers, the CWA and IBEW, say they’re interested in making a deal, most hope it’s one from which consumers will benefit.
  Verizon and the CWA have been working without a contract since August, giving both sides several months to work out a deal.
  “This is nothing new that we haven&rsquo
  
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• Aging infrastructure? Look no farther than your own front yard

  14-04-2016 01:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Every few months heavy rain or water usage causes raw sewage to back up into Karen Vitaris’s basement, “It is lifting up my sump pump, I get sewage in the basement, actual feces when it backs up from my toilet system.”
  Vitaris blames the sewage backups an immense tree in her front yard: the roots are clogging the sewer connector, and she has to pay a plumber every two to three months to clear the roots out.
  “The plumbing is a big issue becaus
  
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• Police: Drunken man charged with trespassing

  14-04-2016 00:45 via wivb.com
  
  BOLIVAR, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local man is facing a list of charges after police responded to reports of a drunken person trespassing on private property.
  New York State Police say when they responded to the scene, they located 27-year-old Michael Rich, and attempted to take him into custody. Police say he struggled against police and attempted to fight with the Troopers.
  When finally in custody, police say he wasn’t forthcoming about his identity. In all, police charged Rich with re
  
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• Comprehensive plan looks to be inclusive as region moves forward

  14-04-2016 00:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Niagara region is growing and expanding. One group of planners hopes the resurgence is all inclusive.
  “We want to be very careful about how we’re going to grow moving forward,” said Kelly Dixon, who is a planner with The Greater Buffalo Niagara Transportation Council. “In terms of how to invest strategically, [we want] to be a fiscally resilient region going forward.”
  The plan looks at quality of life around the Buffalo
  
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• Remembering Kobe Bryant’s 5 best games

  14-04-2016 00:12 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (MEDIA GENERAL) — Wednesday night will be the last time Kobe Bryant takes the court for a Laker team that is currently in the cellar of the Western Conference. Though the Black Mamba’s last couple of seasons have been plagued by injuries and lackluster play by his teammates, he will still go down as one of the greatest to ever play the game.
  During Bryant’s 20-year NBA career, the Lakers’ guard has scored 40 or more points in 134 games, the third most in NBA h
  
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• City of Buffalo purchases lead paint test kits for residents

  14-04-2016 00:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —   Lead paint is known to cause severe damage to a young child. It can result in lower IQ scores, and damage to the brain and nervous system. The City of Buffalo wants to try and prevent lead poisoning by taking a proactive approach to the problem.
  The Buffalo City Council unanimously approved $10,000 to help purchase more than 1,400 instant lead testing kits.Coucil President Darius Pridgen says the free kits will be distributed among different locations aro
  
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