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• Van stolen, police search for suspects

  06-05-2016 23:47 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers in North Tonawanda say they’re on the hunt for whomever stole a van, then abandoned it soon after.
  Police a Brady Floors van disappeared from Payne Avenue but was located not long after at Niagara University parked in a fire lane. Officers investigating the crime say they’ve tracked down security footage that may show some of the suspects.
  Officers say anybody with information is asked to call police at (716) 692-4312.
   
  
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• Enhancement apps gaining popularity with teens and causing long-term image impacts

  06-05-2016 23:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —   There’s an increase in young people using apps, like one called Photo Plastic, where they can alter their appearance.
  “It’s really scary,” said Nicole Agudelo, a teen who steers clear of these apps. “There have been a couple times where I have met someone and they look completely different.”
  Agudelo says she has around 20 apps and about 25% of those have ways to alter images.
  “It definitely gives a different vibe
  
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• Jeb Bush refuses to vote for Donald Trump

  06-05-2016 22:38 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (WIVB) — After choosing in March to back Ted Cruz in his quest for the Presidency, Jeb Bush, brother to George W. Bush and son to George H.W. Bush, has announced he won’t be supporting Donald Trump.
  Trump, who leads the Republican field in the race for the White House currently, is expected to be the nominee, but he’s finding it hard to sway much of the party’s top brass to fall under his umbrella, including the Bush family.
  Jeb Bush announced on Facebook
  
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• The policy divide of the moment is Trump vs. Ryan

  06-05-2016 22:23 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A presidential campaign throws policy differences into stark relief and so it is this time, on immigration, spending, trade, foreign affairs — you name it.
  In this cockeyed campaign year, though, the divide at the moment is between the country’s top two Republicans: the presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, a conspicuous holdout from the candidate’s bandwagon and a man once denounced by Trump for producing a “de
  
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• Mother’s Day Breast Cancer Canal Walk supports free wigs for cancer patients

  06-05-2016 22:16 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — People are coming together this weekend to honor moms and people who are battling cancer. The 20th annual Mother’s Day Breast Cancer Canal Walk is this Sunday.
  The tradition began years ago by a local woman named Mary Marvin who lost her life to breast cancer.
  She founded Mary’s Wig Room at the American Cancer Society in Amherst, where free wigs and head coverings are provided to women and men undergoing cancer treatment. Some of the wigs are made of synt
  
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• Buffalo Police search for suspect who burglarized store

  06-05-2016 22:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Buffalo are searching for a burglar and they’re asking for the public to help.
  Detectives are looking into the burglary of a cell phone store on Buffalo’s west side on Connecticut and 14th Streets. The suspect, described as a white or Hispanic man with a Buffalo Bulls hooded sweatshirt, cap and sneakers, broke the window to get inside.
  He made off with goods from inside the store, police say, at about 3 a.m. on Friday morning.
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• Charlie’s Boat Yard opens at Outer Harbor

  06-05-2016 21:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A new restaurant unveiled at Buffalo Harbor State Park Friday.
  Charlie’s Boat Yard replaced Dug’s Dive; the new place is renovated with a modern nautical theme, and a 1,800 square foot patio and outdoor bar have been added.
  It’s owned by local couple Chuck and Mary Goodspeed, and sits along the Outer Harbor marina, which the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation and the state chose to be developed by Tennessee company, Safe Harbor Development.
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• Police: Suspect arrested in Washington-area fatal shootings

  06-05-2016 21:20 via wivb.com
  
  BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — A suspect in three fatal shootings in the Washington, D.C., area was arrested Friday, police said.
  Police in the Maryland suburbs said shortly before 3 p.m. that 62-year-old Eulalio Tordil had been taken into custody without incident.
  They identified Tordil as an employee of the Federal Protective Service, which provides security at federal properties. Tordil was put on administrative duties in March after a protective order was issued against him.
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• Theodore’s Red Hots locations to stay closed for good

  06-05-2016 20:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Theodore’s Red Hots locations are going to stay closed for good after state officials seized each restaurant in the region last month.
  The company issued a statement thanking their workers and customers:
  “A Message to the Employees of Theodore’s (Our Extended Family) Despite our efforts to reopen Theodore’s and get everyone back to work, we have been unsuccessful. It is with a heavy heart that we make the formal announcement tha
  
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• Genesee Co. solar energy project receives $10M investment from Korean company

  06-05-2016 19:42 via wivb.com
  
  ALABAMA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Genesee County solar project is receiving a big boost from a Korean company.
  After it was announced in October that the Town of Alabama would be the site of a new solar energy plant, the project has since received pledges of millions of dollars in funding from both Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion program and now, Hanwha Investment Corporation.
  “Hanwha Investment Corporation actively seeks out companies with groundbreaking technologies that transform
  
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• Obama: Infrastructure problems should be fixed

  06-05-2016 19:22 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama says the deteriorating state of Washington’s Metro subway system “is just one more example of the under-investments that have been made” in the nation’s infrastructure.
  Obama said during a White House news conference on Friday that investing in infrastructure “is not and should not be partisan.” He says it’s an issue this year’s presidential candidates should address.
  He says there are bridge
  
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• Police: 3 hurt in shooting outside mall in DC suburbs

  06-05-2016 19:11 via wivb.com
  
  BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland say three people are hurt after a shooting outside a mall in the Washington suburbs.
  Montgomery County Police spokesman Officer Rick Goodale says officers responded to a report of a shooting outside Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda Friday morning. Police tweet that three people are injured, two men and a woman, but the suspect is not in custody.
  Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Pete Piringer says firefighters responded to the
  
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• Emma and Noah continue to be tops for baby names

  06-05-2016 18:47 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to baby names, Emma and Noah reign supreme.And don’t name your daughter Isis.
  For the second year in a row, Emma and Noah top the annual list of top baby names in the U.S., according to the Social Security Administration. That’s the third year on top for Noah and the second in a row for Emma, which was also No. 1 in 2008.
  The administration released its annual list of top baby names Friday, and the top five names for girls and boys
  
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• NY fishing season open for walleye, pike, pickerel, muskie

  06-05-2016 17:52 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The fishing season for walleye, northern pike, pickerel and tiger muskellunge opens this weekend in New York state.
  Saturday also marks the opening of the special trophy black bass season on Lake Erie, where an angler can keep one 20-inch or longer fish per day thru June 17.
  The black bass catch-and-release season is also underway in many waters around the state, but the regular bass season doesn’t open until June 18.
  Anglers should pick up a copy of the 2016-17 F
  
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• Slow Roll ride on Scajaquada expected to draw thousands of bicyclists

  06-05-2016 17:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Drivers who usually drive on part of the Scajaquada will need to find an alternative route on Sunday. The eastbound lanes of the 198 will be closed between Grant and Parkside from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. for the first Slow Roll Buffalo ride of the season.
  Organizers are calling the big event Sunday a “Parkway Revival Ride” and it’s meant to send a message about the future of the Scajaquada. “We’re at a point where we’re starting
  
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• Parents in Wisconsin city could be fined if child found bullying others

  06-05-2016 16:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Leaders in a Wisconsin city have come up with a plan to fine parents whose children bully others.
  Parents in Shawano could be forced to pay several hundred dollars if their child carries out bullying.
  The city council recently passed an ordinance saying that when bullying happens, police and administrators will reach out to parents, telling them what their teenager did.
  Police issue a warning first and give their child three months to improve their behavior. The Asso
  
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• Kiss 98.5 holds 13th annual radiothon for Women & Children’s hospital

  06-05-2016 16:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – It’s a Mother’s Day weekend tradition at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. Janet Snyder, Nicholas Picholas, and the Kiss 98.5 team move in for a day to host their annual Kiss Cares for Kids Radiothon.
  The event raises hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy life saving medical equipment each year. This time, the funds raised will pay for crash carts and defibrillators for the new John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital, set to open in fall
  
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• Police: Amherst woman tries to use fake movie money to buy jars of mayonnaise

  06-05-2016 16:07 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Cheektowaga Police say a cashier’s suspicions were confirmed when a woman tried to pay for jars of mayonnaise with fake money on Wednesday.
  Amherst resident Rinet Fox, 47, was purchasing the jars at Restaurant Depot when the cashier thought something was not right about her currency.
  After noticing that the $100 bill Fox allegedly tried to use felt unauthentic, the cashier then observed it further to find the words, “For Motion Picture
  
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• Amherst woman tries to use fake movie money to buy jars of mayonnaise

  06-05-2016 16:07 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Cheektowaga Police say a cashier’s suspicions were confirmed when a woman tried to pay for jars of mayonnaise with fake money on Wednesday.
  Amherst resident Rinet Fox, 47, was purchasing the jars at Restaurant Depot when the cashier thought something was not right about her currency.
  After noticing that the $100 bill Fox allegedly tried to use felt unauthentic, the cashier then observed it further to find the words, “For Motion Picture
  
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• Officials: Guns, pills seized in separate Medina drug arrests

  06-05-2016 15:32 via wivb.com
  
  MEDINA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Various law enforcement agencies came together to make two arrests related to alleged drug sales in Medina on Thursday.
  The first arrest came in Applewood Trailer Park as Medina Police, Orleans County Sheriff’s deputies and other officials accused Allen Snook, 33, of illegally selling morphine and Xanax pills.
  Snook was taken into custody from his Edgewood Drive home, where authorities say they also seized cash, packaging materials, drug paraphernalia
  
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• Erie Co. Sheriff’s Office to offer child ID cards, car seat inspections

  06-05-2016 14:55 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — This weekend in western New York, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office will be providing ways to protect the safety of local children.
  From 9 a.m. until Noon on Saturday, May 7, technicians from the Erie County’s Sheriff’s Office will offer car seat inspections to the community.
  Officials will make sure the seats are clear of structural defects and have proper installation. The technicians will also offer car seat installation instructions to those
  
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• Tickets information for Florida Georgia Line at Darien Lake revealed

  06-05-2016 14:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Darien Lake’s Country Megaticket artists were announced in January, and slowly, but surely, ticket announcements for each individual concert have been coming in too.
  Next on the list is Florida Georgia Line. The chart-topping duo will perform at Darien Lake on Friday, August 26.
  Tickets for the summer show, which will also feature Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three and Kane Brown, go on sale Friday, May 13 on LiveNation.com.
  Prices range from $30.50 to $79.
  
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• Your labrador can’t help but beg for food, it’s genetic

  06-05-2016 14:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you have an overweight Labrador at home, it may have something to do with your dog’s DNA. New research in the Journal Cell Metabolism shows a genetic variant can scramble a dog’s hunger “off switch”, making them constantly search for food, and give you those big, sad eyes that say “feed me.”
  Labradors tested positive for this genetic variant more frequently than any other breed. Scientists found they were more inclined than
  
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• 6 people, likely all from 1 family, killed in Syracuse fire

  06-05-2016 13:53 via wivb.com
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say six people have died in a house fire in Syracuse, and they believe all the victims were members of the same family.
  Syracuse Fire Department officials tell local media that the blaze was reported around 3:50 a.m. Friday at a home in a residential neighborhood on the city’s north side.
  Officials say firefighters were attempting to enter the front of the burning two-story home when the porch roof collapsed, forcing them to retreat. The flames were
  
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• Movie filmed in Buffalo, Niagara Falls to debut on television this weekend

  06-05-2016 13:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A locally filmed movie will make its television debut this weekend.
  After going through two name changes, A Mother’s Revenge is ready for release.
  The psychological thriller, helmed by Hollywood-based director Fred Olen Ray, was shot in Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Many familiar scenes, such as the Niagara Falls Airport, Buffalo’s Coca-Cola Field and Hotel Lafayette can be seen by movie viewers.
  The movie’s story tells of a woman who acciden
  
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• Baltimore US Foods picketers inhibit local food delivery

  06-05-2016 12:33 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Issues at a US Foods plant in Baltimore, Maryland have caused an uproar locally in West Seneca.
  Thursday night, workers from the Baltimore plant made their way to the one in West Seneca after officials threatened to close the Maryland plant and move if workers did not agree to cuts to their pay and benefits.
  Teamster members who work in West Seneca were not picketing Friday morning, but the ones from Baltimore were there doing so. Because of the pi
  
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• Baltimore US Foods picketers could inhibit local food delivery

  06-05-2016 12:33 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Issues at a US Foods plant in Baltimore, Maryland have caused an uproar locally in West Seneca.
  Last night, workers from the Baltimore plant made their way to the one in West Seneca after officials threatened to close the Maryland plant and move if workers did not agree to cuts to their pay and benefits.
  Teamster members who work in West Seneca are not picketing this morning, but the ones from Baltimore are here doing so. Because of the picket line happ
  
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• Marijuana operation may have started east side fire that severely burned 2 people

  06-05-2016 12:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Fire crews in Buffalo spent hours working on a two-alarm fire at a two-family home on Moselle St. near Woodlawn Ave. as the sun came up Friday morning.
  Fire intensifying on Moselle St. @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/92raxOP5Lq
  — Chris (@CBNEWSPHOTOG) May 6, 2016Buffalo officials said one woman was in critical condition with severe burns after a four-person crew rescued her from the home. The 30-year-old was taken to ECMC for treatment.
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• Fire crews battle two-alarm east side blaze

  06-05-2016 12:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Fire and medical crews in Buffalo responded to a two-alarm fire in on Moselle St. near Woodlawn Ave.
  Fire intensifying on Moselle St. @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/92raxOP5Lq
  — Chris (@CBNEWSPHOTOG) May 6, 2016It is not clear how much damage the fire has done, but it is known that two people inside of the home made it out safely.
  As of 6:45, firefighters were working to put out hotspots at the building. Fire crews battle two-alarm east side blaze
  
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• 2 people severely burned in east side morning fire

  06-05-2016 12:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Fire crews in Buffalo spent hours working on a two-alarm fire at a two-family home on Moselle St. near Woodlawn Ave. as the sun came up Friday morning.
  Fire intensifying on Moselle St. @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/92raxOP5Lq
  — Chris (@CBNEWSPHOTOG) May 6, 2016Buffalo officials said one woman was in critical condition with severe burns after a four-person crew rescued her from the home. The 30-year-old was taken to ECMC for treatment.
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• NY’s 5th annual ‘I Love My Park Day’ events set for Saturday

  06-05-2016 11:39 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state officials are urging people to get out this weekend and participate in the fifth annual “I Love My Park Day.”
  Saturday’s event is aimed at getting New Yorkers to visit parks across the state to help plant trees and gardens, restore trails, pick up trash and make other improvements.
  Organizers say more than 100 parks and historic sites are taking part in I Love My Park Day activities. This year, the event has been expanded to public lands
  
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• Decision Day at St. Joe’s

  06-05-2016 05:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Five St. Joe’s football players made their college choices on Thursday. Dan Carr, a three-year starter, will be a preferred walk-on at the University at Buffalo. Carr was a standout offensive lineman at St. Joe’s. Two other St. Joe’s players will be staying close to home David Lauer and his teammate Darren Thompson will attend Buffalo State. Ryan Conschafter will continue his football and academic career at Hobart and William Smit
  
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• Buffalo Mayor proposes incentives for school attendance

  06-05-2016 05:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A proposed item in the Buffalo City budget, would give incentives for kids to go to school and boost attendance. Under the proposal, some kids would be rewarded with a tablet, and parents would get gift cards.
  On one side, supporters say it’s a good way to honor and reward positive behavior. But opponents say rewards shouldn’t be given for what’s already required.
  The $60,000 proposal by Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown would give incentives to studen
  
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• Racy pics get NM fire chief, top brass suspended

  06-05-2016 04:39 via wivb.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico Emergency Services Chief Steven Gonzales and two division chiefs within the department received suspensions after pictures surfaced of the men in uniform with scantily clad women on a recent out-of-state training trip attended by firefighters across all 50 states, including NYS.
  It happened while Gonzales, Division Chief Nicholas Moya and Division Chief Casey Davis were in Indianapolis for the Fire Department Instructors Conference. A Faceboo
  
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• Will Erie County change the legal age to buy tobacco?

  06-05-2016 04:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –Surrounding counties are jumping on the bandwagon to change the legal age to buy tobacco and with teen smoking on the rise, Erie County may soon do the same.
  The Chautauqua County legislature recently approved a local law raising the age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21 years old. Now officials in Cattaraugus County are looking to pass the same law.
  Cattaraugus County has the third-highest percentage of smokers in the state and the highest in Western New York. By enact
  
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• Insurer says child told Paterno in ’76 Sandusky molested him

  06-05-2016 04:25 via wivb.com
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A judge said that insurers in litigation with Penn State claim a boy told football coach Joe Paterno in 1976 that he had been molested by Jerry Sandusky, Pennlive.com reported Thursday.
  The order by Philadelphia Judge Gary Glazer also cited reports by unnamed assistant coaches they witnessed inappropriate contact between Sandusky and children, Pennlive.com said.
  Glazer wrote in a decision on insurance coverage for Sandusky-related claims there was “no evidence
  
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• ‘The Oregon Trail’ among 6 inducted to Rochester video game hall of fame

  06-05-2016 04:21 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A video game that had players zapping space aliens with lasers and another that put them in covered wagons in 1848 have been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, along with four other games recognized for their influence on gaming and pop culture.
  “Space Invaders” and “The Oregon Trail,” along with “Grand Theft Auto III,” ”Sonic the Hedgehog,” ”The Legend of Zelda” and “The Sims,” mak
  
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• Sept. 11 classified docs, Saudi lawsuits loom large in DC

  06-05-2016 04:19 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Saudi Arabia is one of America’s closest allies – and one of President Obama’s biggest headaches.
  “It’s complicated,” the president coolly assessed the US-Saudi relationship in a recent interview.
  Nearly 15 years after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, the Middle East nation is once again the sun around which fiery debates swirl in Washington.
  Two questions remain unanswered: Did Saudi Arabia help fund the 9
  
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• Time to warm up the Powerball printers, jackpot jumps to over $400M

  06-05-2016 04:06 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (WIVB) — A lull in the lottery scene may soon be at an end as New York’s Powerball jackpot is all the way up to $415 million.
  Sales have jumped as the numbers have grown with the most recent jackpot, which is reminiscent of the Jan. 13 Powerball drawing which shattered records at $1.5 billion.
  Hype over the massive jackpot helped shatter those records, with many emptying their pockets at the thought of winning such a prize.
  The prize eventually was split between multipl
  
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• Two Buffalo men charged with distributing meth

  06-05-2016 03:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As part of an investigation into drug dealings in the Buffalo area, authorities teamed up and arrested two men on meth charges.
  The Drug Enforcement Administration paired up with local forces to look into a complaint from October of 2015 which detailed a supply line of cocaine and methamphetamine between two Buffalo men.
  Investigation led police to 40-year-old Peter Stallworth and 41-year-old Dwayne Posey, who allegedly sold the drugs in the WNY area. Officers s
  
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• Buffalo-based web designer gets contract with $100M in revenue from AT&T

  06-05-2016 02:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A web designer which once slashed its Buffalo workforce is receiving an influx of cash after AT&T awarded Synacor a contract that will net them about $100 million per year in revenue.
  According to Synacor, which is headquartered in Buffalo, the wireless communications giant decided to award the massive contract for developing portal services which will drive user engagement both on desktop and smartphones.
  “We are honored to have been selected from amo
  
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• Downside of Huntley closure: lost taxes, jobs, higher electricity costs

  06-05-2016 01:46 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The closure of the Huntley Generating Station in the Town of Tonawanda is not only costing Western New York jobs, and millions of dollars in lost tax revenue, Rep. Brian Higgins now says it could spike the cost we pay for electricity dramatically.
  Higgins said it has already pushed up wholesale prices, as he stood outside the shuttered plant Thursday, “The people that should be benefitting from low cost electricity are the people from Buffalo and Western New
  
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• NY officer rescues deer that had its head caught in light globe

  06-05-2016 01:11 via wivb.com
  
  CENTEREACH, N.Y. (AP) — It was a deer caught in the … light globe.
  Authorities say a police officer has come to the aid of a wild deer whose head was stuck inside a light globe in a wooded area of suburban New York.
  The state Department of Environmental Conservation says one of its officers spotted the deer Tuesday in the woods in Centereach, 45 miles east of New York City. Environmental conservation officials believe the deer had been lying there since Monday night.
  Officer Jeff Hu
  
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• UB swimmer races to Olympic Trials

  06-05-2016 01:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Last month while swimming the 100 meter breaststroke, UB swimmer Luke Otto touched the wall at 1:03.57. When he emerged from the water he was shocked by the time he saw.
  “I dropped two seconds off my time,” Otto said with a smile.
  He recorded a personal best in his sophomore season and also punched his ticket to the Olympic trials, which will be held in Omaha, Nebraska in late June. Making his accomplishment even more impressive was the fact that Luk
  
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