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• Local WW2 veteran remembers fallen soldiers

  30-05-2016 23:43 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)- Like so many WWII veterans, Cpl. Richard Keil was just out of high school when he put on a uniform and went overseas.
  For him, Memorial Day is a chance to remember, tell stories, and be grateful for the men who stood next to him.
  “A lot of credit to those men who went into ole Germany and all they had between them was their airplane and 30,000 feet of air between them and the ground,” Keil told News 4.
  Keil worked on planes in England, but before th
  
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• Why flags are flown at half-staff for only half the day on Memorial Day

  30-05-2016 23:38 via wivb.com
  
  (KIMT) — It might not be something you notice but there is a reason why flags are flown at half-staff for only half the day on Memorial Day.
  We are told the flags will be lowered in the morning to help remember and honor the brave men and women who have served our country and given the ultimate sacrifice. However, at Noon these flags are once again raised to their regular position to show the strength of the United States and how this country will keep fighting for our freedom.
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• CWA, Verizon agreement includes hundreds of jobs, double-digit raises

  30-05-2016 23:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The tentative agreement ending the nation’s biggest strike in decades includes nearly 11 percent raises, the promise of hundreds of new jobs and stability for the next four years.
  On Monday, Verizon and its 40,000 hourly workers announced a tentative agreement, and most importantly, a return to work for most members on June 1.
  The 45-day strike affected hundreds of members of the CWA and IBEW in western New York. Over the past month and a half, demonstrations a
  
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• A peek inside a Buffalo historic home featured in upcoming biopic “Marshall”

  30-05-2016 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Filming continues for the Thurgood Marshall movie entitled “Marshall.” The movie is being shot across Western New York. You’ll recognize City Hall and the Lasalle Library in Nigara Falls featured in the film.
  But some of your neighbors homes are getting a close up too. One of the buildings that will be featured is an apartment building on North Street. The family that lives there says they’re thrilled to open their doors so the
  
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• Officer spends Memorial Day on duty honoring fallen service members

  30-05-2016 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — While many have the day off to observe Memorial Day, some people like police officers are working.
  “As far as memorial day — it’s any other day for us,” said Officer Dennis Kusak.  “It is a holiday, I have to work. [We are] patrolling the streets, interacting with community members.”
  Officer Kusak is spending his day on duty remembering those who have fallen while fighting for freedom.
  “I joined the military bec
  
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• GALLERY: WNY veterans who paid the ultimate price

  30-05-2016 21:30 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — WNY remembers those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
  APP USERS | Tap here to view the gallery of local veterans who were deployed, but did not make it back home.
  
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• White House returns to normal operations after lockdown

  30-05-2016 20:18 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says the White House has returned to normal operations after being placed on lockdown early Monday afternoon.
  Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback says someone at about 12:15 p.m. threw a metal object over the north fence along Pennsylvania Avenue and was arrested without incident. Hoback did not identify the person, though a witness saw a woman placed in handcuffs.
  Fire trucks and a hazardous materials response unit were called to the scene. It&
  
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• How to make sure your front door is your first line of defense

  30-05-2016 18:43 via wivb.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With more than 850 burglaries, robberies and auto thefts reported in Albuquerque just in April alone, it’s important to make sure that your front door is your front line of defense.
  But, if you’re installing the locks yourself, you could be opening yourself up to burglars.
  If you’re trying to cut corners by purchasing one of those low-cost, mass-produced door locks sold at hardware stores, think again.
  Experts say burglars are now using replica
  
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• Vigil planned at Cincinnati Zoo in tribute to slain gorilla

  30-05-2016 18:35 via wivb.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Animal rights activists plan a Memorial Day vigil for the gorilla killed at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old boy slipped into an exhibit and a special zoo response team concluded his life was in danger.
  Anthony Seta calls the 17-year-old endangered lowland gorilla’s death “a senseless tragedy” and says the Monday afternoon gathering is meant as a memorial to Harambe.
  There has been a strong outpouring on social media of people upset the gorilla was
  
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• 93-year-old veteran receives medals he lost on his way home from war

  30-05-2016 18:30 via wivb.com
  
  BETHANY, Conn. (WTNH) – A 93-year-old veteran received a special recognition. All of it having to do with some pretty impressive medals that he’s getting a second time around.
  On this Memorial Day weekend, people all over the country are remembering the sacrifices made by those who’ve served our nation. Media General contributors were in Bethany, Connecticut at Veteran’s Memorial Park. It’s there on a wall that lists the names of veterans from Bethany, where yo
  
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• After pole was knocked down, soldier holds flag up in Massachusetts

  30-05-2016 18:23 via wivb.com
  
  WILBRAHAM, Mass. (WWLP) – The flagpole outside Wingate of Wilbraham in Massachusetts was knocked down over the winter, but the assisted living and rehab facility is not without a patriotic display this Memorial Day.
  Army Specialist Darren Swallow took it upon himself to stand outside the facility holding a flag as a tribute to those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice. The veteran, who is disabled following multiple tours in Iraq, told Media General contributors that he ar
  
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• VIDEO: Soldiers come to life to recognize fallen vets

  30-05-2016 17:53 via wivb.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — The reading of names and raising of flags are conventional ways of recognizing Memorial Day. They’ve been part of a 25-year tradition at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. But this year, they’re adding something new: toy soldiers.
  “We’re going to be honoring a lot of our veterans and fallen soldiers,” said a man dressed in all green. “Amen to that!” replied a visitor.
  That man is Jeremiah Wilson. He’s never served
  
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• Man saves dog that fell down 65 feet down cliff

  30-05-2016 17:37 via wivb.com
  
  ADAMS, Tenn. (WKRN) – A man used his mountaineering skills to rescue a dog that fell 65 feet down a cliff in Adams, Tennessee.
  Sixteen-year-old Jackson Lightner was walking his family’s foster dog Molly when she broke loose from the leash. She then ran toward an embankment and with no time to stop, fell down the bluff.
  Lightner ran to get help, and a neighbor knew just the person to call.
  “She called and knew I had climbing equipment since I had gone over the bluff before,
  
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• Storm safe room as a wedding gift? A new trend in Tornado Alley

  30-05-2016 17:31 via wivb.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) – Never mind toasters, blenders and slow cookers. Joplin, Missouri, tornado survivors Kayla and Ricky Smith had a more practical request for a wedding gift – shelter from the next big storm.
  The Smiths were on the leading edge of an odd trend in Tornado Alley: Engaged couples using bridal registries or word of mouth to request donations so they can purchase safe rooms, which are strong, pre-fabricated shelters typically installed in houses or garages.
  Several tornadoes
  
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• Syrian couple reunited in Oregon after 10 years apart

  30-05-2016 17:25 via wivb.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Imad and Remonda’s love story has spanned several decades and thousands of miles.Imad and Remonda are reunited after 10 years when Remonda was living in Syria, unable to get a visa. (KOIN)The Syrian couple is back together now thanks to help from Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden.
  Imad and Remonda haven’t been able to physically see each other for about 10 years. She was stuck in Syria while Imad has been in the US.
  “She is the love o
  
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• VIDEO: Truck engulfed in flames closes portion of Route 400

  30-05-2016 16:39 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Authorities closed off a portion of Route 400 at Maple Road when a truck caught fire Monday morning around 10:30 a.m.
  Witnesses say the truck was filled with firewood before it rolled off the road and became engulfed in flames. The driver was able to jump out of the truck, according to witnesses.The road was reopened more than an hour later at 11:45 a.m.
  
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• Package explodes at New York prison guard’s home, burns him

  30-05-2016 16:18 via wivb.com
  
  FLOYD, N.Y. (AP) — A suspicious package left by a prison guard’s mailbox exploded and seriously burned him when he opened it, authorities said Sunday as they worked to determine who sent it and why.
  The 52-year-old officer was severely injured, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, in an explosion that stunned the small central New York town of Floyd. Cuomo called the blast “horrific,” and local, state and federal agencies were investigating and trying to determine whether t
  
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• Striking Verizon workers to return Wednesday; deal inked

  30-05-2016 15:58 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A union says nearly 40,000 striking Verizon employees will return to work Wednesday after reaching a tentative contract agreement. It includes 1,300 new call center jobs, nearly 11 percent in raises over four years and the first contract for Verizon wireless store workers.
  The Communications Workers of America union announced the tentative pact Monday with VerizonCommunications Inc. They’d reached an agreement in principle Friday but hadn’t released details or a
  
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• GALLERY: Memorial sites in Buffalo

  30-05-2016 15:42 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Memorial Day, we honor those who paid the ultimate price.
  APP USERS | Tap here to view the gallery of sites around Buffalo.
  
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• Floods in Texas, Kansas leave at least 6 dead, 2 missing

  30-05-2016 15:19 via wivb.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities in central Texas have found two more bodies along flooded streams, bringing the death toll from flooding in the state to six.
  It was unclear Sunday whether a body found in Travis County near Austin is one of the two people still missing in Texas. An 11-year-old boy was still missing in central Kansas, too.
  The latest flooding victim identified by authorities was a woman who died when the car she was riding in was swept from the street by the flooded Cypress Creek
  
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• Chlorine smell in pools can be a sign of sweat, urine in water

  30-05-2016 15:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Many people opened their pools over the weekend.
  It can take a few days to get algae and everything under control after adding chlorine, but that chlorine smell in your pool does not necessarily mean it is clean. In fact, it can mean the opposite.
  That smell happens when chlorine reacts with something in the pool.
  What you’re actually smelling are chemicals called chloramines. They form when the disinfectants in the pool react with nitrogen-based compounds in y
  
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• Computer glitch resolved at JFK Airport after massive delays

  30-05-2016 14:42 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say normal operations are expected at John F. Kennedy Airport’s Terminal 7, one day after a computer outage caused massive check-in delays.
  Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Neal Buccino says Monday that all computers are up and running.
  On Sunday, a server providing Internet service had problems at about 4 p.m. and the outage required manual check-in.
  Buccino says Terminal 7 is operated by British Airways, which leases space to other carri
  
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• Research says “fat shaming” starts in first grade

  30-05-2016 14:26 via wivb.com
  
  STILLWATER, Okla. (WIVB) — A child’s worries about weight can start as early as first grade. That’s the year when researchers say severely obese kids start being teased and even bullied.
  The scientists who study this call it “fat shaming.” The group of researchers led by a professor at Oklahoma State University say obese kids may eat more to cope with the pain of rejection or avoid being bullied.
  Their study also showed severely obese kids are more likely
  
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• Woman accused of driving through Orchard Park crash scene while on drugs

  30-05-2016 13:55 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Orchard Park say a Buffalo woman drove through the scene of a serious vehicle crash while on drugs Saturday.
  Although officers closed off traffic in the area of Southwestern Blvd. between Michael Rd. and Orchard Park Rd., they say Jennifer Marcussen, 34, disregarded the closure and continued driving through it.
  As she moved past the blocker vehicle and flags, officers shouted at her to stop, but to no avail, according to authorities.
  Eventually, p
  
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• Western New Yorkers visit Boardwalk Carnival at Canalside

  30-05-2016 00:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Western New Yorkers are cooling off at the waterfront this weekend.
  Canalside is holding its Boardwalk Carnival through Monday. There are more than a dozen rides for families to enjoy including the Dizzy Dragon and a Merri-Go-Round.
  If you prefer games, take a seat at “I Got It” or challenge your friends to a water gun race.
  The carnivals starts at 11 a.m. and runs until 9 p.m.
  Admission is free.
  
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• Frightening moments for employees as car crashes into Two Eagles Smoke Shop

  30-05-2016 00:38 via wivb.com
  
  BASOM, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 20-year-old woman is facing charges after she drove her vehicle into a smoke shop while drunk.
  Three employees and two customers were inside the Two Eagles Smoke Shop on the Tonawanda Reservation when it happened.
  New York State troopers on the scene say the crash happened around 9 a.m. Sunday.
  Troopers say a 20-year-old woman was driving drunk and failed to negotiate a curve in the road and slammed into the building.
  None of the five people inside the store wer
  
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