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• Liberty Cab gets overwhelmed with requests for free rides to the polls

  08-11-2016 23:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A local cab company has stepped up to help voters get to the polls.It wasn’t an easy morning for Liberty Cab Company.Viewers called the News4 newsroom complaining they couldn’t get through when they wanted to get picked up. This, after voters were promised free rides to and from their local polling place.
  So we checked in with Liberty Cab President Bill Yuhnke. He said he teamed up with the clean air coalition and donated services
  
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• Nichols School students vote in mock presidential election

  08-11-2016 23:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “I don’t really like either candidate,” said Teddy Hibbard, Nichols School 5th grader.
  “Lots of lies on both sides,” said Lawton Zacher, Nichols School 7th grader.
  “I trust Hillary more than I do Donald,” said Olivia McKnight, Nichols School 8th grader.
  About 550 students at Nichols School got to voice their choice today in a school wide mock election.
  “We talk a lot about it at school so it gives us a chance to actuall
  
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• WNY woman places second in International dance competition in Greece

  08-11-2016 22:25 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dancers from 30 different countries traveled to Thessaloniki, Greece to compete in an international competition.
  Of all the dancers that competed Mackenzie Eirene Lynch of Amherst placed second.
  Mackenzie is a dance instructor at Oasis Dance Center in Tonawanda. She’s been belly dancing for 11 years, but says she never imagined herself competing internationally. This was actually her first competition!
  She puts a lot of time and energy into practicing and say
  
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• Click/Tap Here for LIVE Election Results

  08-11-2016 21:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Election results begin to trickle in after polls close at 9 p.m.
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  08-11-2016 21:44 via wivb.com
  
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• Click Here for LIVE Election Results

  08-11-2016 21:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Election results begin to trickle in after polls close at 9 p.m.
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• LIVE STREAM: Election 2016 coverage

  08-11-2016 21:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — People across the nation are voting in local, state and national elections.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch live coverage of the election and voting.
  
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• Social media playing a big role during Election 2016, changing future elections

  08-11-2016 19:21 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Thousands of Western New Yorkers are heading to polling places today, casting their ballots in this historic election. It’s historic for a few different reasons including the ways people are receiving information during this election.
  “It’s definitely been a drastic difference since the last election,” said Kari Szymczak, voting in the 2016 election.
  “Not everyone watches tv but everyone is on social media,” said Rebeck
  
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• Chart Industries to close AirSep Amherst plant

  08-11-2016 19:01 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, NY (WIVB)  AirSep, an Amherst company that produces portable oxygen tanks will be shuttered early next year.
  Chart Industries, headquartered in Ohio, reports they are reorganizing their BioMedical group and will be closing the Amherst  factory on Commerce Parkway
  In a news release, Chart said the reorganization will “better position the company to capture future growth in the respiratory products industry.” They will consolidate operations in their facility in Cant
  
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• Voters express relief over end of campaign season on Election Day

  08-11-2016 17:06 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Election Day is a time a lot of voters in Erie County have been anxiously looking forward to for quite a while. It marks the end of a long, contentious campaign season that left a bitter taste in a lot of people’s mouths.
  “Unfortunately, it’s gotten to be a reality show type thing,” said Tonawanda resident Mercy Dela Cruz. “You turn on the news and it’s like ‘what’s up now?’ And it’s kind of scary. That&rs
  
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• Record traffic expected but no toll hikes for NYS Thruway in 2017

  08-11-2016 15:20 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – The state Thruway Authority has adopted a budget that won’t raise tolls on New York’s longest toll road next year.
  The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports the 2017 budget approved Monday during the agency’s board meeting Monday in Albany keeps tolls stable for the seventh consecutive year. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pledged to keep tolls at current levels through 2020.
  Authority officials are projecting a potential record volume of traffic next year
  
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• North Buffalo business owners ask for help finding stolen patio railings

  08-11-2016 05:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- There was an unfortunate surprise waiting for two North Buffalo business owners at their restaurant this weekend. Someone took off with the patio railings at Belsito.
  Christine and Michael Petrillo told News 4 they’re baffled.
  “They had to bring the right equipment and look professional,” said Michael Petrillo. “It’s just a puzzle, I don’t understand it.”
  They went to their restaurant on Saturday to take the patio railings
  
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• How much you do feel your vote counts?

  08-11-2016 05:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- News 4 asked 169 college students from Buffalo State, UB, and Canisius how much they feel their vote counts.
  “I understand that it’s not just on the presidential candidate to change the world basically. I know it takes a lot of people. So I’m not necessarily going to put my trust in one person,” said Buffalo State senior Franklin Hagler.
  For some people, Nov. 8th feels that way.
  There’s only one name you can cast your ballot for when it co
  
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• How much do you feel your vote counts?

  08-11-2016 05:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- News 4 asked 169 college students from Buffalo State, UB, and Canisius how much they feel their vote counts.
  “I understand that it’s not just on the presidential candidate to change the world basically. I know it takes a lot of people. So I’m not necessarily going to put my trust in one person,” said Buffalo State senior Franklin Hagler.
  For some people, Nov. 8th feels that way.
  There’s only one name you can cast your ballot for when it co
  
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• Assembly candidates appeal to voters in NF a day before election

  08-11-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Assembly candidates in Niagara County are appealing to voters by doing last minute efforts to “get out the vote.”
  Democratic incumbent John Ceretto is running against republican and retired judge, Angelo Morinello for the 145th Assembly District.
  The Assembly race is said to be a contentious one. Morinello told News 4, that’s in part to Ceretto switching parties last year.
  “My opponent has switched parties more than once in his lifetime
  
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• Report: Allegiant Air has most emergency landings due to mechanical problems

  08-11-2016 01:50 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A new report uncovers alarming data about the reliability of Allegiant Air, one of the airlines that flies out of Niagara Falls International Airport.
  The investigation, compiled and published by the Tampa Bay Times, is the latest in a series of reports the paper has issued on the reliability of Allegiant Air’s fleet of aircraft, many of which are older than their competitors.
  “Breakdown at 30,000 Feet” is the headline for the report which ex
  
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• Local Dems, Republicans hit the phones, streets to get out the vote

  08-11-2016 01:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — With a nearly two-year campaign in its waning hours, volunteers for Erie County’s Democrat and Republican committees were hitting the phones and area doorsteps, with a constant barrage of pitches to sway undecided voters.
  Local campaign leaders were also working their respective bases to ensure voters were following party lines when they cast their ballots Tuesday — an effort that spanned beyond Erie County.
  “We’re calling voters in Ohio, Penn
  
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• Robert Durst pleads not guilty to murder in LA court

  08-11-2016 01:28 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Real estate heir Robert Durst pleaded not guilty to murder Monday in the death of a friend who authorities said Durst wanted to keep from talking to investigators looking into the disappearance of his first wife.The 73-year-old Durst, wearing a neck brace and seated in a wheelchair, entered the plea during a long-awaited appearance in a Los Angeles courtroom in the death of Susan Berman 16 years ago.
  “I do want to say here and now, though, I am not guilty,&rdq
  
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• Buffalo teen creates bucket list after receiving devastating diagnosis

  08-11-2016 00:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. —
  A 19-year-old from Buffalo is living every day as his last.
  Doctors recently told Stephon Wilson he couldn’t get the transplants he needs to make his heart and kidneys healthy again. Now he’s made a bucket list of things he wants to do in the time he has left.
  “All I can do is live life to the fullest [and] just try to make every day count,” Stephon said.
  It comes after a devastating diagnosis last month. Doctors put Stephon on palliative care after
  
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• Millennial voters talk trust in candidates, voting process

  08-11-2016 00:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- It’s one of the most important Constitutional rights we have as American citizens; casting a ballot, making our opinion heard.
  Heading to the polls is about a lot more than the person who will sit in the Oval Office for the next four years. It’s about domestic policies, appointments, and foreign relations.
  News 4 asked 169 college students to tell us how they feel about voting Tuesday.
  “Coming from a person that’s new to the election system and
  
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