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• Williamsville North planetarium is out of this world

  09-09-2016 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) —From the outside it looks like just another wing of Williamsville North High School, but on the inside a whole other universe is waiting for you. Originally built in 1969, the planetarium recently got a makeover. This means there are comfy chairs and the latest technology that other area planetariums are missing. That includes a hemispheric projection dome.
  Mark Percy, Planetarium Director for the Williamsville School District, told News 4,”We’v
  
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• Crime Stoppers offering reward for dangerous parolee

  09-09-2016 23:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Authorities are looking for a man on parole for criminal weapon and controlled substance possession charges.
  Daryl Morrison, 26, should be considered armed and dangerous due to his history.
  He stands at 6’2″ and weighs 200 lbs.
  Anyone with information on his whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 867-6161. Up to $1,000 is being offered for information on him.
  MORE | See Morrison’s tattoos and other information here.
  
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• Contracts approved for thousands of Mercy Hospital employees

  09-09-2016 22:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After recently coming to terms on contracts, Mercy Hospital has ratified new four-year agreements for more than 2,200 employees.
  A vote was held yesterday by members of CWA Local 1133 to approve the contracts. The new contracts provide staffing improvements, as well as better pay and benefits.
  “The people who spend their days and nights taking care of Mercy Hospital patients have spoken,” Deborah Arnet, the union president said. “It t
  
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• Sabres release schedule for first week of training camp

  09-09-2016 22:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Sabres announced that their main training camp will open on Thursday, Sept. 22. Public practice sessions at HarborCenter will begin the day after.
  Here is the schedule for the first week of training camp:
  Thursday, Sept. 22
  Players report for testing and physicals.
  Closed to public. Media may attend for select player availability, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the press conference room
  Friday, Sept. 23
  Session one: 9 – 9:45 a.m. (New Wave Energy Rink)
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• ECC reaching out to ITT students after nationwide campus closures

  09-09-2016 22:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie Community College (ECC) is offering a helping hand to former ITT Tech students displaced from their education.
  When ITT recently announced that they were shutting down their campuses across the country, that meant the closure of the Getzville campus as well. 300 students attended that school.
  ECC announced they will be giving additional admissions assistance to former ITT students who wish to continue their education at ECC.
  “As a regional leader in career
  
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• Burritos in the sky: Chipotle tests drone deliveries at VT

  09-09-2016 21:47 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Flying burritos will soon be a reality over Virginia Tech.
  Chipotle is taking part in a test this month that will let some of the university’s students and staff have their favorite tortilla-wrapped meal delivered by drone.
  Virginia Tech is conducting the test with Project Wing , a unit of Google owner Alphabet Inc., which makes self-flying devices that deliver food, medicine and other goods.
  Chipotle’s burritos will be put together at a food truck and then load
  
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• North Dakota tribe’s request to stop work on pipeline denied

  09-09-2016 21:46 via wivb.com
  
  NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s attempt to halt construction of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline near their North Dakota reservation, a cause that has drawn thousands to join a protest, was denied Friday by a federal judge.
  The tribe had challenged the Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to grant permits at more than 200 water crossings for Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners’ $3.8 billion pipeline, saying tha
  
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• Toys ‘R’ Us recalls 53,000 pacifiers

  09-09-2016 21:42 via wivb.com
  
  WAYNE, N.J. (WIVB) — Toys ‘R’ Us is recalling 53,000 pacifier clips that pose a choking hazard to babies.
  The Babies ‘R’ Us pacifiers have spring mechanisms that can break and release small parts.
  So far, at least two reports of pacifiers breaking have been received by the company. No babies have been injured.
  The pacifier clips were sold all over the country from February 2015 to April 2016 for around $4.
  MORE | Refund information can be found here.
  
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• 2 admit to making, using dozens of fake credit, debit cards

  09-09-2016 21:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two people have pleaded guilty to a credit card scheme after a year-long investigation by law enforcement officers.
  Kelsey Dapaah, 25, and Nkemjika Ogbuagu, 24, admitted to five counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument and one count of criminal possession of a forgery device.
  Prosecutors say they made dozens of fake debit and credit cards using stolen information. They then used the cards for local and online purchases.
  A third person, Mohamed K
  
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• GM recalls 4M vehicles for air bag defect linked to 1 death

  09-09-2016 21:12 via wivb.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Co. is recalling more than 4 million vehicles, most of them in the U.S., to fix an air bag software defect that has been linked to one death.
  The vehicles involved in the recall are all from the 2014-2017 model years and include models from Buick, Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac.
  The company is recalling 4.28 million vehicles worldwide, including 3.6 million in the U.S.
  The company said Friday that in rare cases, the car’s sensing and diagnostic module &mdas
  
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• NY Assemblyman facing primary, trial fatally shoots himself

  09-09-2016 21:05 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York state assemblyman facing a Republican primary challenge next week and a fraud trial in Cambodia has killed himself.
  Rochester police say an officer responding to a 911 call saw Assemblyman Bill Nojay die Friday morning from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the city’s Riverside Cemetery.
  The 59-year-old attorney and radio show host faced a primary Tuesday against Honeoye Falls Mayor Richard Milne. A party official says it’s too late to remove
  
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• Cops: Photos of boy with passed-out adults show drug scourge

  09-09-2016 20:41 via wivb.com
  
  EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police department says it’s trying to illustrate the impact of the heroin and painkiller epidemic by sharing photos of a 4-year-old boy sitting in a vehicle behind slumped-over adults who were later revived with an overdose antidote.
  In a Facebook message, East Liverpool police say they’re sorry if people are offended, but they want the public to see what happens and they want to be a voice for the child who witnessed the scene.
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• Bills fans rally as they meet a legendary player

  09-09-2016 19:28 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Fans are rallying together ahead of the Bills season opener.
  And they’re getting the chance to meet Thurman Thomas. He’s taking time to talk with fans about his career, the upcoming season,  with fans, talk about the season, sign autographs and snap photos.
  This is all part of the partnership between M&T and the Bills– a partnership that has been going on for more than three decades.
  Fans say it’s exciting to be abl
  
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• Amherst PD looking for man in relation to stolen credit card

  09-09-2016 19:15 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amherst Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with a stolen credit card that was used at a Millersport Highway convenience store.
  The card was used at a store on August 1. The man police are looking to identify is pictured and drove a red pickup truck.
  Anyone with information on his identity is asked to call detectives at 689-1340, email [email protected] or text 562-TIPS referencing AMH 16-646122-HL.
  
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• East Aurora native hosts reality show

  09-09-2016 18:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – East Aurora native Kraig Bantle is the star of DIY’s Garage Gold.
  He travels around cleaning people’s cluttered garages, basements, and attics for free. If he finds any buried treasure, he sells it.
  Season six kicked off on September 8.
  Bantle and his crew traveled throughout North Carolina, Texas, and England.
  Bantle said a home in western New York may be featured, one of these days.
  “That’s actually something that we’ve talked about do
  
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• Canalside sees 50 percent increase in attendance this Summer

  09-09-2016 18:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you noticed a lot more people at Canalside this year, your eyes did not deceive you. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Summer attendance increased by approximately 500,000 people this year.
  New games, food, art and other events and activities are being cited for the dramatic 50 percent spike in attendance that added up to roughly 1.5 million visitors.
  “Buffalo’s transformed waterfront is an engine of Western New York’s resurgence that continues to fuel
  
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• House passes Sept. 11 legislation as Obama veto threat looms

  09-09-2016 18:00 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a bipartisan bill that would allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia.
  The measure was approved by voice vote Friday.
  Passage of the legislation puts Congress on a collision course with President Barack Obama on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the attacks.
  The Senate passed the bill in May by voice vote despite vehement objections from Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East.
  Fifteen of the 19 hijackers fr
  
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• Cancer survivor hopes you will “Light the Night”

  09-09-2016 17:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Magical. That’s the word AnnaLynn Williams uses to describe the annual Light the Night Walk in Delaware Park.
  “They should come if they’ve never been. Right as the sun sets, we begin our walk around the two mile loop,” Williams explained.
  Lanterns help light the way. Survivors carry white; caregivers carry red; those who have lost loved ones carry yellow lanterns. This year, Williams will carry white. Her diagnosis of acute leukemia when
  
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• Officers accuse man of driving more than twice over legal alcohol limit at Peace Bridge

  09-09-2016 17:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man was found allegedly more than twice over the legal limit for alcohol at the Peace Bridge early Friday morning.
  New York State Police went to the bridge just before 1:30 a.m. While there, they tested Lancaster resident Kevin VanSplunder, 43, for alcohol.
  According to officers, the man’s blood alcohol content (BAC) was .21 percent.
  VanSplunder was subsequently charged with aggravated DWI and released to a someone sober.
  
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• Previously convicted meth maker charged again after crashing vehicle

  09-09-2016 17:25 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF POLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — Drug charges came against a Chautauqua County man after he crashed into a tree.
  Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies say Jonah Warner, 24, crashed on Rte. 394 in the Town of Poland.
  As deputies approached his vehicle, they say he tried to hide meth making materials in his possession.
  Near the end of July, Warner had been convicted of 3rd-degree unlawfully manufacturing methamphetamine.
  Because of his previous conviction, Warner was charged with that
  
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• Prosecutor submits new evidence against Sabres forward Kane

  09-09-2016 17:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors continue building their case in alleging Buffalo Sabres forward Evander Kane was trespassing the night he is accused of harassing three women at a downtown Buffalo bar in June.
  Erie County assistant district attorney Lynette Reda on Friday submitted a deposition from a Buffalo police officer stating the bar had security staffing its entrance and exit the night Kane was arrested. In handing over the deposition to Judge Barbara Johnson-Lee, Reda said it suppo
  
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• Texas mattress company apologizes for ‘tasteless’ 9/11 ad

  09-09-2016 17:04 via wivb.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The owner of mattress company in Texas has apologized for a “tasteless” advertisement promoting a 9/11 anniversary sale featuring a woman screaming as two towers of mattresses fall to the ground.
  Miracle Mattress owner Mike Bonanno apologized Thursday, saying the online ad was produced without his knowledge by employees in San Antonio.
  The video shows two men asking a woman about a “Twin Towers” sale. She opens her arms, pushing both men backward into
  
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• Man admits to stealing pork from restaurant after police observe him eating it

  09-09-2016 15:54 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — It seems hunger got the best of a North Tonawanda man, since City of Tonawanda police say they caught him stealing and eating meat from a restaurant.
  At 3:15 a.m., police say they noticed a suspicious man in the parking lot of Smoke on the Water on Young St. The man had come from the rear of the restaurant.
  When he was found, officers say they saw him eating a piece of meat — specifically, a barbecued pork shoulder that had been left on an outdoor cooker
  
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• Police investigating fatal crash on Grand Island

  09-09-2016 04:36 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police are investigating a deadly crash that happened on Grand Island Thursday night.
  State Police say a woman was driving on the I-190 South when her vehicle traveled off of the road and into a tree on Staley Road on Grand Island.
  It is unclear what caused the crash. The victim’s name has not been released.
  
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• Police add more officers to Allentown on weekend nights

  09-09-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  ALLENTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police are increasing their presence in Allentown on Friday and Saturday nights. Police told News 4, there’s a lot more people visiting the restaurant and bar district and they want to keep the peace for those living in the area neighborhoods.“At night sometimes some kids get out of control, some people get out of control, public urination, revving up motors, screaming, carrying on and so what the chief has done is kind of take matters into hand
  
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• Massive Lockport fire ruled arson, juvenile suspect could be charged as adult

  09-09-2016 02:44 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Aug. 10 fire that killed a Lockport teen was set intentionally, according to investigations by the city’s police and fire departments. And now a juvenile could be charged as an adult, in a decision that’s expected in the coming weeks.Lockport’s mayor and city attorney said Thursday dual investigations by the city’s police and fire departments have been completed. The fire killed 14-year-old Joseph Phillips and destroyed acres of shredded
  
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• If you are remodeling, or building a new house you might need one of these

  09-09-2016 01:59 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Liz Noe’s Tonawanda home was bursting at the seams, so the young grandmother and her mom remodeled her basement, adding a bedroom for her son and grandchild.
  By turning her basement into living space Noe also knew the law required her to install an egress window, as a safety measure.
  “I finished my basement and built him a bedroom, and then I wanted him to be safe so I got the egress window so he could get out of it in case of a fire.”
  State and
  
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• Erie County ranked 2nd worst in NYS for cell phone “dead-zones”

  09-09-2016 00:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Cell phones are everywhere, and we rely on them for so much. But there are thousands of cellular “dead-zones” across the state – and right here in Western New York.
  U.S. Senator Charles Schumer said, “We asked New Yorkers to call in dead-zones and we promised we would send them to the cell phone carriers to ask them to fix them up.”
  After the public dialed in, more than 4,000 dead-zones were identified across New York State, according to
  
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