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• Wife accused of stabbing husband in arm and throat

  02-07-2016 23:06 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF HARTLAND, N.Y. (WIVB)- A Hartland woman is behind bars after she allegedly stabbed her husband during a fight at their home on Ridge Road Friday night.
  The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office says 40 year-old Christina Karlak stabbed her husband in the throat and arm. After the fight he drove himself to Eastern Niagara Hospital where he was airlifted by Mercy Flight.
  He is currently listed in serious condition.
  Karlak was arraigned in Hartland Town court, at which time b
  
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• Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author, dead at 87

  02-07-2016 22:45 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel has died.
  His death was announced Saturday by Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. No other details were immediately available. Wiesel was 87.
  Wiesel shared his harrowing story of encampment at Auschwitz as a teenager through his classic memoir “Night,” one of the most widely read and discussed books of the 20th century.
  He was freed in 1945, but only after his mother, father and one sister had all died
  
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• Urgent need for blood donations over holiday weekend

  02-07-2016 18:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Following weeks of violence across Western New York, there is an urgent need for blood. UNYTS supplies blood directly to hospitals here in the Buffalo area.Leaders tell us the shelves are empty and they need blood now.
  Amanda Farrell, Director of blood donor recruitment with UNYTS said, “People are busy splashing in pools, traveling and having fun with family, they don’t think about donating.”Blood donations are low during the su
  
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• Woman dies after driving into Niagara River overnight

  02-07-2016 06:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —  A 54 year-old West Seneca woman was pulled from her car in the Niagara River Saturday morning.
  Members of the Buffalo Police Underwater Recovery team were called to search for a vehicle in the river near the boat launch at Ontario Street around midnight. Officers jumped into the water and pulled the woman’s body from her submerged car.
  She was transported to Kenmore Mercy Hospital and pronounced dead.
  Buffalo police are continuing the
  
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• Car in water leads to search

  02-07-2016 06:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police and firefighters took part in a search for a car in the water early Saturday morning.
  First responders were called to the Niagara River at the end of Ontario Street around midnight, after receiving a report of a car in the water with a person or two inside.
  There are no indications so far how the car ended up in the river.
  A News 4 crew is on the scene.  Watch this story for updates and Wake Up! for the latest information and video.
  
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• Car in Niagara River leads to search

  02-07-2016 06:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —  A female was pulled from a car in the Niagara River Saturday morning.
  Members of the Buffalo Police Underwater Recovery team were called to the River at Ontario Street around midnight, to search the water after reports of the car going in; they initially were looking for as many as two people, but did pull one person from the water.
  Police are investigating the incident; they did not release the woman’s name or condition.
  
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• West side residents concerned about corner store violence

  02-07-2016 04:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police continue to investigate a shooting on Buffalo’s west side.
  Officials told News 4, just after 9 Thursday evening, a 25-year-old man was shot outside of a store front at the corner of Garner Avenue and Grant Street.
  “I heard the shooting myself as I was in the house, but I didn’t even bother and that just goes to show how common it is around here,” said David Reyes, resident.
  Neighbors said they’re concerned about the loiter
  
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• Kate Hudson and Marshall cast thank WNY

  02-07-2016 02:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y.(WIVB) – Filming for the movie “Marshall” is wrapping up. Friday the cast said thank you to Western New York and everyone who welcomed them with open arms.
  Actress Kate Hudson and actors Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Sterling Brown, James Cromwell, Dan Stevens and director Reginald Hudlin all sat down together to talk about how much they loved filming the movie in WNY.
  Hudson raved about the food..Some people said they spotted her at Hutch’s restauran
  
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• Baby Ella’s successful surgery remove entire tumor

  02-07-2016 00:35 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Earlier this week the Suhrs received great news about baby Ella, that the chemotherapy part of her treatment was working, and what was once a soft ball size tumor had continued to shrink.
  More great news at the end of the week, as doctors believe they removed the entire tumor from her brain.
  News 4 first met Ella last month as the community of Lyndonville had banded together to help out Ella’s parents, Maegan and Joe, when they first learned of the diagnosis.
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