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• FDA ban could change the way you wash your hands

  03-09-2016 17:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  You may soon say “goodbye” to “antibacterial” soaps.The Food and Drug Administration says they do little or nothing to make soap work any better and said the industry has failed to prove they’re safe.
  This comes as the organization bans more then a dozen ingredients in popular soap brands. Dr. Michael Doldan with WNY Immediate Care said, “I think the antibacterial soap label catches the eye of some people, and they
  
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• Family’s new home will make life easier

  03-09-2016 17:46 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF DARIEN CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Last fall, the Petersons donated their van equipped with a wheelchair lift to a local family in need. Nearly a year later, the Petersons, of East Pembrooke, were rewarded with a home.
  Work got underway earlier this summer to build Audrina Peterson and her family a wheelchair accessible home. It continued this week, as crews poured the foundation for what will be an important step up for the local family. 
  “It’s going to give her a lot o
  
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• North Tonawanda native describes the strongest earthquake in Oklahoma’s history

  03-09-2016 17:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —Western New York is in for a beautiful holiday weekend, but that is not the case everywhere. The Atlantic Coast is feeling the effects of Tropical Storm Hermine, and parts of the Midwest are recovering after an earthquake rocked Oklahoma.
  Tyler Tokarczyk moved to Oklahoma City just 4 years ago for work. Being from North Tonawanda he’s used to snow storms but what he felt Saturday morning was out of the ordinary.
  Tokarczyk told News 4,”It was right around 7
  
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• Steve Jabar’s 14-year saga ends in conviction

  03-09-2016 16:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The next three months will not be Steve Jabar’s first fight. But for the first time in more than a decade, it will be a new one.
  A federal jury convicted Jabar, of the town of Tonawanda, and his co-defendant Deborah Bowers, of Clarence, Friday evening on seven of the 15 charges they faced.
  Jurors convicted Jabar and Bowers on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and lying to a federal agent. U.S. prosecutors said Jabar and Bowers used more tha
  
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• Strong Oklahoma earthquake felt from Nebraska to Texas

  03-09-2016 15:10 via wivb.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — One of the largest earthquakes in Oklahoma was felt Saturday morning from Nebraska to North Texas.The 5.6 magnitude earthquake happened at 7:02 a.m. Saturday in north-central Oklahoma, The United States Geological Survey said. That ties for Oklahoma’s strongest earthquake on record, the first coming in November 2011.
  No major damage was immediately reported.
  People in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri; Fayetteville, Arkansas; Des Moines, Iowa; and Norman, Oklahoma, a
  
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• 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma felt from Nebraska to Texas

  03-09-2016 15:10 via wivb.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — One of the largest earthquakes in Oklahoma was felt Saturday morning from Nebraska to North Texas.The 5.6 magnitude earthquake happened at 7:02 a.m. Saturday in north-central Oklahoma, The United States Geological Survey said. That ties for Oklahoma’s strongest earthquake on record, the first coming in November 2011.
  No major damage was immediately reported.
  People in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri; Fayetteville, Arkansas; Des Moines, Iowa; and Norman, Oklahoma, a
  
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• Man killed in Chautauqua County crash

  03-09-2016 11:50 via wivb.com
  
  ELLERY, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man from Stockton died in a Friday night crash that could lead to charges against a driver.
  Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to County Road 380 and Stockton Road shortly after 9:00 p.m., where two cars hit each other.
  One driver, identified as Charles Clutter, 22, of Stockton, died at the scene.
  The other driver, identified as Jude Gagliano, 29, of Lakewood, was flown to Hamot Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania for treatment.  Deputies say he
  
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• UB football shocked in opener, falls to Albany

  03-09-2016 05:55 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – The UB football team dropped their opening contest of the season, losing to FCS opponent Albany 22-16.
  Freshman quarterback Tyree Jackson went 14/25 for 125 yards and a touchdown. Senior transfer quarterback Grant Rohach, who started the game, had just three completions and threw two interceptions. Senior running back Jordan Johsnon lead the Bulls ground attack with 114 yards rushing.
  Buffalo trailed by a point at the half and never recovered.
  The Bulls have the
  
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• High School football: week one recap

  03-09-2016 05:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Watch a recap of a few of the biggest high school games in the area including St. Joe’s win over 2015 state champion South Park.
  
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• High School Football Friday: Week one recap

  03-09-2016 05:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Watch a recap of a few of the biggest high school games in the area including St. Joe’s win over 2015 state champion South Park.
  
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• Grand Island residents fight to keep West River Parkway opened

  03-09-2016 04:35 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — More and more people are fighting a $2.5 million project on Grand Island. A proposed bike trail on the West River parkway has some homeowners outraged.
  “This is personal property, this is not here for the public, the public has plenty of places to go,” said Sandra Nelson, Grand Island homeowner.
  Homeowners on West River Road put signs in their front yards this week, protesting the proposed bike trial. The proposal would turn the eight-mile scenic Wes
  
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• Commissioner: ‘You will not see justice’ without public help

  03-09-2016 01:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The city’s mayor, top cop and community activists are pleading with the public to come forward with information about what has been a violent summer in Buffalo, one that’s included five innocent people being shot, two of whom are children.But they’re speaking to a public that has so far been reluctant to help
  “The people responsible for these tragic senseless acts of gun violence are still out in our community,” said Mayor Byron Brown.St
  
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• Catholic Health and unions come to terms on pending contracts

  03-09-2016 01:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Catholic Health and the unions representing workers at three of its hospitals, burned the midnight oil and came up with tentative labor contracts covering 2,500 nurses and other medical staff.The settlements with the two CWA locals, 1133 and 1168 if approved by the unions’ rank-and-file, include pay hikes, improvements in staffing, and higher pension contributions for workers at Mercy Hospital, Kenmore Mercy, and Sisters of Charity.
  Back in July, the unions vo
  
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• Locally made product credited with protecting building during earthquake in Italy

  03-09-2016 00:32 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The recent earthquakes in Italy wiped out entire towns and villages, and more than 200 people were killed. But one building in the region was left untouched – thanks to a unique product that’s made right here in Western New York.The destruction was widespread and scores of people were killed when the 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Italy last week. But a building which stands just 10 miles away from the epicenter was spared, when ot
  
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• Federal aid is welcomed option to farmers struggling due to the drought

  03-09-2016 00:30 via wivb.com
  
  LEROY, N.Y. (WIVB) – Dale Stein’s family has owned Stein Farm for the past 60 years. He says they haven’t seen a drought like this in decades. “We’ve had droughts before, but not from the very beginning in spring, right through till harvest.”
  The Stein family runs a dairy farm in Leroy, where the county is still in an extreme drought.
  He harvests 25 thousand acres of crops used as feed for his cows, but the drought has diminished it significantly.
  “We&rs
  
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• Buffalo FBI asking for public’s help in Ohio abduction case

  03-09-2016 00:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Federal investigators are searching for a suspected child predator linked to an abduction and attempted abduction in Ohio.And now authorities are casting a wide net hoping that surveillance video and photos will lead to a break in the frightening cases.The most recent incident happened in May when a man entered a Cleveland home in the middle of the night, abducting a 6-year old girl and holding her for about 17 hours.
  The unknown suspect entered the home with adults
  
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