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• Boulevard Mall for sale, trends changing shopping malls across country

  29-07-2016 23:12 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — “The Boulevard Mall, the McKinley Mall, the Eastern Hills Mall are essentially secondary regional malls and about every 10 years they go through a change and a turnover too,” said Fred Floss, Buffalo State Department of Economics Chair.
  Floss says because of online shopping and outlet malls, malls like the Boulevard are no longer as profitable as they once were.
  “The big question in the next 10 years for a mall like the Boulevard Mall is how are the
  
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• Grounds crew battling drought to sustain green grass at ballpark

  29-07-2016 23:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As the sun rises around Western New York, so does Chad Laurie.
  “During the season I am here and it is insanely busy,” said Laurie.
  He’s the head groundskeeper at Coca-Cola Field, maintaining the grass the Buffalo Bisons hustle onto and fans admire during the summer.
  “It’s a lot of effort and worries,” said Laurie. “I think about it all the time. It’s constantly on my mind during the season.”
  And the drought t
  
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• West Seneca police looking for 5 suspected thieves

  29-07-2016 22:55 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Five people are being sought after by West Seneca Police in connection with a larceny at a shopping center.
  The suspects are four black women and one black man. The man and one of the women have red hair.
  Police say they were involved in a larceny that took place July 20 at 4 p.m., but the location was not provided.
  Anyone with information on the suspects is asked to call police detectives at 674-3154 or their anonymous tip line at 675-8423.
  Callers are asked to
  
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• Hillary Clinton not first woman to run for President, Niagara County woman ran twice in 1880’s

  29-07-2016 22:45 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hillary Clinton is not the first woman to run for President. Victoria Woodhull from Home, Ohio ran for the Equal Rights Party in 1872.
  Then in the 1880’s a woman from Niagara County ran twice! Belva Lockwood was born in Royalton back in 1830. She was a teacher eventually became an attorney, and she was a big advocate of women’s rights.
  Belva Lockwood ran on the Equal Rights Party back in 1884 and again in 1888. She was 54 years old the first time she ran
  
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• Town of Tonawanda PD looking for man

  29-07-2016 22:36 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA (WIVB) — Police in the Town of Tonawanda are looking for a man seen on surveillance video entering and leaving a car.
  It is not clear if the man stole something, but he is wanted by police.
  Anyone with information on him is asked to call Det. Reinhart at 879-6637 or the confidential tip line at 879-6606.
  
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• Huge, once-hated fish now seen as weapon against Asian carp

  29-07-2016 22:06 via wivb.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — It’s a toothy giant that can grow longer than a horse and heavier than a refrigerator, a fearsome-looking prehistoric fish that plied U.S. waters from the Gulf of Mexico to Illinois until it disappeared from many states a half-century ago.
  Persecuted by anglers and deprived of places to spawn, the alligator gar — with a head that resembles an alligator and two rows of needlelike teeth — survived primarily in southern states in the tributaries of the Mississ
  
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• Russian weightlifters banned from Rio Olympics for doping

  29-07-2016 22:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The International Weightlifting Federation has banned the Russian federation and all its weightlifters from the Rio Olympics.
  The IWF said Friday the multiple cases of doping by Russian weightlifters have “seriously damaged” the integrity of the sport. The eight Russian Olympic spots have been offered to other countries.
  The IWF said the doping results produced by Russian weightlifters are “extremely shocking and disappointing.”
  
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• Rare, foul-smelling ‘corpse flower’ blooms in New York City

  29-07-2016 21:59 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A foul smelling plant known as the “corpse flower” is finally blooming at the New York Botanical Garden in New York City.
  The rare blooming began Thursday afternoon after more than 10 years of growth. It’s native to Sumatra’s equatorial rain forests, and emits an odor like rotting flesh while it’s briefly in bloom.
  It’s one of the largest flowers on earth and can reach 6 feet in height. It emits the stench to attract pollinators.
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• 13-year-old boy reels in 200-pound shark on New Jersey beach

  29-07-2016 21:55 via wivb.com
  
  LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy fishing with his father on a New Jersey beach has reeled in a 200-pound shark.
  A video posted on Facebook on Sunday shows Gianni Mandile pulling the fish most of the way in before dad Joseph Mandile grabs the shark’s tail and pulls it onto the sand while taking care not to get bit.
  The Mandiles posed for a quick photo with the shark before Joseph dragged it back into the water and sent it on its way.
  The Mandiles use a catch-and-rele
  
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• Orleans County teacher accused of child porn possession

  29-07-2016 21:04 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — A teacher working at an Orleans County school was charged with receipt and possession of child pornography.
  Rochester resident Steven Choi, 41, taught English at the Holley Central School District. Prosecutors say that a criminal complaint accused Choi of looking at child porn online.
  Investigators who examined his computer say they found sexually explicit pictures of prepubescent girls on it.
  Choi will be in court August 12. If convicted of both charges again
  
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• Watkins, others won’t be ready at start of Bills camp

  29-07-2016 20:38 via wivb.com
  
  PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Wide receiver Sammy Watkins and starting defensive tackles Kyle Williams and Marcell Dareus won’t be ready for the Buffalo Bills at the start of training camp.
  Dareus was placed on the active/non-football injury list on Friday, a day before Buffaloholds its first practice in suburban Rochester, New York.
  Watkins is coming off foot surgery in April and will open camp on the team’s active/non-football injury list. Also on placed on the non-football inj
  
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• Killer confesses to manslaughter on second day of trial

  29-07-2016 20:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On the second day of a murder trial, 44-year-old Buffalo man Victor Irizarry has confessed to his crime.
  On September 12 of last year, Irizarry fatally shot Buffalo resident Nicholas Jozens in the abdomen on Clinton St. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in court Friday.
  When sentenced on August 31, Irizarry could spend up to 25 years in prison.
  
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• North Collins residents asked to conserve water

  29-07-2016 18:56 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH COLLINS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officials in the Village of North Collins are asking residents to conserve their water due to the recent drought.
  They have also requested that residents repair any leaking plumbing in their homes and refrain from watering lawns, filling pools or washing cars.
  Officials say people can check their toilet for leaks by putting a few drops of food coloring in the toilet’s water tank, waiting a few minutes, and then seeing if the color shows up in th
  
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• Niagara Falls resident accused of assaulting man at gas station

  29-07-2016 18:48 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara Falls man has been accused of assault after an incident at a 19th St. gas station.
  Around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, Niagara Falls police officers went to the scene of a Coastal station to find an injured man on the ground.
  The victim, who was identified as a 52-year-old Niagara Falls man, was heavily bleeding and had severe head trauma.
  Officers at the scene called in medical help for the man and began to look for the suspect in his assault.
  A short t
  
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• Grand Island man accused of possessing cocaine, stolen handgun following burglary

  29-07-2016 18:08 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — A burglary suspect has been arrested following an investigation by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office.
  After a handgun was stolen during a Wednesday burglary in Grand Island, authorities began to look for the suspect.
  After gathering evidence and information, deputies say they raided a residence on Esser Ave. and found the stolen gun, along with a felony amount cocaine.
  This led them to charge Robert Rovison, 21, with criminal possession of a weapon, cr
  
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• Dunkirk mayor goes to DNC with high hopes for city, state and country

  29-07-2016 17:50 via wivb.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (WIVB) — For one New York delegate, the newly elected Mayor of Dunkirk, Willie Rosas, the Democratic National Convention came with enormous responsibility.
  “It’s been a wonderful convention. This is my first convention,” Rosas said.
  Rosas has a lot to celebrate. “I am the first elected Hispanic mayor in New York State history,” he said of his title, which he does not take lightly.
  “I’ve become an instant role model for the Hi
  
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• Governor: 4 Zika cases likely came from Florida mosquitoes

  29-07-2016 17:08 via wivb.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida likely has the first cases of Zika transmitted by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, the state’s governor said Friday.
  No mosquitoes in the state have tested positive for Zika, but one woman and three men in Miami-Dade and Broward counties likely contracted the virus through mosquito bites, Gov. Rick Scott said during a news conference in Orlando.
  More than 1,650 Zika infections have been reported in the U.S., but the four patients in Florida would be the f
  
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• 6 Michigan state workers charged in Flint water crisis

  29-07-2016 17:07 via wivb.com
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general has charged six more state employees with crimes related to the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint.
  The Flint Journal reports a judge Friday authorized the charges filed by the office of Bill Schuette. He plans to formally announce the charges at a morning news conference.
  All are charged with misconduct in office, willful neglect of duty and various conspiracy counts.
  The poor, majority black city of 100,000 used the Flint Ri
  
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• Computers hacked at Democrats’ House campaign committee

  29-07-2016 17:06 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says its computers have been hacked. It’s been told by investigators the breach resembles the recent hacking of the Democratic National Committee.
  Meredith Kelly is spokeswoman for the committee, which is the political arm of House Democrats. She says the committee is using the forensic investigation firm Crowdstrike and is cooperating with federal law enforcement.
  A House Democratic aide said late Thursday the FBI is
  
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• Bad news for Bills overshadows Rex Ryan’s rosy outlook

  29-07-2016 16:49 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills head to training camp facing numerous concerns despite Rex Ryan’s rosy proclamations regarding the state of his team.
  A rash of bad news — injuries, suspensions and legal issues — persistently overshadowed the coach’s suggestions that the Bills “won the offseason,” and were “a zillion miles ahead” of where they were a year ago after Ryan took over.
  Last season was no picnic for Ryan, who failed
  
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• Auburn bones could be those of McKinley assassin

  29-07-2016 16:36 via wivb.com
  
  AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — The man who assassinated President William McKinley in Buffalo in 1901 was likely buried in a long-forgotten executed inmates cemetery located where human bones were recently discovered.
  The Citizen of Auburn reports that old newspaper accounts of the electric chair execution of anarchist Leon Czolgosz say that he was to be buried in the Auburn state prison graveyard located just outside the Fort Hill Cemetery.
  The unmarked burial ground was discovered last weekend duri
  
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• Team USA Olympic blazers to be made in Rochester

  29-07-2016 14:57 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, NY (WIVB) –   Team USA Olympic athletes will once again be sporting Ralph Lauren outfits for the opening ceremonies at the Rio de Janiero games.   And once again Lauren is tapping Hickey Freeman to manufacture part of the outfit – this time the blazers.
  Ralph Lauren will reveal the design today.  The Hickey Freeman factory is also producing part of the parade ceremony uniforms, including shorts for the closing ceremony.
  Eventually you will be able to pu
  
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• Police: 2 San Diego police officers shot

  29-07-2016 12:25 via wivb.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two police officers have been shot in a San Diego neighborhood, and a suspect is reportedly in custody, authorities said.
  The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that police said the shooting occurred late Thursday night.
  The officers have been taken to a hospital, but their condition was not released.
  There was no immediate word on what touched off the violence, which occurred around 11 p.m. PDT in the southeastern part of town.
  Police searched the area for suspects and urge
  
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• Police: 1 San Diego police officer shot, 1 dead

  29-07-2016 12:25 via wivb.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two police officers have been shot in a San Diego neighborhood, and a suspect is reportedly in custody, authorities said.
  The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that police said the shooting occurred late Thursday night.
  The officers were taken to a hospital. One underwent surgery and is in stable condition, but the other is dead.
  There was no immediate word on what touched off the violence, which occurred around 11 p.m. PDT in the southeastern part of town.
  Police sear
  
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• Clinton promises steady hand in dangerous world

  29-07-2016 05:41 via wivb.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Promising Americans a steady hand, Hillary Clinton cast herself Thursday night as a unifier for divided times, an experienced leader steeled for a volatile world. She aggressively challenged Republican Donald Trump’s ability to do the same.
  “Imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis,” Clinton said as she accepted the Democratic nomination for president. “A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.&rdq
  
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• Neighbors petition to remove “drug house” on Perry Street

  29-07-2016 04:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –– A city neighborhood is calling on local leaders to take action to clean up their neighborhood.
  Neighbors told News 4 a house on Perry Street is a drug house and they want it removed.
  One of the residents, Bob Boyle, started a petition about three weeks ago and he said the entire street signed the petition. Boyle said the petition is to get the house at 554 Perry Street demolished, boarded up or to get new homeowners.
  Neighbors said there’s a lot of traff
  
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• Town of Lewiston enacts voluntary water ban

  29-07-2016 02:02 via wivb.com
  
   TOWN OF LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — The drought affecting Western New York is getting worse, and local water systems are feeling the pinch. The Town of Lewiston is one of them. They’re asking residents to conserve water because officials say these are some of the driest conditions they’ve seen in years.
  Town Councilman William Geiben said, “1988 was the last time we found it necessary to ask the residents to voluntarily cut back on water usage.”
  The
  
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• Minority Dem delegates frustrated with ‘Bernie or Bust’

  29-07-2016 01:47 via wivb.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As most Democrats rally around Hillary Clinton, the lingering “Bernie or Bust” movement is stirring frustration at the party’s convention among delegates of color, who say they’re upset at the refusal of the Vermont senator’s most fervent backers to fall in line.
  “I am so exhausted by it,” said Danielle Adams, a black Clinton delegate from North Carolina. “I think there are undercurrents of privilege that concern me.&rdquo
  
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• Clues in DNC hacking point to Russia, despite Trump claims

  29-07-2016 01:45 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said again Thursday whoever hacked the Democratic National Committee and stole years of internal emails remains a mystery, but private security experts — although not yet any U.S. government agencies — say they found persuasive clues that point to hacking groups whose previous targets track closely with the strategic interests of Russia’s government, especially its civilian and military intelligence and securi
  
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• Sinkhole opens up, takes a bite out of swimming pool

  29-07-2016 01:33 via wivb.com
  
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  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – At first Doreen Geary noticed a small sinkhole under her new swimming pool—it was just installed last month. Then Tuesday, after her pregnant daughter and two grandchildren emerged from the pool, a torrent of went gushing from under the pool.
  “My daughter saw,” Geary said, “it was muddy water just flowing like a river down the driveway.”
  As the sinkhole caved in, Doreen said it ripped a hole in th
  
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• Elephant sedative emerges as new threat in overdose battle

  29-07-2016 01:14 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A drug used to sedate elephants and other large animals, 100 times as potent as the fentanyl already escalating the country’s heroin troubles, is suspected in spates of overdoses in several states, where authorities say they’ve found it mixed with or passed off as heroin.
  The appearance of carfentanil, one of the most potent opioids known to investigators, adds another twist to the fight against painkillers in a country already awash in heroin and fentanyl
  
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• Cummings: Protesters during DNC speech were ‘disrespectful

  29-07-2016 01:11 via wivb.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings says he thinks liberal supporters of Bernie Sanders who chanted an anti-trade slogan during his speech to the Democratic National Convention were “disrespectful.”
  But Cummings says he is not upset about it because he is a veteran of civil rights protests and understands the passions that drove the mostly young delegates to shout over him on Monday. More than 100 people have since apologized for the outbursts, Cummings said.
  In a
  
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• Priceless experience: Mike Boss’ no stranger to Niagara Falls C.C.

  29-07-2016 01:09 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS COUNTRY CLUB, N.Y. (WIVB) – Despite playing in his sixth Porter Cup, the excitement of the week hasn’t worn off on Mike Boss.
  “I always get the jitters on the first tee, the butterflies in your stomach, and everything” the 23-year old said. “So, I am used to it but it is still really cool playing every year.”
  And if anyone has a feel on how the course is looking through the four day tournament, it would be the Niagara Falls Country Club Pro. It j
  
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• Man convicted in Chandra Levy’s death won’t be retried

  29-07-2016 01:09 via wivb.com
  
  (AP) — Prosecutors announced Thursday that they will not retry a man convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy, saying they can no longer prove their case in the 15-year-old slaying that thrust former congressman Gary Condit into the national spotlight.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia issued a statement saying it has moved to dismiss the case charging Ingmar Guandique with Levy’s 2001 killing.
  According to the statement, prosecutors concluded t
  
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• Officials offer up to $1,000 for information leading to arrest of fugitive

  29-07-2016 00:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — U.S. Marshals are looking for help finding a fugitive wanted on both a federal warrant and a bench warrant out of Jamestown.
  James Jackson, 29, is wanted by Marshals for allegedly violating his release conditions. He is also wanted in Jamestown on a warrant related to a drug case.
  Jackson is described as 6’2″ and 285 lbs. He has black hair, but may be bald and has brown eyes.
  Officials are offering up to $1,000 for information that leads to his arrest. An
  
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• Christmas tree farmers hard at work in the heat of summer

  29-07-2016 00:04 via wivb.com
  
   
  AKRON, N.Y. (WIVB) — In the heart and heat of summer, few people are heading to Christmas tree farms. For the farmers themselves, they’re spending hours at a time in the field, trimming the trees.
  “You want them to have a triangular shape to them,” said Andy Kelkenberg. “If you don’t sheer them, they look wild.”
  Kelkenberg owns Akron Acres, formerly known as Kelkenberg Farms of Akron. He’s been growing Christmas trees for more than a de
  
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