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• Weather and wine: Cold temperatures impact on local vineyards

  15-05-2016 19:30 via wivb.com
  
  CAMBRIA, N.Y.(WIVB)– Despite summer being just a month away snow and cold are in the forecast. Although this year’s crops are safe, grapes are at risk for damage in the upcoming days. Co-owner of Arrowhead Spring Vineyards, Robin Ross says it could be destructive, however they have a plan to help keep their business protected.
  Ross says, “We worry about when our bud break is and then when the last frost of the year is. Once the leaves are open on the end of the bud, t
  
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• Police evacuate Manchester stadium, dismantle fake bomb

  15-05-2016 17:49 via wivb.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Police evacuated Manchester United’s home stadium on the final day of the English Premier League season and dismantled a fake bomb Sunday just days after Britain raised its terror alert against Irish extremism.Police initially described the device as “incredibly lifelike” as Manchester United’s planned match with Bournemouth was cancelled, to boos from some fans. Four hours later, bomb technicians reported that the device was a hoax.
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• Man United’s Old Trafford stadium evacuated; match postponed

  15-05-2016 17:49 via wivb.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United’s Premier League game against Bournemouth at Old Trafford was postponed Sunday after a suspect package was found at the stadium before kickoff.United said the package was “found in the North West Quadrant” of Old Trafford. Police added that a military bomb disposal unit has been dispatched to the stadium.
  “We are doing everything we can to investigate this item as quickly as possible, however our priority is obviously to
  
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• NTSB to probe Texas bus crash that left 8 dead, 44 hurt

  15-05-2016 16:41 via wivb.com
  
  LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Federal authorities will on Sunday begin to investigate a charter bus crash in far South Texas that killed eight people and injured 44 more in a single-vehicle rollover, officials said.Seven people died at the scene Saturday morning on U.S. Highway 83, about 46 miles north of Laredo, and another died at a hospital, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Conrad Hein said.
  “The driver of the bus lost control and rolled over,” he said. “Ever
  
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• Buffalo leaders learn how Rochester is trying to reduce poverty

  15-05-2016 05:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo leaders are learning more about anti-poverty efforts in Rochester that they could put into place in Western New York.
  The state gave Buffalo $2.75 million for a plan and programs to combat poverty.
  On Saturday, the director of the anti-poverty initiative in Rochester explained what’s worked for that city. He spoke to more than 70 WNY politicians and community leaders.
  “The concentration of poverty in Buffalo, that’s very similar to the concent
  
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• 5th Annual Western New York VisionWalk

  15-05-2016 00:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Community members walked at Canalside Saturday for the 5th annual Western New York Visionwalk.
  The walk is part is a fundraising event for the Foundation Fighting Blindness.
  More than 10 million Americans are impacted by retinal diseases.
  Organizers say it’s important to raise awareness for these debilitating diseases.
  “We do all of this to find cures and to treatments because right now there’s no cures for any of these diseases but they’re go
  
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• Memorial blood drive hosted by local families

  15-05-2016 00:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A blood drive was held Saturday to remember two Western New York natives who died while still in college.
  Paul Englert and Nolan Burch were both organ donors and their families were looking for a way to spread the word about organ and blood donations.
  Englert was a junior when he died at the age of 19 because of a blood clot in his lungs. Burch was a freshman at the University of West Virginia when he was found unresponsive and later died.
  To honor them, their famili
  
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• 8 dead, about 40 hurt, in South Texas bus crash

  15-05-2016 00:28 via wivb.com
  
  LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A charter bus headed to a casino crashed in far South Texas on Saturday, killing eight people and injuring about 40 in a one-vehicle rollover, officials said.
  Webb County spokesman Larry Sanchez said seven people died at the scene on U.S. Highway 83 north of Laredo, the Laredo Morning Times reported (http://bit.ly/1TgyRnM ). An eighth person died later at a hospital.
  Webb County Volunteer Fire Department Chief Ricardo Rangel says the bus, identified as belonging to OGA
  
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