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• Police reports show scary moments during weekend attempted armed robbery at Lockport hospital

  09-05-2016 23:47 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) –  News 4 is learning Adam Kibler may have once been a patient of Dr. Eugene Gosy, the Doctor who is accused of writing thousands of illegal prescriptions. Kibler’s Lawyer, Barry Covert, couldn’t say much about Kibler’s relation to Dr. Gosy.
  He says it is mentioned in court paperwork, but it was not something he had any information about. Now News 4 is getting a better idea through these police reports of what exactly happened inside E
  
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• Tornado touches down in Oklahoma

  09-05-2016 23:28 via wivb.com
  
  ROFF, Okla. (AP) — A broad tornado capable of leaving “catastrophic” damage in its wake churned across the Oklahomalandscape Monday, prompting forecasters to declare a tornado emergency for two communities directly in its path.
  The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, had warned that a “substantial tornado risk” could develop in portions of the Southern Plains and Ozarks late Monday. A series of violent thunderstorms dropped tornadoes near Oklahoma City and
  
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• Tornado kills 2 in Oklahoma

  09-05-2016 23:28 via wivb.com
  
  WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (AP) — Two people have been killed by strong tornadoes that swept across portions of southern Oklahoma.
  Johnston County Sheriff’s Sgt. Stacey Pulley says a man died Monday near the town of Connerville. A storm earlier in the day killed a man in a home near Wynnewood.
  The Storm Prediction Center had said the Plains and Arkansas.
  Some of Monday’s weather has been so bad that forecasters declared a “tornado emergency” for the towns of Roff and Hickory,
  
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• Mercury’s rare transit delights local skywatchers

  09-05-2016 23:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – For the first time in 10 years, Mercury passed directly between the Earth and sun on Monday, resembling a black dot on the face of the solar disk.
  The cosmic show — which began at 7:12 a.m. EDT — was visible from the eastern U.S. and Canada, as well as other parts of the globe.
  Tim Collins, a senior presenter at the Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium at Buffalo State College, made the rare imagery available for anyone who was interested.
  “This is defini
  
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• Blue Cross Blue Shield drops Dr. Gosy’s physicians from network

  09-05-2016 23:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A pain management professional under fire for allegedly over-providing his patients with pills and breaking a host of laws will no longer be recommended by the Blue Cross Blue Shield.
  Dr. Eugene Gosy’s pain management practice had a host of doctors in its employ, but all physicians working under his umbrella — including Dr. Gosy — will be dropped from the health insurance network. Essentially, Blue Cross Blue Shield has cut ties with and will n
  
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• New study says swaddling babies increases risk of SIDS

  09-05-2016 22:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Taking a baby and wrapping it in a blanket with its head exposed is something many people have done for years without thinking twice about it. Research has even said it promotes better sleep, but a new study says it could be deadly in some cases.
  “One of the things we worry about with SIDS or sudden infant death is constricting the chest cavity. So if you think of a baby being tightly swaddled that’s sort of what we’re doing in that process,”
  
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• Obama signs legislation designating bison as national mammal

  09-05-2016 22:50 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The bison has become the official national mammal of the United States under legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama on Monday.
  Lawmakers spearheading the effort say the once nearly extinct icon deserves the elevated stature because of its economic and cultural significance in the nation’s history.
  Millions of bison once roamed the Great Plains. About 500,000 now live in the U.S. but most of those have been cross-bred with cattle, and are semi-domestic
  
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• Police: Man seeking revenge causes damage at wrong home

  09-05-2016 22:48 via wivb.com
  
  SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man seeking revenge against the man dating his ex-girlfriend went to the wrong New Jersey house and caused $10,000 in damage to vehicles in the driveway.
  NJ.com (http://bit.ly/1Wl7nBj ) reports Ajinka Kelkar believed a vehicle in the driveway of a South Brunswick home belonged to the other man. Police say the family that lives there soon discovered several vehicles had been damaged.
  Investigators say the vehicles’ tires were slashed and
  
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• Deep brain stimulation procedure has high success rate for patients with Parkinson’s Disease

  09-05-2016 22:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Parkinson’s disease affects hundreds of thousands of people in the country. Doctors say a lot of patients don’t know about an important treatment option.
  A treatment called Deep brain stimulation helps with motor problems associated with Parkinson’s. A wire is part of the Deep brain stimulation procedure, it’s inserted into a patient’s brain and it electrically stimulates the circuit for movement.
  The surgical procedure is not new, but r
  
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• New York Democratic insider Peter Cutler subpoenaed in Buffalo Billion investigation

  09-05-2016 22:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A New York Democrat from the western New York area will be required to cooperate in an investigation into the Buffalo Billion by federal prosecutor Preet Bharara’s office.
  Bharara, who heads up the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, is looking into all parts of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s large taxpayer-funded plan to revitalize the Buffalo area with $1 billion. As part of that probe, they’ve called on a lo
  
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• Death With Dignity

  09-05-2016 17:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Death isn’t a topic most people like talking about, but for those facing it, it’s an important conversation.
  “You start thinking about well, what do you want your funeral to look like, who might have to raise my son if I’m not going to be around?”
  Susan Rahn didn’t think she’d have to face those questions for decades.
  Three years ago that changed, when she was diagnosed with stage four metastatic breast cancer.
  “Nine months pr
  
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• Inside New York’s End-of-Life Options Act

  09-05-2016 17:55 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB)- New York’s End-of-Life Options Act is sponsored by Sen. Diane Savino.
  The legislation would allow terminally ill adult patients in New York access to aid-in-dying medication.
  Terminally ill means the patient must have an incurable, irreversible illness that has been medically confirmed to lead to death within six months. A form must be signed by the qualified adult patient and two witnesses.
  CLICK HERE: Death With Dignity
  New York’s End-of-Lif
  
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• Lehrer Dance sets off for fourth annual Russian trip

  09-05-2016 17:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Lehrer Dance, based in Buffalo, is known for its strong, inspiring, choreography.  Internationally known. The eight-person troupe is just back from a European tour, and they’ll spend the next two weeks in Russia.
  “We are visiting three cities, doing four performances, and teaching at local arts universities,” the artistic director and founder of the company, Jon Lehrer said.  “Also for the community for younger dancers, and I w
  
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• Sheriff: Midnight Transit Road race leads to crash

  09-05-2016 17:35 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Deputies with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office say they nabbed two people on a variety a charges stemming from a midnight race down Transit Road.
  Just after 12 a.m. Sunday, two deputies say they saw two vehicles speeding down the route near Clarence Center Road, exceeding speeds of 80 miles per hour.
  The race came to a stop when one of the drivers lost control of their vehicle, swerved, jumped a curb and came to a rest in a parking lot after driving
  
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• Perry man accused of damaging police vehicle, 6 others at dealership

  09-05-2016 15:25 via wivb.com
  
  AVON, N.Y. (WIVB) — After receiving a report of an argument happening in the Livingston County village of Avon, New York State Police ended up arresting a Wyoming County man on a charge of felony criminal mischief.
  State Police responded to the scene and say they found Perry resident Justin Putney, 25, drunk on Interstate Drive.
  While investigating, Troopers say they found out that Putney damaged seven vehicles at the nearby Genesee Valley Ford dealership. One of those vehicles w
  
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• ‘Just dance’: Serena recounts taking part in Beyonce video

  09-05-2016 14:56 via wivb.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Beyonce told Serena Williams to dance and the tennis champion let loose.
  Top-ranked Williams recounted Sunday how she came to have a part in the singer’s video, “Lemonade.”
  Williams says, “I have known the director since I was like nine years old. I know Beyonce pretty well, so they were like, ‘We would love for you to be in this particular song. It’s about strength and it’s about courage and that’s what we see you as.'”
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• Study: 50-percent of teens are digitally addicted to their mobile devices

  09-05-2016 14:53 via wivb.com
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – According to a new study conducted by Common Sense Media, 50 percent of teens say they are digitally addicted to their mobile devices.
  But how many teens are truly addicted to their devices and the Internet? According to the study, whether it is an addiction or not, two-thirds of parents feel their teens spend too much time on their mobile devices, and 52 percent of teens agree.
  “You walk anywhere, someone is on their phone. They’re either ca
  
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• Canadian officials hope to put “death grip” on fire

  09-05-2016 14:46 via wivb.com
  
  FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — Officials said Sunday they had reached a turning point in fighting an enormous wildfire, hoping to get a “death grip'” on the blaze that ravaged parts of Canada’s oil sands town of Fort McMurray amid cooler temperatures and light rain. Meanwhile, a massive evacuation of residents displaced by the blaze came to an end.
  Chad Morrison of Alberta Wildfire told a news conference he’s “very happy” and called it great firefighting
  
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• New study says youth football players more likely to return to field less than day after experiencing a concussion

  09-05-2016 14:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “Sometimes I see youth players who went back into the game too soon, before they were recovered,” said John Leddy MD, University at Buffalo Concussion Management Clinic Medical Director.
  According to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics, younger footballs players are more likely to return to the field less than a day after suffering concussions than those in high school or college. Dr. Leddy says that could be due to a lower level of supervision at yo
  
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• Best and worst jobs for recent college graduates

  09-05-2016 14:11 via wivb.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – We’ve got your back with a look at some of the best jobs for graduates. It is college graduation season. Computer and IT majors, there’s good news for you. Communications and liberal arts majors, not so much.
  The stage at Yale is all set up already. Their graduation is two weeks from today. Other schools are holding theirs even sooner. But once those grads leave here and head out into the real world, what are their job prospects?
  Well, better than last
  
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• Are surprise albums a growing trend in music?

  09-05-2016 14:09 via wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — It’s been an exciting – and somewhat exhausting – few weeks in the world of pop music.
  On April 21, the world was shocked by the untimely death of one of music’s biggest stars, Prince.
  Right on the heels of such terrible news, Beyoncé surprised us with her explosive new visual album, “Lemonade,” on April 23.
  While Beyoncé isn’t the first musician of the digital age to release a surprise album, nor is it her first cla
  
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• North Korea congress gives Kim Jong Un new title of chairman

  09-05-2016 13:11 via wivb.com
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s ruling-party congress has bestowed a new title on Kim Jong Un: party chairman. The move highlights how the country’s first congress in 36 years is aimed at bolstering the young leader.
  The news emerged Monday during the few minutes a small group of foreign media was allowed the watch the congress in the ornate April 25 House of Culture.
  As a military band in full uniform played the welcoming song used whenever North Korea’s lead
  
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• Ship that took historic cruise to Cuba returns to Miami

  09-05-2016 12:53 via wivb.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The first cruise ship to travel from the United States to Cuba in decades has returned to Miami.
  Carnival Cruise Line spokesman Roger Frizzell says the Adonia returned to Miami on Sunday, a week after it departed.
  The ship had 700 passengers and almost 375 crew members. The ship included 16 people who had been born in Cuba.
  The Cuban government dropped a longstanding ban on Cuban-born people returning to their homeland by sea before the start of the trip.
  Before the 1959 Cuban
  
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• Cleveland Browns player surprises Ohio teen as prom date

  09-05-2016 12:45 via wivb.com
  
  ELYRIA, OH (AP) – A teenager in Ohio got a treat on prom night: a surprise date with a Cleveland Browns player.
  Seventeen-year-old Elyria High School senior Elna Wright is nonverbal and uses a wheelchair as a result of a rare progressive disorder.
  She was crowned homecoming queen, but her boyfriend died last fall and she had no other date. Her parents took to social media, asking if an athlete might escort their Cleveland-sports-crazy daughter.
  The Browns’ Cameron Erving stepped up.
  
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• Deputies rescue dog found stuck on steep cliff along Oregon river

  09-05-2016 12:38 via wivb.com
  
  CLACKAMAS CO., Ore. (KOIN) — Sheriff’s deputies rescued a distressed dog that was stuck on a cliff along the Clackamas River near Barton Park in Oregon Sunday afternoon.
  A passing rafter spotted the dog and called 911 around 12:30 p.m., Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said. They said the dog was about 30 feet down a 100-foot cliff.
  When deputies located the dog they determined he had somehow gotten stuck on the steep cliff and was unable to climb back up or down. The deputies
  
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• North Carolina files lawsuit against federal government over HB2

  09-05-2016 12:35 via wivb.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina filed a lawsuit Monday morning against the federal government over the state’s LGBT law, known as HB2.
  The U.S. Justice Department last week warned the new law violates civil rights protections against sex discrimination at work and in education for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
  The agency focused particularly on provisions requiring transgender people to use public restrooms matching their biological sex. The department says a law
  
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• NC Gov. faces Fed’s Monday deadline on bathroom law

  09-05-2016 12:35 via wivb.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory shows no signs of backing down in the face of the federal government’s Monday deadline to declare he won’t enforce the new state law limiting protections for LGBT people — defiance that could risk funding for the state’s university system and lead to a protracted legal battle.
  McCrory and other state officials have been under pressure since the U.S. Justice Department warned last week that the law passed in March
  
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• Watch as Mercury transits across the sun

  09-05-2016 12:29 via wivb.com
  
  (WTNH) — NASA will broadcast a stunning view as Mercury passes directly between Earth and the Sun this morning.
  The rare journey, known as a “transit,” will make Mercury look like a black dot gliding across the sun’s face starting around 7:12AM. Mercury will take more than seven hours to traverse the sun completely. Mercury’s last transit was in 2006, and the next journey isn’t until 2019.
  As the first planet from the sun makes its journey, NASA’s Solar
  
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• Study: Drivers with untreated sleep apnea at much greater risk for crashes

  09-05-2016 12:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Drowsy drivers could be putting you at risk on the road.
  A new study looked at what happened when truck drivers who have sleep apnea do not follow treatment.
  The journal Sleep says drivers with sleep apnea, who don’t wear the breathing mask, have a five times greater risk of having a serious, preventable crash.
  Trucking companies often require drivers to be tested. Doctors often prescribe special masks with pressurized air to keep patients’ airways f
  
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• Study says e-cigarette poisonings surge in young children

  09-05-2016 12:03 via wivb.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A study of U.S. poison center calls has found that e-cigarettes are sickening more and more children under 6.
  The research in Monday’s journal Pediatrics says about 14 children per month were sickened by e-cigarettes when the study began in January 2012, and it rose to about 223 per month by the time the study ended in April 2015.
  Researchers say most kids weren’t seriously harmed, but one child died and several others had severe complications including comas and
  
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• US Fish & Wildlife crews treating water for sea lampreys in WNY

  09-05-2016 11:55 via wivb.com
  
  GOWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Experts with the US Fish and Wildlife Service are in our area treating local waterways to try to kill an aquatic invader.
  Sea lamprey larvae have been found in the sediment at the bottom of the Cattaraugus and Canadaway creeks in Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Erie Counties, and now crews are working to get rid of them.
  Sea lampreys are relatively harmless in their larval state, but they have few natural predators, and when they mature, they move to the Great Lakes and
  
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• Man shot in leg in north Buffalo

  09-05-2016 11:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police are investigating a shooting that happened on the 100 block of Monticello Place in north Buffalo.
  Buffalo Police say the shooting occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday night and that the victim was shot in the leg.
  It is not clear how severe the man’s injuries are. Bullet holes were seen in a nearby car windshield.
  News 4 will provide updates as they become available.
  
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• After more than 40 years, C-130s to leave Niagara Falls base

  09-05-2016 11:41 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Military C-130 transport planes have been flying out of the Niagara Falls air base for more than 40 years.
  That will end Monday when four of the aircraft leave on what will be the final C-130 deployment for the 914th Airlift Wing.
  The wing is switching to flying KC-135 refueling tankers as part of a new mission that’s seen as crucial to the future of the air base. The Air Force is retiring some of the C-130 fleet to save money.
  The commander of the 914th Ai
  
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• Eight people displaced by fire at housing complex

  09-05-2016 06:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Red Cross is helping five adults and three children after a fire at LaSalle Courts Sunday night.
  Fire crews were called to Grove St. around 9:30 p.m. Officials on scene told News 4 the fire started in the back of the building, affecting four units and spreading into the attic.
  “We are looking into a report of somebody using a barbecue grill and then throwing the briquettes next to the building,” said Chief Michael Tuberdyke.
   
  No one was
  
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• Local veterans take part in viral video “22 Kill” challenge

  09-05-2016 00:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – You may remember the ice-bucket challenge- the viral video sensation taking the internet by storm.The next challenge hitting the “Twittersphere” is ‪the movement #22kill.The goal of the program is to raise awareness for veterans — 22 of which on average fall victim to suicide each day.You may soon see hundreds of web videos clogging your news feed online.Chris Kreiger, President and Co-Founer of WNY Heros said, “I think th
  
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• Thousands of bicyclists “Slow Roll” on the Scajaquada

  09-05-2016 00:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Thousands of people took advantage of Slow Roll Buffalo’s “Parkway Revival Ride” that ran through Delaware Park and onto the Scajaquada Expressway on Sunday morning.
  The event was free, and it gave people a very one-of-a-kind experience. Event organizers say the main goal of the ride was to give people a better perspective of their city, and to raise awareness on how expressways negatively affect pedestrians nearby.
  Don Cannamela of Kenmore par
  
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• Community comes together for 10th Annual Elephant Run

  09-05-2016 00:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Community members came together  Sunday to remember loved ones they have lost.
  They took part in the 10th Annual Elephant Run at Delaware Park, a Mother’s Day tradition.
  The run benefits the Marcena Lozano Donate Life Scholarship.
  Lozano was a graduate of City Honors School in Buffalo who received two heart transplants.
  She died when she was just 25-years-old.
  Marcena’s mother Lori Lozano spoke at the run. She says the event helps fill a void fo
  
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