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• Shooting near Mills and Peterson St. kills Buffalo man

  04-03-2017 22:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo Police are investigating an overnight fatal shooting near Mills and Peterson Streets.
  Police say a 24 year-old Buffalo man was shot just after 3 a.m. Saturday morning.
  He was transported by ambulance to ECMC where he later died.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Confidential TIPCALL Line at 847-2255.
  
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• Shamrock run goes on despite cold temperatures

  04-03-2017 19:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —Today marked the 39th annual Shamrock Run. Almost 4,000 people went to the old first ward to take part in the race. Thousands dressed in green and dashed from Louisiana Street in the Old First Ward to be part of the Shamrock Run.
  The cold weather today didn’t stop the Irish community form coming out to support Buffalo. Donna Carol, Co-Chair of the Shamrock Run told News 4, “Its amazing people run in the snow, they run in the sunshine. They just love to run
  
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• New guided- travel company takes Buffalo young adults around the world

  04-03-2017 19:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  If you’ve ever wanted to travel the world, A Buffalo couple is behind a new travel company that could help you do just that.World travelers, Brandon and Stephanie Zarbo want Buffalo young adults to see the world before settling down. Stephanie Zarbo said, “Take advantage of the time, you’re not always going to have all of this time. You see the progression of life, it happens quickly, and all of a sudden your’e in your late twe
  
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• Transit Drive-In responds to Alabama Drive-In’s choice not to show ‘Beauty and the Beast’

  04-03-2017 17:21 via wivb.com
  
  HENAGAR, Ala./Buffalo, N.Y. (AP modified)— An Alabama drive-in theater won’t show a new re-telling of the classic fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast” because one of its characters is portrayed as homosexual.A Facebook post for the Henagar Drive-In Theatre says its operators are “first and foremost Christians” and will not compromise on what the Bible teaches. They said they will show family-oriented films so customers can “watch wholesome movies.”
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• UB beats Bowling Green, clinches No. 3 seed in MAC Tournament

  04-03-2017 06:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The UB men’s basketball team secured the No. 3 seed in the upcoming MAC Tournament – where they happen to be two-time defending champs – with an 80-68 win over Bowling Green on Friday night at Alumni Arena.
  Senior Blake Hamilton led the way with 32 points, 6 boards and 5 assists as the Bulls clinched a first-round bye in tournament play in Cleveland.
  The MAC Tournament begins March 6th and moves to Cleveland March 9. UB will face the winner of
  
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• Cuomo to combat hate crimes and anti-Semitism in the state

  04-03-2017 04:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Governor Andrew Cuomo is taking steps to combat hates crimes and anti-Semitism in New York state.
  Jewish Community Centers across the country have been targets of bomb threats.
  Last month the JCC in Amherst was forced to evacuate after a fake bomb threat.
  Federal officials are investigating more than 120 bomb threats called in to nearly 100 JCC’s, schools and daycare’s in three dozen states.“I think that part of the threats, the bomb threats, is rea
  
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• High winds batter vacant house, cause neighborhood hazard

  04-03-2017 01:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – High winds and Buffalo’s wicked weather this week turned a neighborhood eyesore on Humphrey Road in Riverside into a hazard, shredding the upstairs porch and ripping out the windows, dumping shattered glass all over the ground below.
  North District Councilmember Joe Golombek said neighbors have been complaining about the property for years, “The owner of the house is deceased, and from what we understand, there is nobody that has taken ownership of it.&r
  
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• Collins’ supporters fire back with their own billboard

  04-03-2017 00:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local billboard companies are the ones benefiting from recent shots across the political bow — all related to Republican Congressman Chris Collins, and his unwillingness to host town hall meetings.
  Collins has said repeatedly he believes town hall meetings are a waste of time — especially given the current climate across the country, which has drawn raucous crowds to these gatherings.
  Late last month, a local group of voters opposed to Collins raised mone
  
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• NFL Combine: Bill Polian’s thoughts on McDermott, Chad Kelly

  04-03-2017 00:24 via wivb.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, I.N. (WIVB) — Former Buffalo Bills GM and current ESPN analyst Bill Polian caught up with News 4 Sports Director Josh Reed at the NFL Combine, offering his thoughts on new Bills coach Sean McDermott.
  “He’s unflappable, his values are great,” Polian said. “He’s all football, his players will like that and if they don’t, they won’t be there.”
  Polian also commented on the absence of St. Joe’s graduate and former Ole Miss
  
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• Your rights at the border: local immigration attorney talks electronic media searches

  04-03-2017 00:20 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB)- Akram Shibly travels between the U.S. and Canada a lot for work as a filmmaker.
  One of his latest border crossings though, was unpleasant.
  “I was taken into secondary inspection and they gave me a form to fill out. And on that form they demanded my cellphone make and model, and my cellphone password,” Shibly told News 4.
  They also asked for Shibly’s social media log-ins. The request was something the Amherst native was taken aback by.
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• People hurting pets to get pain medication, reports on the rise across the country

  04-03-2017 00:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Drugs addicts are hurting their pets to get pain medication. Veterinarians are reporting it across the country.
  “When we hear about people intentionally hurting animals, so they can benefit from it, it’s shocking and horrifying.” Dr. R. Reed Stevens, a veterinarian at Ellicott Small Animal Hospital in Buffalo, said. He’s had to change the way he prescribes pain medications over the years, after concerns of people trying to use or abuse thei
  
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