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• Angola girl gives up Christmas wish list, donates trees to Children’s Hospital

  28-11-2016 23:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Most kids this time of year have a long wish list waiting for Santa on Christmas. But one 8-year-old girl from Angola has a different idea of how she wants to celebrate the season.
  This all started a few weeks ago when Savannah Tredo’s mom started decorating their family restaurant with Christmas trees. Her thought process was, “You can’t have Christmas without a Christmas tree.”
  So this year she’s make sure everyone celebrates. She
  
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• Buffalo woman shares survival story, living through Buffalo winter

  28-11-2016 22:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Over the past five years leaders in Buffalo have made efforts to combat homelessness in our city.In fact, earlier this month, Mayor Byron Brown was honored at the White House for his efforts to provide housing to homeless veterans.  But despite this, Buffalo’s homeless community still struggles.
  Penny Setser says Buffalo is the one place in this country you don’t want to be homeless. As a woman, she calls having no place to stay this winte
  
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• Ohio State attacker identified as 18-yr. old Somali refugee

  28-11-2016 21:59 via wivb.com
  
   
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – (CBS) A young man deliberately rammed students with a car on the campus of Ohio State University and then jumped out to stab them on Monday morning, setting off a campus-wide lockdown and a mass active shooter alert, officials said. The man was quickly shot dead by a campus officer nearby.
  Ohio officials said it appears this is possibly an act of terrorism, and the FBI and ATF have been sent in to help investigate.
  A federal law enforcement official tells CBS N
  
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• Bobby Meacham named Manager of the Buffalo Bisons

  28-11-2016 21:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Monday afternoon the Buffalo Bisons announced the Bobby Meacham will be the newest manager of the club. Meacham, a former Bisons infielder becomes the 20th manager in the clubhouse and the first African American to lead the hear in their 133-year history.
  Meacham is entering the 27th season of his coaching career with 10 years of experience as a minor league manager. He joined the Blue Jays organization in 2013 and led Single-A Dunedin (63-68) to a first-half champio
  
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• Female hunter killed in Caledonia hunting accident

  28-11-2016 20:42 via wivb.com
  
  CALEDONIA, N.Y. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies are investigating after a woman was fatally shot in a hunting accident in western New York over the weekend.
  Authorities say the accident occurred just before 4 p.m. Sunday in a wooded area near the Genesee River in Caledonia in Livingston County, south of Rochester.
  The unidentified victim was in a hunting party with four other people when she was shot in the abdomen. The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear.
  The woman was r
  
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• Search is on for Hatchimals – the holiday’s hottest toy

  28-11-2016 19:50 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —  Hatchimals are this holiday’s hottest item.
  “Trying to get a hatchimal is like trying to win a lottery ticket,” said Kristen Voit, a mom who is searching for a Hatchimal for more than two months. “As a parent, I know that a kid sees it and they want it and hundreds of others want it and then leave it on the parents shoulders to figure out a way to get it.”
  Voit has been trying to get one for months. She has searched endlessl
  
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• Local e-commerce company offers Cyber Week deals on STEM gifts

  28-11-2016 18:43 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Across the country, people are logging onto their computers to try to score the best deals on Cyber Monday. One local company, Scientifics Direct, is giving online shoppers a chance to shop local while tackling their holiday shopping.
  “We sell all types of wonderful, educational and STEM-related gifts,” explained Jamie Rexinger, who works in the Marketing Department for Scientifics Direct.
  STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineer and Math, and thos
  
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• Pups at the Pen grad Chowder is waiting for you!

  28-11-2016 18:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) – Chowder is a young, enthusiastic, smart, entertaining, ‘the-glass-is-ALWAYS-half-full’ Pups at the Pen graduate! For the past six weeks, Chowder has lived with female inmates at the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden.
  Chowder is deaf, so under the tutelage of the SPCA’s Behavior and Training Department’s Rita, the inmates learned how to train Chowder on hand cues for ‘sit,’ ‘down,’ ‘come,’ ‘yes,&
  
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• Buffalo native found dead over Thanksgiving weekend

  28-11-2016 18:23 via wivb.com
  
  TUCKER, GA (WIVB)- Buffalo native Jameca Price was found dead in her estranged husband’s Georgia home Sunday.
  According to Price’s family, she was reported missing Wednesday from Roswell, Ga., where she had been living. 
  Police officials in DeKalb County, Ga. are searching for the estranged husband, 39-year-old Orlando Price, whom they believe killed her.
  Price attended Buffalo Public School #80, Highgate Heights Elementary and was a graduate of Buffalo Performing Arts High Scho
  
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• SolarCity shedding light on local job opportunities

  28-11-2016 18:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY. (WIVB) – SolarCity is launching a series of workshops to draw prospective workers to the new SolarCity plant in Buffalo.
  New York State Department of Labor and SolarCity are spreading information in a wide variety of locations and times on career opportunities at the new high-tech manufacturing plant at Riverbend.
  Check the entire list for times and locations.
   
   
  Monday, November 28th, 2016
  10:00am   NYSDOL Downtown Buffalo Career Center 290 Main Street, Buffal
  
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• Ohio State suspect shot by police, eight injured

  28-11-2016 16:24 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBUS, OHIO (CBS & AP) — A shooting at Ohio State University sent eight people to the hospital Monday morning, the Columbus Fire Department said shortly after the school sent a series of tweets telling students to shelter in place and to “Run Hide Fight.”
  Police said they killed at least one suspect during an active shooter lockdown at Ohio State University on Monday morning. It is not clear whether or not there is a second suspect, but police are advising loca
  
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• Ohio State shooter shot by police, eight injured

  28-11-2016 16:24 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBUS, OHIO (CBS & AP) — A shooting at Ohio State University sent eight people to the hospital Monday morning, the Columbus Fire Department said shortly after the school sent a series of tweets telling students to shelter in place and to “Run Hide Fight.”
  Police said they killed at least one suspect during an active shooter lockdown at Ohio State University on Monday morning. It is not clear whether or not there is a second suspect, but police are advising loca
  
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• No injuries in early morning house fire

  28-11-2016 14:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man managed to escape as flames and smoke filled his upstairs apartment Monday near Hamlin Park. Firefighters rushed to the home on Florida Street around 4 a.m.
  Firefighters tell News 4 the fire started in the upstairs apartment. Another resident was not home at the time.
  Firefighters moved quickly to get it under control even in the midst of heavy smoke. “We had a fire in the rear bedroom on the second floor, and it extended up into the attic. We got th
  
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• Buffalo’s Syrian community concerned with Trump administration’s immigration stance

  28-11-2016 06:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo leaders are speaking out in support of refugees in Western New York, voicing opposition to the Trump administration’s stance on immigration.
  “No matter what others will say, as long as I am executive we will continue to welcome to our community immigrants as the newest members of the melting pot we call America,” said Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz on Twitter. “As a result, we will become a better and stronger community because of
  
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• Police discover two bodies in a Buffalo apartment

  28-11-2016 05:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo Police are investigating after two bodies were discovered in a home on Sunday afternoon.
  Officers responded to the 400 block of Cambridge Ave. around 3:00 p.m. and discovered two deceased individuals in a lower apartment. Police say it was a woman in her early 60’s and a man in his early 40’s.
  Officers tell News 4 the two people knew each other.
  An autopsy is being conducted by Erie County medical examiners to determine a cause of death.
  
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• No foul play suspected in Cambridge Avenue incident

  28-11-2016 05:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo Police are now reporting that no foul play is suspected after two bodies were discovered in a home on Sunday afternoon.
  Officers responded to the 400 block of Cambridge Ave. around 3:00 p.m. and discovered two deceased individuals in a lower apartment. Police say it was a woman in her early 60’s and a man in his early 40’s.
  Officers tell News 4 the two people knew each other.
  An autopsy is being conducted by Erie County medical examiners to determine a c
  
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• “Chilling” good time at Great Lakes International Ice Carving Competition

  28-11-2016 04:52 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — 26 tons of ice and 36 hours later, ice carvers from around the world have completed their ice sculptures at the Hamburg Fairgrounds.
  Carvers competed this weekend in the Great Lakes International Carving Competition.
  A carver News 4 spoke to created an angler fish titled “In Too Deep.” She says these pieces are intense and take a lot of work — but in the end are well worth it.
  “It’s very daunting while you’re carving and worki
  
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• Teammates help Bills superfan make special trip to New Era Field

  28-11-2016 02:03 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) —  James Hicks Jr. is a member of the Jamestown high school football team. He is the Red Raiders biggest fan.
  “He always on the sidelines supporting us,” said Andrew Pumford. Hicks hangs out on the sideline at every Jamestown game cheering on his friends, his teammates. He loves football but can’t play sports with physical contact.
  He was hit by a car when he was 9; suffering numerous injuries including two concussions and leaving
  
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• Bills salute former player who died serving his country

  28-11-2016 02:02 via wivb.com
  
   
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The colors red, white and blue mean a lot to the Kalsu family. They’re the colors for the Buffalo Bills – the team Bob Kalsu played for – and they represent the nation Kalsu was fighting for when he died during the Vietnam War.
  “It’s really takes you back that 46 years later he’s still remembered the way he is,” said Bob Kalsu Jr.
  During the Bills vs. Jaguars pregame, the team gave a Salute to Service members
  
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• No evidence to support Donald Trump’s claim “millions” voted illegally in election

  28-11-2016 01:29 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (CBS News) – President-elect Donald Trump is alleging that he would have won the nation’s popular vote if it weren’t for the “millions of people who voted illegally,” during a series of tweets in which he panned the recount efforts that could take place soon in three states.
  The president-elect has not provided any evidence for these claims.
  Mr. Trump expressed his feelings Sunday afternoon on the “so-called popular vote” on Twitter: Mr. Trump w
  
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• Original Gerber Baby, Ann Taylor Cook, turns 90

  28-11-2016 01:06 via wivb.com
  
  (Associated Press) – The original Gerber baby has turned 90.
  The baby food maker says Ann Taylor Cook celebrated her 90th birthday on Sunday.
  Cook was about 4 months old in 1927 when her image was sketched in charcoal by a family friend. The drawing was submitted to Gerber a year later when Gerber put out a call for images to be used in its new baby food advertisements. Cook’s picture became the company’s official trademark in 1931.Cook became a mother of four and taught litera
  
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• Local musicians use power of music to help patients heal

  28-11-2016 00:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A special group of musicians are using their talents to provide comfort to those facing illnesses.
  Sunday marks the first annual “Musician Medics All-Star Jam.”
  These local musicians volunteer their time to perform and spend time with patients and their families at area hospitals.
  Musicians raised money Sunday and performed live shows. Organizers say they’re providing comfort through the power of music.
  “When I play a tune and somebody’s
  
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• Suicidal man threatens police with knife

  28-11-2016 00:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — No charges have been filed after a suicidal man threatened police with a knife.
  Crisis management was called to the first block of Commonwealth Avenue after 12 a.m. Sunday for a man who said he was going to harm himself.
  A swat team was called in and were able to subdue to the man.
  He was taken to ECMC to be evaluated.
  
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