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• Twin blasts near Istanbul soccer stadium kill 29 , wound 166

  10-12-2016 21:06 via wivb.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Twin attacks by a suicide bomber and a car bomber near an Istanbul soccer stadium Saturday night killed 29 people and wounded 166 others in the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a nation confronting an array of security threats.
  The bombs targeted police officers, killing 27 of them along with two civilians, Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told reporters early Sunday. He added that 10 people had been arrested in connection with the “terrorist at
  
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• Celebrating Hanukkah Kosher style at Nissan’s Kosher Deli

  10-12-2016 16:17 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – This holiday season, some of our community is getting ready to celebrate Hanukkah. While it’s not the biggest Jewish holiday on the calendar, there’s a special place everyone can go to make sure the celebration includes great, traditional food.
  It’s a tight knit kosher community in Amherst, and everyone knows Nissan Berg.
  A frequent customer Deborah Wallan said, “Nissan is our little New York here in this corner of the store.”&
  
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• Sprenger Avenue shooting injures one man

  10-12-2016 11:55 via wivb.com
  
  zBUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — One person is hospitalized after a shooting early Saturday morning.
  Detectives were called to Sprenger Avenue off Genesee Street shortly before 12:30 a.m.
  Police say a 44 year-old Buffalo man who was shot in the leg was brought to ECMC where he was treated and released.
  The man’s identity has not been released.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Confidential TIPCALL Line at 847 – 2255.
  
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• Sprenger Avenue shooting

  10-12-2016 11:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — One person is hospitalized after a shooting early Saturday morning.
  Detectives were called to Sprenger Avenue off Genesee Street shortly before 12:30 a.m.
  Police say a male who was shot in the leg was brought to Erie County Medical Center for treatment, and doctors have stabilized him.
  The man’s identity has not been released.
  
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• Ellicottville businesses eager to start ski season

  10-12-2016 06:03 via wivb.com
  
  ELLICOTTVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — People in Ellicottville are saying it finally feels like winter. The village got a few feet of snow Thursday and Friday after a slow start to the winter season.
  Mom and pop shops now see a glimmer of hope. Last year the small businesses struggled during the winter season. The mild winter last year left Holiday Valley ski slopes empty and business weren’t seeing the usual amount of customers.
  “It was bad, it was really bad. This is our 33rd year in b
  
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• Jamestown, broader Chautauqua slammed with lake effect snow

  10-12-2016 02:22 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — While crews and residents in Jamestown Friday morning enjoyed a brief reprieve from the onslaught of lake effect snow they had seen over the previous 24 hours, it returned in the afternoon with a fury. And it’s expected to stick around.
  That means road crews will continue working round the clock shifts, likely through the weekend.
  “We’ll have crews right on through until tomorrow morning and then possibly right into tomorrow night,” said&nbs
  
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• Legislation aims to reform medical research and development

  10-12-2016 01:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – It’s called the 21st Century Cures Act – legislation that serves as a rare demonstration of unity in a Congress that’s been divided by politics.Some say it’s the most significant legislation passed by this Congress.”This was a huge undertaking,” said Rep. Chris Collins R-Clarence.
  Key elements of this package are expected to benefit residents of western New York.
  “For the first time now we have a law that will be on the book
  
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• Marine mom fights city hall to keep her home

  10-12-2016 00:51 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Lackawanna grandmother-to-be Tina Yancey could not keep up with her property taxes, and knew she was in trouble, but when Yancey found a notice in her mailbox Saturday that her home could be auctioned off she knew she had to act quickly.
  “I have been praying every day. I thought I was going to die when I got that notice,” Tina said. The notice said she had until December 4 to get caught up on her back property taxes—December 4 was Sunday and Lac
  
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