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• Warm temperatures promote good maple syrup production in WNY

  04-02-2017 18:59 via wivb.com
  
  ATTICA, N.Y. (WIVB) —Temperatures have been up and down this winter. The roller coaster ride has changed the typical maple syrup production. Merle maple is a 5th generation maple farm and is more successful than ever.The variable weather western New York has seen in past years has played a part in why.Because of the abnormally warm January this year, sap production is way ahead of schedule.
  Greg Zimpfer, Project Manager at Merle Maple Farm, told News 4, “January is a lot warmer. Basi
  
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• Free screening of “Hidden Figures” to city students inspires STEM careers

  04-02-2017 18:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  A group of Western New York girls are getting an exclusive look at what it takes to take on a career in science, math and technology.More than 250 Buffalo Public School students and Girl Scouts got a private screening of “Hidden Figures,” the story of three African American women who were the brains behind one of the greatest space launches in history.
  Danya Flood, a part of the STEM coding camp program, says one-day, she wants to fix
  
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• Two men hurt in Genesee County crash

  04-02-2017 14:30 via wivb.com
  
  BERGEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two men are hospitalized after a crash involving a car and pickup truck Friday night.
  Genesee County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to Lyman Road at West Bergen Road shortly after 8 p.m.
  Officers say the car failed to yield the right of way to the pickup.
  The driver, identified as Vittorio Muoio, 18, of Bergen, was brought to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester by Mercy Flight.The passenger, identified as Andrew Konieczny, 19, of Bergen, was brought to Strong
  
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• HS Recap: Friday February 3rd

  04-02-2017 05:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – 
  HOCKEY
  Williamsville North 2 Orchard Park 1 : Game remained scoreless until 10:50 remained. Orchard Park scored late to make the game interesting, but the Spartans held on.
  Grand Island 5 West Seneca West 1 : With the win, Grand Island wins Division 3 title.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  Timon 59 St. Park 58 (OT) : Tigers hit a shot at the buzzer to force over time and knock off the #1 team in the MMA.
  St. Francis 65 Canisius 51 : Red Raiders get their first win over the Cru
  
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• Cuba-Rushford students arrested for making threat

  04-02-2017 04:30 via wivb.com
  
  CUBA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Three students are facing charges following a threat that sent Cuba-Rushford schools into a brief lockdown last Friday.
  The Cuba Police Department posted on their Facebook page that two students are charged with making a terroristic threat and one is charged with criminal possession of a weapon. All three students are considered youthful offenders.
  The Middle/High school building was on lockdown for roughly three hours Friday, January 27th. The Superintendent poste
  
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• Man dead following East Side shooting

  04-02-2017 04:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sources tell News 4 a man was fatally shot on the city’s East Side Friday night.
  The shooting happened at Genesee and Ivy Streets just after 9 p.m. Sources say the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
  This is the 9th deadly shooting in Buffalo so far this year.
  News 4 will update as more information is available.
   
  
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• US judge temporarily blocks Trump’s travel ban

  04-02-2017 02:04 via wivb.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on a lawsuit by Washington and Minnesota seeking to halt President Donald Trump’s immigration ban (all times local):
  4:35 p.m.
  Washington state’s attorney general says a federal court ruling temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s travel ban shows nobody is above the law.
  U.S. District Judge James Robart granted a temporary restraining order Friday that Washington state and Minnesota requested. It halts Trump’s executive order banning
  
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• US appeals judge keeps Trump’s travel ban blocked

  04-02-2017 02:04 via wivb.com
  
  Here’s the latest on the executive action by President Trump halting immigration from seven countries, from the Associated Press:
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied the Justice Department’s request for an immediate reinstatement of President Donald Trump’s ban on certain travelers and all refugees.
  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco instead asked both the state of Washington and the Trump administration early Sunday to file more ar
  
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• State denies requests for Paladino’s immediate removal

  04-02-2017 00:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A big victory for embattled Buffalo’s Carl Paladino, as the state education department says he can maintain his post on the board of education while the commissioner considers his ultimate removal.
  There are still four petitions calling for Paladino’s removal from the Buffalo Board of Education, and a lengthy legal process ahead.
  Paladino’s words that appeared in the Dec. 22 edition of ArtVoice sparked an outcry from the public that continued this w
  
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• Judge approves sale of St. Gerard’s Church

  04-02-2017 00:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The corner of East Devalan and Bailey Avenues in Buffalo will soon be a place Muslims come to recognize.
  St. Gerard’s Church, which closed in 2008, is being converted into a mosque.
  State Supreme Court Justice Tracey Bannister approved the sale Thursday, although it hasn’t officially closed yet.
  The news was a surprise for former congregation member Michael Czora.
  “Four generations of my family, we’ve come to this. My grandfather, my parents, th
  
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• Liquid nuclear material shipments given the green light

  04-02-2017 00:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A controversial plan that would haul thousands of gallons of liquid nuclear material across the Great Lakes region has been given the go ahead by a U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia.The U.S. Department of Energy wants to transport the liquid material by truck from Chalk River, Ontario, Canada to the agency’s Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina.The proposed route could see 6,000 gallons, 100 to 150 truckloads, move across the Peace Bridge
  
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