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• Bills’ playoff hopes come crashing down after comeback; Dolphins win 34-31 in OT

  24-12-2016 22:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Across seventeen years of playoff exile, the Buffalo Bills have stumbled upon landmines of every make and model.
  On Saturday, a new feat: Set a franchise record for most yards from scrimmage in a game, while suffering the loss that dooms the playoffs for good.
  Buffalo racked up 589 yards of total offense in a 34-31 overtime loss to Miami, sending the Bills to 7-8 on the season and to a seventeenth straight season with no work after Week 17. This, on the same day
  
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• Former legislator continues tree giving tradition

  24-12-2016 17:22 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)- Having a Christmas tree for the holidays is part of a tradition many carry on from year to year, but sometimes, life gets in the way of actually getting the tree. Former Erie County legislator, Chuck Swanik, with the help of local volunteers, handed out free Christmas trees to families in need of one.
  Swanik said, “We started about 30 years ago and it’s when Dave Arida, from Arida Tree Farms came to me and said I have all of these trees that weren’t
  
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• Buffalo Police officers give back to area children

  24-12-2016 05:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Protecting and serving by day, then giving back at night.
  Christmas came early for some very thankful children this year.Happening now: Shop with a cop at Walmart in Cheektowaga! So many exciting kids! @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/rxRIgpUHpS
  — Rachele Mongiovi (@4RacheleM) December 23, 2016
  “I got a fart gun and I got roller skates and I got a sword, said 7 year-old Khristian Carr.
  Buffalo Police officers are reaching into their own pockets and making Ch
  
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