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• Teen identified after fatal fall on Cattaraugus Reservation

  01-05-2016 23:09 via wivb.com
  
  CATTARAUGUS RESERVATION, N.Y. (WIVB) — A female teen is dead after falling off an embankment on the Cattaraugus Reservation.
  The Erie County Sheriff’s Office reports that Rikki George, 19, of the Seneca Nation of Indians reservation fell into Cattaraugus Creek in the area of Versailles Plank Road early Sunday morning.
  Deputies located the victim and performed CPR, but she was already deceased.
  The incident is under investigation.
  
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• Teen death on Cattaraugus Reservation under investigation

  01-05-2016 23:09 via wivb.com
  
  CATTARAUGUS RESERVATION, N.Y. (WIVB)- A female teen is dead after falling off an embankment on the Cattaraugus Reservation.
  The Erie County Sheriff’s Office reports that the teen fell into Cattaraugus Creek in the area of Versailles Plank Road early Sunday morning.
  Deputies located the victim and performed cpr but she was already deceased.
   
   
   
  The incident is under investigation.
  
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• Malia Obama to take gap year before entering Harvard in 2017

  01-05-2016 17:47 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s daughter Malia will take a year off after graduating high school in June before attending Harvard University in 2017.
  “The president and Mrs. Obama announced today that their daughter Malia will attend Harvard University in the fall of 2017 as a member of the Class of 2021,” said a short statement issued Sunday by first lady Michelle Obama’s office. “Malia will take a gap year before beginning school.”
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• Schumer: Probe billboards using phone data to track shoppers

  01-05-2016 17:39 via wivb.com
  
   NEW YORK (AP modified) — A U.S. senator is calling for a federal investigation into an outdoor advertising company’s latest effort to target billboard ads to specific consumers.
  New York Sen. Charles Schumer has dubbed Clear Channel Outdoor Americas’ so-called RADAR program “spying billboards,” warning the service may violate privacy rights by tracking people’s cell phone data via the ad space.
  “A person’s cellphone should not become a James
  
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• CSX train derails in Washington, DC; possible hazardous leak

  01-05-2016 15:04 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A CSX freight train derailed near a Metro stop in Washington, D.C., on Sunday morning, sending about 10 cars off the tracks and spilling hazardous material from one of them, emergency officials and the railroad company said.No injuries were immediately reported and no evacuations were ordered.
  The train derailed Sunday about 6:40 a.m. near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station and one of the derailed cars is leaking sodium hydroxide, which is used to produce various house
  
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• Rollover crash near Delaware Park tennis courts

  01-05-2016 12:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A car rolled over in a crash around midnight Sunday near the tennis courts at Delaware Park.
  Police were called to the corner of Nottingham Terrace and Lincoln Parkway after the crash, which officers at the scene said knocked over a pole.
  There’s no word if anyone was injured, or if anyone will be charged.
  
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• Liberty Cab van and SUV hit head on in North Buffalo

  01-05-2016 12:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two vehicles crashed head-on, including a minivan operated by Liberty Cab, early Sunday morning.
  Police were called to the corner of Hertel and Elmwood Avenues around 3:30 a.m.  The minivan collided with a sport utility vehicle.
  There’s no word if anyone was hurt in the crash, or if either driver faces charges.
  
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• Bills Select QB Cardale Jones

  01-05-2016 06:29 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  For the past several months Bills GM Doug Whaley said the team would draft a quarterback. Whaley delivered on that promise in the 4th round of the NFL draft. The Bills selected Ohio State’s Cardale Jones one of the most polarizing prospects in the draft. He has all of the physical tools to succeed at the next level. Cardale is 6’5″, 250 pounds and has a cannon for an arm, however, his experience is limited. Jones only started 11 games for the
  
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• Bills Sign Glenn Gronkowski

  01-05-2016 06:10 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Another Gronk is headed to the NFL and this one is staying in Buffalo. Williamsville native Glenn Gronkowski didn’t hear his name called during the NFL Draft but his phone rang soon after and it was the Bills on the other end. Glenn signed as an undrafted free agent. The youngest Gronkowski played fullback at Kansas State. The Bills also invited Williamsville native and former UB quarterback Joe Licata to the team’s rookie mini-camp.
  
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• Sabres Stay in 8th Spot

  01-05-2016 05:58 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  The Buffalo Sabres entered Saturday night’s NHL Draft Lottery with just a 6-percent chance of winning the first overall selection, but once again the ping pong balls didn’t do Buffalo any favors.  The Sabres will select 8th overall at the 2016 NHL Draft. The Toronto Maple Leafs, who had the best odds, won the lottery and will have the top pick in the draft. Buffalo will host the draft on June 24th and 25th at First Niagara Center.
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• Niagara Falls PD arrest 2 home invasion suspects

  01-05-2016 05:45 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two Niagara Falls residents are accused of invading a home in the city’s LaSalle Neighborhood on Sunday. Police say the pair cut phone lines, entered the home, and imprisoned two elderly females before stealing cash and jewelry.
  Niagara Falls Police say on Thursday evening, they tracked down and arrested 38-year-old Jason Markovitz, and 38-year-old Erika Cooper. Both were charged with robbery and unlawful imprisonment among other charges.
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• Thousands gather at Canalside to support those with multiple sclerosis

  01-05-2016 01:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Thousands of Western New Yorkers gathered at Canalside Saturday to show support for those battling multiple sclerosis.
  The mission of Walk MS is to step toward a cure for multiple sclerosis, an often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Western New York has one of the highest rates of MS in the country. The walk raises money for the research and patient programs of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Many of the people walking this morning know first-h
  
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• Opening day at the Lancaster National Speedway

  01-05-2016 01:22 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tires were burning at the Lancaster National Speedway.
  Saturday was opening day at the track.
  Tim Packman, track president, tells News 4 they made a few changes that are getting a great response from fans.
  “In the off season we made a lot of improvements to the track,” said Packman. “Concrete on the front stretch. 12,000 square feet of paving on the back area. We did turn one, we did turn three. We put improvements all over this place and in the o
  
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