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• At-risk teens bike 500 miles to Niagara Falls

  16-07-2016 19:21 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A group of students from Ohio bikes more than 500 miles from Cinicinatti to Western New York. It’s called the Tour de Falls.
  The bike ride, for teens involved with programs at City Gospel Mission, hopes to teach teamwork, goal-setting, stress management and physical and spiritual endurance.
  The teens will ride between 55 and 70 miles each day, and stay the night at campgrounds.
  Over the last few weeks, the teens have prepared for the t
  
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• Trump introduces Gov Pence as ‘my partner in this campaign’

  16-07-2016 18:19 via wivb.com
  
   NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump introduced Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate on Saturday, calling him “my partner in this campaign” and his first and best choice to join him on a winning Republican presidential ticket.
  In their first joint appearance, Trump tried to draw a sharp contrast between Pence, a soft-spoken conservative, and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate. In fact, he spent about as much time lambasting Clinton as praising Pence, de
  
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• The Latest: CNN-Turk says soldiers enter media building

  16-07-2016 02:59 via wivb.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on what appears to be an attempted military coup in Turkey (all times local):
  3:40 a.m.
  Turkish broadcaster CNN-Turk says a group of soldiers have entered the headquarters of the Dogan Media group, which owns the television channel.The newscaster did not provide details on the number of soldiers who entered the building, which is also home to Kanal D television, the Dogan news agency and the Hurriyet newspaper.  
  The newscaster said she was not s
  
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• Old memo derails Lackawanna police chief’s chances for top county post

  16-07-2016 01:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Lackawanna Police Chief James Michel wants to set the record straight about accusations of sexual harassment going back 17 years ago, but Michel’s chief antagonist apparently doesn’t.
  The former nominee for Erie County’s Commissioner of Central Police Services claims he was blindsided in a political smear aimed at discrediting him. Michel’s nomination was torpedoed by charges he had sexually harassed a female office worker.
  “To cause th
  
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• Baby Rian’s life celebrated in Buffalo

  16-07-2016 00:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A heartbroken family in Buffalo celebrated the short time they had with their baby girl Rian Davis. The child died in an accident in a driveway last week. A car ran her over and police say the driver is cooperating. On Friday, family members held a special event at School 61 after her funeral.
  Grandfather, Leonard Lane, is the president of F.A.T.H.E.R.S.,promoting peace, and also a retired Buffalo firefighter. Friday many of his follow firefighter
  
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• Sabres add pair to coaching staff

  16-07-2016 00:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – One day after the one-year contract extension to forward Marcus Foligno, the Buffalo Sabres announced that they have hired Tom Ward as an assistant coach and Adam Nightingale as video coach.
  For the last 18 seasons, Ward spent his time as head coach of the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Boys Prep team. He coached the squad to nine USA Hockey National Championships, served as the school’s director of hockey from 2004-2016, and took home 21 national championships. Amo
  
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• Local French native reacts to attack in Nice

  16-07-2016 00:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- It was supposed to be a day to celebrate France, to watch fireworks, go to parades, and dance.
  But festivities were interrupted on Bastille Day in Nice, when a white truck carrying guns and grenades plowed through the crowd at the Promenade Da Anglias.
  The 31-year-old driver was was French citizen Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, originally from Tunisia, with no known ties to any terror groups. Police shot and killed him.
  “People are afraid, and people don’t know
  
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• A way to experience the Niagara River like you never have before

  16-07-2016 00:08 via wivb.com
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) —Hundreds of thousands flock to the falls every year to check out its beauty, but for locals who have seen that view many times there may be a new way to experience one of the seven forgotten natural wonders of the world.
  On a hot summer day there’s nothing better than cooling off by the pool, but why not change it up and head to the Niagara River! Niagara Jet Adventures in Youngstown provides you with a spot to beat the heat and a view you can’t get any
  
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• Some divided over Niagara Falls sculpture

  16-07-2016 00:00 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A new sculpture has some people divided in Niagara falls.
  One city council member says the hundreds of thousands of dollars being spent on it, should be used for other projects.
  Plans have been in the works to build a sculpture for Centennial Circle at the intersection of Third Street and Rainbow Boulevard. The design is meant to celebrate the good relations between the U.S. and Canada.
  “I think it’s a good idea to have artwork downtown connecting t
  
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