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• Bills GM expects receiver Watkins to resume practicing

  23-11-2016 23:59 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills general manager Doug Whaley anticipates receiver Sammy Watkins will return to practice on Wednesday for the first time since aggravating an injury to his surgically repaired left foot nine weeks ago.
  Whaley made the announcement on radio.
  It’s too early to determine whether Watkins will be activated off injured reserve, or if he can play Sunday when Buffalo (5-5) hosts Jacksonville (2-8).
  The Bills’ top receiving threat has been
  
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• Man arrested for allegedly pouring beer down teen’s backside while tailgating

  23-11-2016 23:51 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Bills fan caught performing a lewd act while tailgating is now in trouble.
  Mohamed Dhali, 25, of Lackawanna, was arrested Wednesday morning. Police say he poured beer down the exposed backside of a 17-year-old woman before a game last month.
  Several times in 2016, law enforcement and the Buffalo Bills have been forced to respond to bad fan behavior, much of it happening in private lots. They say it’s a black eye on Buffalo, and so they’ve work
  
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• Dog stabbed during standoff to serve as Grand Marshall in Jamestown Christmas Parade

  23-11-2016 23:25 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Jamestown police dog stabbed while trying to find a man charged with killing his wife will serve a special role in the city’s Christmas parade.
  The Jamestown Renaissance Corporation’s website says K-9 Officer Mitchell will serve as the parade’s Grand Marshall this year.
  Mitchell was allegedly stabbed by Keith Robbins after police sent him inside a home to find the man during a six-hour standoff. The dog underwent emergency surgery an
  
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• Hundreds sign online petition pushing to make the University at Buffalo a ‘Sanctuary Campus’

  23-11-2016 23:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “We have a lot of international students here at UB and we felt we needed to make some kind of gesture of support of those individuals,” said David Schmid, University at Buffalo Professor of English.
  Schmid is one of several faculty members who’s in favor of making the University at Buffalo a ‘Sanctuary Campus.’
  “The most vulnerable members of the University community would be protected from undue harassment by the authorities with
  
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• Charges against 2 related to Williamsville native’s death could be dropped

  23-11-2016 22:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two college students charged with hazing in the death of Nolan Burch could have their charges dropped.
  The 18-year-old from Williamsville died of alcohol poisoning at a party at West Virginia University. Another Williamsville native, Richard Schwartz, 20, was accused of handing Burch a bottle of liquor during a ceremony at a fraternity known as “Big/Little.”
  Schwartz’s lawyer says his client is profoundly saddened by Burch’s death, b
  
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• Lockport bus driver accused of driving drunk with 32 students on board

  23-11-2016 22:29 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — A bus driver is accused of driving drunk in Lockport with 32 students on board.
  As Lockport resident Diane Nelson, 58, drove the busload of kids to Allie Brandt Bowling Lanes, the principal of Anna Merritt School called authorities with concerns.
  The principal told the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office that the bus driver appeared to be intoxicated when she left.
  Deputies interviewed Nelson in the bowling alley’s parking lot after the bus was unl
  
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• Driver in fatal Chattanooga school bus crash charged with vehicular homicide

  23-11-2016 21:54 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN/CNN) — The driver of the school bus that crashed in Chattanooga Monday and killed five children faces five counts of vehicular homicide.
  Johnthony Walker, 24, also faces charges of reckless endangerment and reckless driving. His bond was set at $107,500.
  Investigators are looking into whether Walker was speeding before the crash occurred with the police chief saying speed is being “very, very strongly” considered the cause.
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• Local dietitian shares easy tips for a healthy Thanksgiving

  23-11-2016 21:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- If you’re like most Americans, you’ll take in an extra 3,000 to 4,000 calories on Thanksgiving.
  Registered Dietitian with Kaleida Health, Katie Manis told News 4 most of those calories come from the salt, fat, sugar, and carbs in Thanksgiving staples like mashed potatoes lathered in butter.
  “If you’re a diabetic or someone who is trying to decrease your carb intake, you would want to avoid the mashed potatoes,” Manis said of the favorite w
  
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• Stores offering highest discounts for Black Friday 2016

  23-11-2016 21:25 via wivb.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Sorting through all of the Black Friday deals can be a lot of work for shoppers.
  This year, personal finance website WalletHub did a lot of the legwork for you. WalletHub surveyed 8,000 deals from 35 of the biggest retailers’ 2016 Black Friday ad scans to find the stores with the biggest discounts in product categories like “appliances,” “jewelry” and “toys.”
  WalletHub found that Macy’s had the highest overall discount ra
  
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• Andersons recalling Pumpkin Ice Cream Pies

  23-11-2016 20:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Andersons is recalling their Pumpkin Ice Cream Pies.
  The reason for the recall is that the restaurant did not declare that peanuts were present in the form of Peanut Butter Ice Cream on packages.
  The peanuts could be an allergen to some people.
  The only pies affected are ones in 9-inch round plastic dome containers.
  Anyone who purchased these pies can return them to any Andersons location for a full refund.
  
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• Politics predicted to headline dinnertime conversations this Thanksgiving

  23-11-2016 20:09 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Football, food, and family – the three big things people are looking forward to for Thursday.
  “We’re going to watch the Packers game and hang out,” said Sam Drake, from Ithaca who is spending the holiday with his immediate family.
  “I’m thankful my parents are still with us,” said Susan Martin, who is going to two different Thanksgiving dinners.
  “First and foremost, it’s about community,” said Ter
  
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• 10 Thanksgiving foods dangerous for pets

  23-11-2016 18:40 via wivb.com
  
  (WAVY) — Pet owners beware! There are several foods you should not give to your animals this Thanksgiving.
  1. Turkey bones
  Turkey bones can cause pets to choke and if they swallow them, the bones can puncture the stomach or intestines, which could possibly kill them. Instead, give pets pieces of COOKED turkey. Breast meat is best — and make sure you cut off all the bones.
  2. Turkey skin
  Fatty foods like turkey skin are tough for dogs to digest. In some cases, their pancreas can becom
  
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• Timeline: How football became a Thanksgiving tradition

  23-11-2016 18:22 via wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — For most American households, Thanksgiving is all about the three Fs – family, food and football.
  Most TVs are tuned into the NFL’s games on Thursday afternoon, but the tradition of football on Thanksgiving extends beyond the National Football League. It actually stretches back to the birth of the sport.
  The birth of football
  Although there is some disagreement, Princeton and Rutgers played in what is considered the first-ever football game on Nov. 6, 1869. A
  
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• Trump chooses SC Gov Nikki Haley to be ambassador to UN

  23-11-2016 18:02 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the first woman tapped for a top-level administration post during his White House transition so far.
  It will be a Cabinet-level position, and Haley has accepted, Trump said in a statement Wednesday. Jason Miller, a transition spokesman, indicated in a telephone briefing with reporters that Trump would be picking another Cabinet member on Wednesday. He said Tru
  
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• Wal-Mart kicks off Cyber Monday on Friday

  23-11-2016 17:46 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Cyber Monday is starting earlier and earlier.
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that it’s kicking off its so-called “Cyber Monday” deals at 12:01 a.m. EST Friday for the first time ever as it aims to grab customers ahead of its competitors.
  Last year, the world’s largest retailer pulled up the “Cyber Monday” deals to the Sunday evening after Thanksgiving for the first time.
  Cyber Monday, which falls on the Monday after Thanksgiving, is typ
  
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• While on-air, Buffalo radio announcer learns he’ll receive a kidney

  23-11-2016 17:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A WBEN radio announcer received miraculous news, announcing it on-air Wednesday morning. Allan Harris is getting a kidney after spending five years on a transplant waiting list.
  Harris, who is a traffic and news anchor, reported the good news as he ended a traffic report on Star 102.5.
  “Apparently they’ve got a kidney for me,” he said. The call came in early “without any notice” because “that’s how it works,”
  
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• Food safety tips to avoid getting sick this Thanksgiving

  23-11-2016 16:51 via wivb.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – With Thanksgiving just days away, many of you are getting ready to spend lots of time in the kitchen preparing your feast. But if you don’t follow proper food safety guidelines, you could be putting your family’s health at risk.
  The last thing you want to have to worry about on Thanksgiving is getting sick from your food, but it happens all too often. Fortunately, you can prevent this from happening simply by following guidelines.
  Be sure to thaw your
  
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• Upstate prison break to be featured in Lifetime movie

  23-11-2016 16:00 via wivb.com
  
  HOLLYWOOD, CA  (WIVB) – The upstate prison break will soon be the subject of a TV movie.
  Lifetime will tell the story of the manhunt for two convicted killers and the woman who helped them escape.
  Richard Matt and David Sweat broke out of the Clinton Correctional Facility last summer
  It took three weeks for authorities to find them. Sweat is back in custody – Matt was killed.
  The movie will focus on prison employee Joyce Mitchell, acted by Penelope Ann Miller.
  Mitchell was accus
  
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• Travelers head out of town for Thanksgiving

  23-11-2016 12:42 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Anyone flying out of Bufffalo Niagara International Airport early Wednesday morning had to contend with crowds of fellow-travelers.
  Wednesday is generally the busiest day of the Thanksgiving travel period, and ahead of the first cluster of flights out of BNIA, there was a long line of people waiting to get through security and back to their gates.
  By 5 a.m. the line was snaking through the departures area, past some of the check-in desks. But, the line moved quic
  
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• Report: Thousands of refugees resettling in Erie County

  23-11-2016 08:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo is a well-known haven for refugees fleeing war or persecution.
  A new report details exactly how many immigrants and refugees were placed in Erie County since 2008.
  County Executive Mark Poloncarz tweeted a link to the data titled “Erie County, New York Immigrant and Refugee Statistics.”
  It shows 11,647 immigrants and refugees have been placed in the county between 2008 and October 7, 2016. Most live in Buffalo and officials say there are
  
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• Couple says they saw school bus driver texting with kids on-board

  23-11-2016 06:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A couple driving through Buffalo says they saw a school bus driver who appeared to be texting behind the wheel. The couple took pictures of distracted bus driver driver in question.
  “These kids are at the mercy of the bus driver, I looked in the back, and there were children in the back, and I looked at the front, and I am watching a girl looking at her lap on the phone driving in heavy traffic,” said Ken Higham.
  Higham and Edna Whitmore spotted this bus
  
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• Couple says they saw school bus driver texting with a kids on-board

  23-11-2016 06:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A couple driving through Buffalo says they saw a school bus driver who appeared to be texting behind the wheel. The couple took pictures of distracted bus driver driver in question.
  “These kids are at the mercy of the bus driver, I looked in the back, and there were children in the back, and I looked at the front, and I am watching a girl looking at her lap on the phone driving in heavy traffic,” said Ken Higham.
  Higham and Edna Whitmore spotted this bus
  
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• Bus driver placed on leave after couple says they saw her texting with kids on-board

  23-11-2016 06:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A couple driving through Buffalo says they saw a school bus driver who appeared to be texting behind the wheel. The couple took pictures of distracted bus driver driver in question.
  “These kids are at the mercy of the bus driver, I looked in the back, and there were children in the back, and I looked at the front, and I am watching a girl looking at her lap on the phone driving in heavy traffic,” said Ken Higham.
  Higham and Edna Whitmore spotted this bus
  
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• Report: Thousands of refugees resettled in Erie County

  23-11-2016 05:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo is becoming a haven for refugees fleeing war or persecution.
  A new report details how many immigrants and refugees have moved to the area over the past eight years. The report also details where they come from.
  11,647 immigrants and refugees have resettled in Erie County between 2008 and October 7, 2016. City officials say there are now 20,000 refugees in Buffalo.
  More than a third of county refugees come from Burma; fl
  
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• Buffalo Police officers serve up Thanksgiving meals

  23-11-2016 05:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police officers and volunteers prepared hundreds of meals for low-income housing residents Tuesday.
  The police department’s housing unit organized the dinner for people in the Langfield Homes. Residents were able to enjoy their dinner at the Martha Mitchell Community Center or take one to-go.
  “We’re just excited about things that are going on, able to partnership with the buffalo police department, and making things happen with the kids, wit
  
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• Buffalo Niagara Film Commissioner elected to AFCI board

  23-11-2016 04:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Niagara Film Commissioner Tim Clark is taking on a new role beginning this upcoming year.
  Clark was one of 7 film commissioners from around the world selected to serve on the Association of Film Commissioners International Board.
  “Our organization is privileged to have dedicated members like Tim Clark within AFCI that have chosen to share their time, resources and knowledge to help guide the strategic direction of the AFCI,” AFCI Chairman Kevin Je
  
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• Donor pulls funding for university arts after Trump protest

  23-11-2016 03:44 via wivb.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A donor has pulled his support for students at the University of Hawaii after the art department’s chairwoman organized a sign-painting party to protest President-elect Donald Trump.
  Chairwoman Gaye Chan says she used her personal Facebook page to invite people to paint signs together on campus.
  “Regardless of who you voted for, or if at all, there will be long-term results that will negatively impact us all,” she said on her Facebook page. “People a
  
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• Police find drugs, guns, explosives in Buffalo home

  23-11-2016 03:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Sheriff’s Office raided a home a few blocks from downtown Buffalo and found drugs, explosives and loaded weapons.
  Deputies say they executed a warrant at 181 Chicago Street at 6 p.m. Tuesday night. 28-year-old Luis Garcia Ramos is arrested in connection with the raid. When police arrived at the home they found a 7-year-old child present.28 yr old Luis Garcia Ramos is arrested tonight. There was a 7 year old child present. Home was
  
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• Child care providers say Gov. Cuomo’s help necessary to prevent closures

  23-11-2016 02:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo parents and children are joining a new initiative to ask Governor Andrew Cuomo to invest in child care. They held up signs saying “we’re worth it” and “invest in us” at the Children’s Center for Success.
  Forty-two child care centers in Erie County closed between January and April of this year, according to local officials. Child care providers told News 4 facilities are closing because of rising costs.
  Another expense could b
  
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• Daemen College students suspended over apparent “KKK” outfit

  23-11-2016 00:59 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two students are suspended from Daemen College after one wore what appeared to be a “KKK” costume on campus Monday night.
  In a letter sent home to students and staff, President Gary Olson said a student put on a greek goddess costume and made a white hood that resembled an outfit worn by a KKK member. The letter says the student knocked on another student’s door while wearing the costume.
  “I find it unacceptable that at this institution,
  
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• President-elect Trump’s WNY loyal ally

  23-11-2016 00:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Congressman Chris Collins is currently serving as a liaison on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team. Congressman Collins has been a loyal supporter, and was the first congressman to endorse the President-elect.
  In an interview with News 4’s Nalina Shapiro, the former Erie County Executive spelled out an ambitious plan he is confident will be accomplished in the first year of the Trump administration. Congressman Collins says manufacturing j
  
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• Office of Mental Health plans to move West Seneca Children’s Psychiatric Center to Buffalo

  23-11-2016 00:16 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — For years the Children’s Psychiatric Center in West Seneca has only been funded on a short term basis.
  Parents and officials have been fighting for long term funding to keep the center in West Seneca, but it appears they may have just lost that fight.
  The New York State Office of Mental Health announced it plans to move forward with relocating the Children’s Psychiatric Center from West Seneca to the Buffalo Psychiatric Center.
  In a statement the agen
  
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• What to know before flying a drone in WNY

  23-11-2016 00:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  The drone industry is growing especially in New York State. These devices are being used for photography, in the real estate business, even in emergency response situations. But if you want to get involved, it turns out, the sky is not the limit.
  Drone Pilot Glenn Mclaughlin captures video from his DJI Phantom 3. He’ is also helping Buffalo First Responders’ along the way.  Mclaughlin said, “The third day of the&n
  
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