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• Sabres Development Camp wraps up

  12-07-2016 23:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (NY) – Sabres development camp wrapped up with a three-on-three tournament and “Team Teal” took home the hardware on a shootout victory. Now the focus for these young players turns to the rest of the summer and leading up to training camp and what they need to do to make the big team.
  “I am going back to Sweden today and then getting ready as fast as possible for the minicamp,” first round pick Alexander Nylander said. “I think I can make th
  
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• I-90 ramp bridge to 190N hit by equipment, major delays expected

  12-07-2016 23:54 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The ramp bridge leading to the 190 from the thruway was damaged after being hit by a piece of equipment on Monday afternoon, and now crews are scrambling to fix it. This will cause a very messy commute for some, and there’s no word on how long it will take to fix this problem.
  Traffic is expected back up for miles during the evening and morning rush hours. The expected traffic snafu on the I-90 leading to the 190 is just one of several in the immediate area
  
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• 300 volunteers fix-up east side homes

  12-07-2016 23:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Driving by dozens of homes on the city’s east side, you’ll spot crowds of teenagers carrying paint brushes, hammers, and brooms.
  It looks like your average neighborhood clean-up, but for the neighbors who live here, it’s so much more.
  For Brenda Morton, an east side resident for more than forty years, this is a chance to have a brand new porch to relax on this summer; a place to watch her granddaughter play.
  Her home is one of 33 getting a face-lift t
  
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• Sexual predator sentenced to 15 years in jail

  12-07-2016 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Prosecutors have announced that a local sexual predator will spend 15 years in prison and another 12 under post-release supervision.
  Following a Buffalo Police investigation, Ernesto Rodriguez Abreu, 54, pleaded guilty to first-degree charges of course of sexual conduct and criminal sexual act in May.
  Prosecutors say that over a period of years, Abreu engaged in at least two acts of sexual contact, including anal contact, with a child younger than 13.
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• Amherst Police looking for missing man

  12-07-2016 23:10 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amherst Police are looking for help finding a 62-year-old man who they say walked away from the Comprehensive Health Care facility on Reist St. in Williamsville.
  Paul Cieslak was last seen Monday around 9 a.m. He was wearing blue jeans, a green t-shirt, a black baseball cap, white sneakers and may have had a black jacket with him.
  Cieslak is described as a white man standing at 6’0″ and weighing 255 lbs. He has white hair, a white beard and a wh
  
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• Federal Reserve approves KeyBank acquisition of First Niagara

  12-07-2016 23:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The deal for First Niagara to be acquired by KeyCorp, which operates KeyBank branches nationwide, was approved by the Federal Reserve on Tuesday.
  MORE | See the Federal Reserve’s approval with details here.
  The official purchase of First Niagara by KeyCorp is expected to close in the third quarter of 2016 after a multi-billion dollar agreement between the two banking companies was reached in April.
  KeyCorp plans to sell 18 Erie and Niagara County branches
  
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• Neighbors of Amherst neighborhood on alert after suspected dog poisoning death

  12-07-2016 22:47 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) —  “You don’t want to have to wonder oh my god did the dog just eat something and now I got to sit there and look. Especially just that hint of suspicion as you’re walking or you’ve got your dog out is enough to throw you,” said Jim Cwierley, Willow Ridge Civic Association President.
  Cwierley says the Willow Ridge neighborhood is considered a dog friendly place. That’s why he and several others were worried after they heard abou
  
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• US Capitol, all buildings no longer on lockdown

  12-07-2016 22:44 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol and the buildings within its complex were on lockdown with police investigating.
  There were no immediate details Tuesday. It marks the second time in less than a week that the Capitol has been locked down.
  Police sent an email to congressional staff advising them to close and lock doors and stay away from external doors and windows.
  Both the House and Senate were in session, with House members voting. In the Senate, lawmakers were delivering speeches from
  
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• Markets Right Now: Dow Jones industrials closes at record high

  12-07-2016 22:25 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market hit another milestone as the Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high, a day after the Standard & Poor’s 500 index did.
  Both indexes beat marks they set in May 2015. The gains Tuesday were led by energy companies, materials companies and banks.
  Bond prices fell as investors moved money out of lower-risk investments. Safe-haven stocks like utilities and phone companies also fell.
  Company earnings reports got off to a good start. Aluminu
  
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• AG Lynch defends decision on Clinton email inquiry

  12-07-2016 22:07 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Loretta Lynch steadfastly defended her decision to close the Hillary Clinton email investigation without criminal charges, insisting Tuesday that she simply accepted the unanimous recommendation of career FBI investigators and attorneys.
  “I saw no reason not to accept it,” Lynch told the House Judiciary Committee. “We looked at the facts, they were applied, and a conclusion was come to that was consistent with the law and those facts and
  
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• Sand sculpture of busty Cape Cod mermaid draws complaints

  12-07-2016 22:05 via wivb.com
  
  YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A busty mermaid sculpted from sand and placed outside a popular Cape Cod restaurant is raising eyebrows and triggering complaints.
  The town of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and the local Chamber of Commerce say they fielded complaints from locals about the exaggerated proportions of the mermaid’s chest. Yarmouth’s police department took down photos of the sculpture from its Facebook page after residents said they found the work of art offensive.
  The mermaid cl
  
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• Documents: Paterno ignored boy’s Sandusky complaint in 1976

  12-07-2016 22:02 via wivb.com
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State coach Joe Paterno was told by a teen boy in 1976 that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky had molested him in the shower but responded that he didn’t want to hear about it and had “a football season to worry about,” according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.
  The man identified as John Doe 150 said in 2014 that other boys in a shower heard him yell that Sandusky had just touched him sexually. The man said he told several adults about it, th
  
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• Storms tear up small communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin

  12-07-2016 21:57 via wivb.com
  
  LITCHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Storms carrying tornadoes, torrential rain and powerful winds damaged homes, deposited a snowplow in a tree and flooded highways in north-central Minnesota and northern Wisconsin.
  Audrey Schoenberg took shelter at a restaurant in Litchfield, Minnesota, after a tornado Monday flipped her home off its foundation.
  “I’m numb. I’m numb. I don’t know really what I do feel right now. It’s quite a shock to see that everything is gone,” s
  
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• Motorcyclist accused of beating toll with retractable plate

  12-07-2016 21:55 via wivb.com
  
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Police say a man on a motorcycle used a retractable license plate to try to prevent paying a toll at the Holland Tunnel.
  A Port Authority police officer on Sunday saw the license plate was concealed as the motorcycle entered an E-ZPass lane. The officer then saw the man use a toggle switch to return the license plate to its proper position.
  Authorities charged 51-year-old Henry Pogue of Roselle with theft of service and possession of drug paraphernalia. He’s
  
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• Yale worker destroys stained-glass window depicting slaves

  12-07-2016 21:54 via wivb.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former Yale University dining services worker facing criminal charges for destroying a stained-glass window depicting slaves in a cotton field said Tuesday that he should not have done it, but he found the image disturbing.
  Corey Menafee, who is black, used a broomstick last month to break the window inside Calhoun College, which has been the target of student protests because it is named for former Vice President John C. Calhoun, an ardent 19th century defender o
  
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• California kidnapping for ransom baffles missing woman’s son

  12-07-2016 21:52 via wivb.com
  
  VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The son of a Northern California woman still missing after the arrests of four people suspected of kidnapping her said Tuesday he is baffled why anyone would abduct his financially struggling mother for ransom.
  John Babb said his mother, 57-year-old Elvira Babb, was bankrupt and neither he nor anyone in their family has the $60,000 that was demanded.
  “It just doesn’t make sense,” the son said at a news conference in Vallejo. “I can’t fat
  
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• Police: Dead cat found cooking in man’s oven

  12-07-2016 20:24 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Batavia man has been arrested after police in the city say a dead cat was found in his oven.
  The Batavia Fire Department responded to a residence on E. Main St. shortly after 9 p.m. Monday. The apartment was filled with light smoke when firefighters went inside.
  As they investigated, firefighters determined the cause of the smoke to be a dead cat in the oven.
  The man living there, Darren Annovi, 42, was interviewed by Batavia Police and charged with aggra
  
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• Body of missing US airman found in northern Italian river

  12-07-2016 20:12 via wivb.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — The body of a U.S. airman has been found in a river in the northern Italian town where he went missing 10 days ago, Italian and U.S. authorities said Tuesday.
  A Carabinieri official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to give the information, said the body of Staff Sgt. Halex Hale was identified by his father and colleagues from the Aviano Air Base. The body, clad in just a swimming suit, was spotted earlier Tuesday by a passer-by, who notif
  
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• Parents arrested after children allegedly found naked, emaciated in hot, dirty apartment

  12-07-2016 19:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police say three children were found emaciated, naked or nearly naked in a 15th St. apartment on Monday.
  After responding to a call at 5 p.m., the police force’s juvenile/sex offense squad went to the scene.
  Three kids with ages ranging from one to three were seen lying on a couch cushion on the floor in the apartment’s living room, officers say.
  While inside the at least 90 degree unit, police say that two of the children were naked and the
  
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• Niagara Falls man is asking the NFL to join the fight against pediatric cancer

  12-07-2016 18:53 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Mike Esposito of Niagara Falls has a heart of gold. After meeting Baby Shawn and learning that he has a rare and aggressive brain cancer known as DIPG, he knew he had to do more.
  “It’s a great opportunity to save lives.”
  He started a letter campaign in April, asking people to write to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. They’re asking him to dedicate one Sunday during the season to pediatric cancer. The proceeds would support research to fin
  
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• Woman dies in fire at home in Cattaraugus County

  12-07-2016 18:01 via wivb.com
  
  PORTVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a woman has died in a fire at a home in a rural western New York town on the Pennsylvania state line.
  Fire officials tell the Olean Times Herald that the blaze was reported around 6:45 p.m. Monday at a home in the Cattaraugus County town of Portville, 65 miles southeast of Buffalo.
  When firefighters arrived, the two-story house and a garage were on fire. Firefighters found the woman inside the door of the house. She was taken to nearby Olean General H
  
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• State, local leaders break ground on new Niagara Falls hotel

  12-07-2016 17:49 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A long-awaited development project is finally getting underway in the heart of Niagara Falls. State and local leaders broke ground Tuesday morning on the Hamister Group’s new $35 million Hyatt Place hotel on Rainbow Boulevard.
  “This hotel is the first non-casino development of its size here in four decades,” said Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster.
  When it’s finished in fall 2017, the hotel will have 128 rooms with retail space on Old Falls
  
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• Obama to honor 5 Dallas officers shot by man out for revenge

  12-07-2016 17:46 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will be in a different city but still in an all-too-familiar place when he leads the nation in honoring more lives cut short by gun violence, this time five white police officers slain by a black man who said he wanted revenge for the killings of blacks by police.
  Obama will try Tuesday to help grief-stricken Dallas begin to heal less than a week after its officers were killed and others wounded by an Army veteran-turned-sniper. Obama has denounced
  
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• Obama honors 5 Dallas officers shot by man out for revenge

  12-07-2016 17:46 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday gathered with politicians, police officers and families of the fallen in Dallas to call for unity in the wake of a shocking slaying of five police officers by a black man who said he wanted revenge for the killings of blacks by police.
  “The soul of our city was pierced,” Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said, as he welcomed Obama to a memorial service. The group had assembled because to combat “a common disease” of violence
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Obama honors 5 Dallas officers shot by man out for revenge

  12-07-2016 17:46 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will be in a different city but still in an all-too-familiar place when he leads the nation in honoring more lives cut short by gun violence, this time five white police officers slain by a black man who said he wanted revenge for the killings of blacks by police.
  MORE | Watch Obama speak live here.
  Obama will try Tuesday to help grief-stricken Dallas begin to heal less than a week after its officers were killed and others wounded by an Army veteran
  
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• Clinton receives long-awaited endorsement from Sanders

  12-07-2016 17:20 via wivb.com
  
  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Bernie Sanders, whose calls for a “political revolution” energized millions of voters across the nation, offered a long-awaited endorsement of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton Tuesday, calling for unity just two weeks shy of the Democratic National Convention.
  Standing alongside one another at an event in Portsmouth, N.H., Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, congratulated Clinton for winning the nomination and vowed to do everything he ca
  
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• Amherst Police looking for theft suspect

  12-07-2016 17:02 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Amherst are looking for a man they say stole from a store on Sheridan Drive.
  The theft occurred this past month, according to officers. The store in which it allegedly took place was not specified by police.
  The suspect is a black male pictured above.
  Anyone with information on the theft can call the Amherst Police Detective Bureau at 689-1336, email [email protected] or text 562-TIPS while referencing AMH 16-638871-TWa.
  
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• General Mills recalls Betty Crocker cake mix

  12-07-2016 16:49 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — General Mills Inc. is recalling two flavors of Betty Crocker cake mix sold in the U.S. and one flavor sold in Canada because they use flour that was recalled earlier because it could contain E.coli.
  The flavors include Betty Crocker Delights Super Moist Party Rainbow Chip Cake Mix, which is called Betty Crocker Super Moist Rainbow Bit Cake Mix in Canada.
  In the U.S, the mix carried a Package UPC 000-16000-40997 and “better if used by dates” includ
  
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• Official: 20 dead in head-on train crash in southern Italy

  12-07-2016 15:55 via wivb.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — Two Italian commuter trains collided head-on Tuesday in the southern region of Puglia, killing at least 20 people and injuring scores more, officials said. At least two passengers were pulled alive from the crumpled wreckage as the rescue operation took place in the scorching heat.
  Giuseppe Corrado, vice president of the province of Andria, told Sky TG24 the death toll stood at 20 and that rescue operations were continuing. Another official stressed the final toll would not be
  
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• Teen riding in vehicle accused of firing shotgun at other vehicle

  12-07-2016 15:43 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF STAFFORD, N.Y. (WIVB) — Deputies with the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office say a Pavilion man fired a shotgun at a vehicle that was following the one he was riding in.
  Authorities say Michael Leubner, 18, fired the 20 gauge shotgun while in the Town of Stafford. He was charged with felony reckless endangerment and jailed in Genesee County on $5,000 bail.
  Jason Armstrong Jr., 19, a passenger with Leubner, was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.
  The driver of the othe
  
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• Buffalo man found with gunshot wound in Niagara Falls alley

  12-07-2016 15:23 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niagara Falls Police say a Buffalo man was found shot in an alley in Niagara Falls.
  At 11:30 a.m. on Monday, police received a call and found a man lying in an alley between 9th and 10th St. The 26-year-old had a gunshot wound in his lower chest area.
  After being taken to Niagara Falls Medical Center, he was then flown to ECMC.
  Doctors performed surgery on him at the hospital. He is listed in very critical condition.
  A photo of the suspect’s car can
  
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• Man missing from Chemung County reportedly seen in Jamestown

  12-07-2016 14:24 via wivb.com
  
  OWEGO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  State Police are asking people across New York to let them know if they’ve seen a missing man with Alzheimer’s Disease.
  Troopers say William Caloroso, 78, was last seen in Nichols at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. They believe he’s in need of medical attention.
  Caloroso was driving a dark blue 2010 Chevrolet Impala, license plate GDY8262.
  He was believed to be heading to a nearby truck stop, but he was reportedly spotted in Jamestown.
  Caloroso was last seen
  
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• Unity Memorial to be held in Niagara Square

  12-07-2016 11:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Organizers of memorial service that will be held in downtown Buffalo Tuesday evening are inviting Western New Yorkers to heal together in the wake of the recent shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota, and Texas.
  The Unity Memorial will be held from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. At Niagara Square on Tuesday.
  The memorial is being held in honor of the five police officers who were killed in Dallas, as well as Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, black men who were shot and killed by
  
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• Two alarm fire in Lovejoy neighborhood

  12-07-2016 09:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Firefighters are putting out a fire this morning in a large building in the city’s Lovejoy neighborhood.
  Dispatchers were called around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday for the fire at the corner of East Lovejoy and Davey Streets.
  They announced a second alarm within minutes of the initial fire call.
  The fire forced the closure of East Lovejoy between North Ogden and Gold Streets.
  Watch News 4 Wake Up! starting at 4:30 a.m. for more video and information on this developing st
  
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• Four firefighters injured during Lovejoy neighborhood fire

  12-07-2016 09:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Four firefighters were hurt putting out a fire this morning in a large building in the city’s Lovejoy neighborhood.
  According to Buffalo Fire Dispatch, the 4 injured firefighters sustained minor injuries. No further details were given.
  BFD Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield told News 4 that one firefighter was taken to ECMC for observation after a shoulder injury.
  Dispatchers were called around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday for the fire at the corner of East Lovejoy
  
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• Neighbors question architect on Elmwood Village condo proposal

  12-07-2016 06:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The entrance to Elmwood Village could have a major makeover. A developer wants to transform the corner of Elmwood Ave. and Forest Ave. into a five story condominium complex.
  Some neighbors think it would create an upscale entrance to the neighborhood. Other people told News 4 the developer should preserve history by restoring buildings already standing at the corner.
  “That corner has always been an artists’ and musicians’ corner,” said Mark
  
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• Dozens ‘get fit’ at Ralph Wilson Stadium

  12-07-2016 04:45 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Dozens of people worked out on the Bills home field.
  Fitness in the Parks kicked off at Ralph Wilson Stadium Monday night.
  People of all ages came out to partake in the Boot Camp class.
  Organizers tell News 4 getting fit at the home of the Bills offered unique motivation.
  “It’s that experience of being down here on the field at Ralph Wilson Stadium and walking on the same ground that Jim Kelly and Bruce Smith and Andrew Reed and today’s players
  
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• Civil rights group meets in Buffalo to discuss recent shootings

  12-07-2016 04:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Civil Rights National Action Network met in Buffalo Monday.
  The meeting follows the recent police shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
  Members of the NAN discussed how they can be proactive and not reactive in the wake of the shootings.
  Representatives from the community sat in on the meeting, including Buffalo’s Deputy Police Commissioner Kim Beaty.
  One major talking point was maintaining a positive relationship between police
  
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• Professor calls poverty “systemic racism” in Buffalo

  12-07-2016 00:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Leaders in Buffalo love talking about the city’s renaissance. Progress is on display in certain places but the fact is, Buffalo is still the 3rd poorest city in the country, with 30.1% of the population struggling to make ends meet.
  News 4’s Nalina Shapiro wanted to help us understand how some neighborhoods, like the east side, ended up the way it did. This story fill books. It’s a complex issue and it’s not easy getting answers from lead
  
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• Proposed NYS law requires window tint checks during yearly inspection

  12-07-2016 00:15 via wivb.com
  
  CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you get pulled over, and your window tint is too dark, you’ll probably get a ticket. But under a proposed New York State law, your car will be taken off of the road all together.Captain Frederic Foels with the City of Tonawanda Police Department, said, “We see it all of the time and we try to pull them over and we have the devices to check your glass to see if it’s compliant.”
  The police cannot be everywhere to check every ca
  
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• Nylander, top Sabres draft picks fare well in first scrimmage

  12-07-2016 00:01 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — No Buffalo Sabre prospect left a more powerful impression than top draft pick Alexander Nylander in Saturday’s Blue and Gold scrimmage.
  “Guy’s got skills,” said forward William Carrier. “Secret weapon in the shootout, that’s for sure.”
  Nylander scored three times; twice on penalty shots and once in a postgame shootout, using moves his dad, Michael, used to favor when he played in the NHL.
  “I knew when he wen
  
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