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• Waterfront businesses encourage visitors to cozy up to Canalside this fall/winter

  10-10-2016 23:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local businesses are encouraging visitors to cozy up at Canalside this fall and winter.
  For the first time, The Liberty Hound will stay open all year.
  For the past four years, The Liberty Hound closed its doors at the beginning of October and didn’t reopen until summertime. Now, the waterfront restaurant is staying open all year and they’re kicking off a special Oktoberfest menu.
  All month long you can get potato pancakes, schnitzel, braut burgers and pum
  
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• Lockport tattoo artist gives back to breast cancer survivors

  10-10-2016 23:19 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — They are covering up their scars and giving them a beautiful reminder that they beat cancer. A tattoo shop in Lockport is the only local shop that’s giving back to breast cancer survivors.
  At 43-years-old Brenda Smith received news she thought she’d never hear. Doctors told her she had the earliest form of breast cancer.
  “Two years ago I went in for a routine mammogram and they found a lump and I went and had biopsy, it was cancer. It was tough I w
  
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• 1 hospitalized after Erb St. shooting

  10-10-2016 23:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police responded to a shooting on Erb St. Monday afternoon.
  Officials say a male was struck by gunfire just before 4:30 p.m.
  He was taken to ECMC with non-life threatening injuries.
  Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the police department’s confidential tip line at 847-2255.
  
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• Controversy continues over “Columbus Day” name

  10-10-2016 22:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Monday marks a controversial holiday in Western New York honoring the man credited with discovering America. A growing national backlash against the observance of Columbus Day.
  This Columbus Day kicked off with an act of vandalism on a local tribute to the explorer. A statue in Columbus park had a bag over its head and a message: “Columbus was a rapist.”This isn’t the first time Western New Yorkers’ have been voca
  
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• Giving up on Trump? Ryan focusing on saving GOP majority

  10-10-2016 22:24 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s most powerful Republican told his party Monday he’s now focusing on making sure Hillary Clinton doesn’t get a blank check as president with a Democratic Congress, suggesting he doesn’t believe Donald Trump can win the election.
  House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office quickly said he was not conceding the election’s outcome. But pro-Trump GOP House members got that impression, pushing back and saying Trump can still prevail and sho
  
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• Eagle freed in Hurricane Matthew aftermath from car grill

  10-10-2016 22:19 via wivb.com
  
  GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — A bald eagle that somehow managed to get wedged in the front grill of a Florida car was freed unharmed after a passing motorist noticed the bird just after Hurricane Matthew roared past the area.
  The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says a resident of the Fleming Island area south of Jacksonville noticed the bird peering out of a passing car Saturday in the storm’s aftermath. The resident urged the motorist to pull over.The sheriff’s department
  
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• Hamburg police looking for man in relation to Best Buy theft

  10-10-2016 22:04 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hamburg police are looking to question a man in relation to a laptop that was recently stolen from Best Buy.
  MORE | See surveillance video of the man here.
  Anyone with information on the theft or the man is asked to call police at 648-5118 ext. 2672 or the confidential tip line at 648-5111 ext. 2847.
  
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• Emails show how private and public Clinton statements clash

  10-10-2016 21:55 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Behind closed doors, Hillary Clinton adopted a rather more accommodating tone with Wall Street than she has on the campaign trail.
  In private paid speeches to financial firms and interest groups, the Democratic presidential nominee comes off as a knowing insider, willing to cut backroom deals, embrace open trade and grant Wall Street a central role in crafting financial regulations, according to excerpts obtained last week through hacked campaign emails provided to WikiLe
  
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• Erie County Sheriff’s deputies make multiple drug arrests over weekend

  10-10-2016 21:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Several drug arrests were made by Erie County Sheriff’s deputies in Holland, Grand Island and Clarence over the weekend.
  Here are the arrests:
  HOLLAND
  Mark Shanks, 22, and Brandon Clemens, 21, were accused of marijuana possession during a traffic stop on Partridge Rd.
  Jermaine Locke, 31, was accused of criminal controlled substance possession.
  Rebecca Maldonado, 26, was accused of possessing a hypodermic needle, suboxone and crack cocaine when stopped with
  
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• Family Dollar on Bailey Ave. robbed

  10-10-2016 20:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Buffalo are looking for a man who held up a Family Dollar store on Bailey Ave. near Kensington.
  The man was dressed in black and had a gun when he robbed the store on Monday morning.
  News 4 will provide more information when it becomes available.
  
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• Rochester-area man accused of stealing ambulance from hospital

  10-10-2016 19:00 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Rochester and Irondequoit worked together to arrest a man accused of stealing an ambulance.
  Authorities who spoke with CBS affiliate WROC say Irondequoit resident Matthew Pawlak, 38, took an ambulance from Strong Memorial Hospital on Sunday afternoon.
  It was allegedly stolen around 2:30 p.m.
  Pawlak was charged with reckless endangerment and grand larceny, according to WROC.
  
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• B-52s to perform with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in June

  10-10-2016 18:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The group some call “The World’s Greatest Party Band” will play a show out of the ordinary with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra next year.
  The B-52s have sold more than 20 million albums over their 36-year career. On June 7, the band known for hits like “Love Shack” and “Rock Lobster” will perform with the BPO.
  This isn’t the group’s first venture into a symphonic collaboration, as the B-52s performed with
  
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• Legislative chair requests investigation into controversial Poloncarz voicemail

  10-10-2016 17:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Ethics Board has been asked to review the recent conduct of County Executive Mark Poloncarz after a recent, controversial voicemail.
  Poloncarz was accused of using bribes in exchange for road work funding after leaving a voicemail for County Legislature Chairman John Mills.
  Mills had originally called on Poloncarz to take action in response to deplorable road conditions in the county. Poloncarz’s response can be heard in the sound clip below.htt
  
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• Local authorities offer $2,500 for information on teen’s homicide

  10-10-2016 17:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crime Stoppers and the Buffalo Police Department are offering a combined $2,500 for information on the killing of 19-year-old Raheem Malone.
  Malone was stabbed on September 24 on Genesee St. He died after he was taken to ECMC.
  Crime Stoppers can be reached at 867-6161.
  
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• Debate questioner Kenneth Bone becomes internet star

  10-10-2016 17:06 via wivb.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — One clear winner from the second presidential debate is a questioner whose mild-mannered appearance has made him an unlikely online star.
  Kenneth Bone asked on Sunday night GOP nominee Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton about energy policy and became an internet sensation almost instantly. A Facebook fan page celebrates the mustachioed Bone’s outfit of a red sweater and khakis. A parody Twitter account describes him as “the man of the people.
  
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• In debate, Trump signals aggressive close to his campaign

  10-10-2016 16:53 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — His presidential campaign in peril, Donald Trump left no doubt he’ll spend the final weeks before the election dredging up decades-old sexual allegations against Hillary Clinton’s husband, even if it turns off voters whose support he desperately needs.
  Questioned at Sunday’s debate about his vulgar remarks about women, Trump accused Bill Clinton of having been “abusive to women” and said Hillary Clinton attacked those women “viciously.&
  
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• Jeep drives into concrete barrier on Elmwood Ave.

  10-10-2016 16:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A jeep drove into a concrete barrier on Elmwood Ave.
  The crash happened where crews have been working to replace a structure for the past year.
  When News 4 arrived at the scene, the driver of the vehicle was gone.
  It is not clear what led to the crash, but News 4 has reached out to Buffalo police for more.
  
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• Car crashes into ice cream shop, causes gas leak and drives away

  10-10-2016 16:38 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Cheektowaga were called to an ice cream shop on Genesee St. shortly after midnight.
  Sources say a car drove into the store, then left the scene.
  The damage caused a natural gas leak.
  The ice cream stand is closed for the season.
  
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• Fire breaks out in east side house

  10-10-2016 15:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officials say a fire broke out at a house on Krettner St. on Buffalo’s east side Monday morning.
  Crews responded to the fire around 3 a.m. and quickly put it out.
  No one was injured, and it is not clear how much damage the fire caused.
  
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• Labeling error sparks Lunchables recall

  10-10-2016 15:34 via wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) – Nearly 1,000 pounds of Kraft brand Lunchables are being recalled to a labeling mistake.
  The Kraft Heinz Company announced the recall Sunday after it was discovered 959 pounds of “Lunchables Ham and American Cracker Stackers” packaged lunches were mislabeled as “Nacho Lunchables.” The error means the packages do not include the proper allergens present.
  Unlike the Nacho Lunchables, the Ham and Cheese packages include wheat and soy ingredients.
  The r
  
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• Local voters react to second presidential debate

  10-10-2016 05:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — During Sunday night’s debate, several areas hosted watch parties around the city. Regal Cinema’s on Elmwood Avenue hosted a free watch party in one of their theater’s.
  Several people attended the watch party. Voters said the debate was entertaining, interesting and embarrassing.
  Local voters told News 4 it was a rough start as the candidates were attacking each other and talking over one another. They said it seemed more like a reality show.
  Viewers
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Clinton and their debate claims

  10-10-2016 05:04 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump mischaracterized the record on Hillary Clinton’s defense of her husband and her own treatment of women when he brought up Bill Clinton’s sexual history and other episodes of the past. Clinton didn’t give a square account of the fallout from her email practices.
  A look at some of the claims in the second presidential debate:
  TRUMP, asked whether the predatory behavior with women that he described in a 2005 video amounted to sexual assault: &l
  
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• Man accused of murdering his mother in South Buffalo home

  10-10-2016 04:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo police have an individual in custody in connection to a domestic homicide involving a mother and her son.
  South District officers responded to a call just after 5 p.m. to the victim’s home in the 1700 block of South Park Avenue.
  Homicide detectives say Froilan Torres, 41, struck his 57 year-old mother, Gloria Rivera, in the head several times with an object. The woman was taken to Mercy Hospital where she was later declared deceased.
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• Man accused of killing mother in Buffalo home in custody

  10-10-2016 04:43 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo police have an individual in custody in connection to a domestic homicide involving a mother and her son.
  South District officers responded to a call just after 5 p.m. to the victim’s home in the 1700 block of South Park Avenue.
  Homicide detectives say the 41 year-old son struck his 57 year-old mother in the head several times with an object. The woman was taken to Mercy Hospital where she was later declared deceased.
  Police tel
  
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• Bills top Rams 30-19 for 3rd straight win

  10-10-2016 04:16 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP modified) — Everything about the Coliseum seemed so familiar to Buffalo Bills cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman, right down to the folding chairs.The only thing different was walking into the visiting locker room instead of the one he spent so much time in playing for Southern California in college.
  On the field, Robey-Coleman was right at home, intercepting two passes and returning one 41 yards for the go-ahead touchdown to the give the Bills their third consecutive wi
  
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• NBC suspends Billy Bush for role on Trump tape

  10-10-2016 02:39 via wivb.com
  
   NEW YORK (AP) — NBC on Sunday suspended “Today” show personality Billy Bush indefinitely after he was caught on a videotape from 2005 in a crude conversation about women with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
  “Today” Executive Producer Noah Oppenheim said in a memo Sunday that “there is simply no excuse for Billy’s language and behavior on that tape.” Bush, who hosts the third hour of the “Today” show, has
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Second Presidential debate

  10-10-2016 02:23 via wivb.com
  
  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (WIVB) — Donald Trump (R) and Hillary Clinton (D) will face off again Sunday night in the second Presidential debate.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch the debate live.
  
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