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• Studentloanjustice.org founder says Excelsior scholarship has serious problems

  14-04-2017 23:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Alan Collinge has been researching the student loan debt problem for the past 10 year. He founded a website called http://www.studentloanjustice.org.
  Collinge says Governor Cuomo’s newly approved Excelsior scholarship program has serious problems.
  “It’s sort of a game of whack a mole. Where sure, on paper the tuition may go to zero but with all the other fees that are increased that will make up any benefit the student might of received,” said
  
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• Authorities searching for goose with arrow in neck in Amherst

  14-04-2017 22:42 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — The search is on for an injured goose in Amherst.
  The goose was seen around the town with an arrow in its neck.
  Members of the SPCA have been on a wild goose chase looking for the injured waterfowl for weeks, but have been getting calls for about a month.
  In a video sent by a News 4 viewer, the goose appears to walk around like nothing is wrong. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) says that the goose can still fly.
  It is not clear how the arrow go
  
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• Ex-NFL star Hernandez acquitted in Boston double murder

  14-04-2017 22:24 via wivb.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who is already serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder, was acquitted Friday in a 2012 double slaying prosecutors said was fueled by his anger over a spilled drink.
  The former tight end for the New England Patriots wept quietly as the verdicts were read in Boston. A few moments later, he looked back at his fiancee and nodded somberly as relatives of the victims sobbed loudly. A defense attorney hugged him.
  After six days of deliberations, the ju
  
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• Delta OKs offers of up to $9,950 to flyers who give up seats

  14-04-2017 21:51 via wivb.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Delta is giving airport employees permission to offer passengers up to almost $10,000 in compensation to give up their seats on overbooked flights.
  Delta’s move comes as United Airlines struggles to recover from images of a passenger’s forced removal from a sold-out flight.
  In an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press, Delta says gate agents can offer up to $2,000 in compensation, up from a previous maximum of $800, and supervisors can offer up to $9,950,
  
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• Police investigate shooting on Edison Ave.

  14-04-2017 21:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police are at the scene of a shooting in the 100 block of Edison Ave.
  One person, who has not been identified, was shot.
  News 4 will have more details as soon as they become available.
  
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• Police investigate apparent drive-by shooting on Edison Ave.

  14-04-2017 21:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police were at the scene of a shooting in the 100 block of Edison Ave.
  One person, a 28-year-old Buffalo man, was shot in an apparent drive-by incident around 2:45 p.m.
  He was transported to ECMC with injuries that appeared to be serious.
  Anyone with information on the shooting can call the police department’s confidential tip line at (716) 847-2255.
  
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• Judge Curtin passes away at 95

  14-04-2017 20:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Retired Federal Judge John Curtin, known for desegregating Buffalo schools, has died at age 95.
  Curtin passed away Friday morning.
  The flags at both Western District of New York courthouses, in Buffalo and Rochester, were lowered to half mast.
  News 4 will have more information as soon as it becomes available.
  
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• Easter Egg, dinosaur toys recalled by Target

  14-04-2017 19:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Parents, you may want to double check what the Easter bunny leaves behind this Sunday.
  Target has announced a recall of more than 560,000 water-absorbing Easter egg and dinosaur toys.
  They are called Hatch and Grow Easter Eggs, Easter Grow Toys and Hatch Your Own Dino Egg.
  The Consumer Product Safety Commission says they pose a “serious ingestion hazard.”
  No injuries or incidents have been reported.
  People who bought them can return them to any Targe
  
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• Body found in home following fire

  14-04-2017 19:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A person was found dead after a house fire on Buffalo’s east side.
  The fire happened Thursday night on Kermit Ave.
  The person, who has only been identified as a 63-year-old man, died of smoke inhalation.
  The man lived in the lower apartment. His body was found in the home.
  Investigators say there are no signs of foul play regarding his death.
  
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• Trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi released

  14-04-2017 18:50 via wivb.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (WIVB) — The trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi was revealed at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, Fla. on Friday.
  Episode 8 of the series features returning cast members like Daisy Ridley as Rey, John Boyega as Finn and Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, as well as others.
  Not much is known about The Last Jedi‘s plot, but Star Wars veteran Mark Hamill appears to have a larger role in this movie, following his brief appearance in the end of 2015’s The F
  
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• Budget gives boost to farmers who donate goods

  14-04-2017 18:35 via wivb.com
  
   
  GASPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York farmers who help out local food banks are receiving a bit of a boost in the new state budget. Governor Andrew Cuomo added a tax credit for those who donate produce to food banks.
  The Farm to Food Bank Bill failed twice before – passing in both the senate and assembly but being vetoed by the governor. Now Gov. Cuomo is including the incentive in the budget.
  It would provide a tax credit for farmers who are donating produce.  The credit
  
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• Sheriff: Man with slew of drugs found with crack cocaine in buttocks

  14-04-2017 16:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Sheriff’s office says a Pennsylvania man was found with a variety of drugs during a traffic stop in Elma.
  Bradford resident Tyler Yohe, 27, was stopped Friday between 1 and 1:30 a.m. at Transit Rd. and Seneca St.
  During the stop, deputies say a number of drugs were found in his possession. Yohe allegedly had Xanax, Lorazepam, Suboxone and marijuana. It addition to that, deputies say he had a glass pipe and brass knuckles.
  Yohe was take
  
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• Crowds flock to Broadway Market for Good Friday shopping

  14-04-2017 16:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Whether you’re in the market for Polish sausage or powdered sugar covered pastries, pierogi or pierogi shaped novelty soap, the Broadway Market has become the one-stop-shopping destinations for thousands of people on Good Friday every year.
  Good Friday is the busiest day of the year for the 127 year old marketplace, as Buffalonians shop for all of their Easter and Dyngus Day goodies.
  The competition among vendors can be fierce, as they work to set their product
  
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• Ohio woman wins jackpot of more than $594,000 at Seneca Niagara Casino

  14-04-2017 16:24 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A slots player at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino won big with a $594,651 jackpot this past Sunday.
  Ohio resident Carol, whose last name was withheld, was playing the Elvis slots at the Niagara Falls casino when she won the grand prize. Carol hit the jackpot while using a Free Slot Play.
  With the money, Carol plans to pay off her grandkids’ students loans and pay off her grandson’s new vehicle. Her grandson recently returned from serving two
  
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• Sunken boat recovered from Ellicott Creek

  14-04-2017 15:59 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A sunken boat was recovered from about 12 feet of water in Ellicott Creek.
  Police in the City of Tonawanda received a report about the boat, which was about 100 feet north of Swistons on Young St.
  When police located the 19-foot vessel, they attached a cable to it and placed “inflators” underneath it. This helped bring it to the surface.
  Once it was up, police say the boat was floated to the Inner Harbor Yacht Club, where members offered to lift it
  
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• The Bishop from Buffalo: WNY native leads Episcopal Church

  14-04-2017 15:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s faith formed in Buffalo. He moved here as a 3-year-old in the mid 1950’s, settling into the city, and embracing the culture and customs of Western New York, likely never realizing he would make history.
  Curry became the Episcopal Church’s first African-American Presiding Bishop when he was elected during a landslide vote in June of 2015.
  “Well, It’s funny. I have no idea what my brother and sister bishops
  
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• How would NFTA handle someone an airline wants off a plane?

  14-04-2017 03:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – As the world reacts to the violent, bloody removal of an airline passenger in Chicago, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority’s chief of police says he doubts what happened at O’Hare Airport last week would ever happen at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
  Chief George Gast said transit cops have removed passengers from airplanes at BNIA for breaking the law, not for taking up a seat on an overbooked flight, and on those occasions the remo
  
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• Thomas Diehl stood out in every arena of life

  14-04-2017 01:27 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Thomas Dielhl’s year long battle with cancer began one year ago Friday, when the then 32-year-old got a call from his doctor, and was shortly thereafter diagnosed with a rare form of Leukemia.
  It’s a battle that kept him in the hospital for more than half the year, and it came at a very high point in a life that included many.
  The Kenton East High School hockey team had just finished their year on top. Cell phone video taken by Diehl’s sis
  
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• Parole Board decides whether to release rapist of former real estate agent

  14-04-2017 00:20 via wivb.com
  
  SARDINIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A former real estate agent in Sardinia, New York, finally has an answer about whether the man who beat, raped, and kidnapped her 25 years ago will walk free.
  Ramona Bantle-Fahy was a 33 year old real estate agent in 1992 when a man called for an appointment to see a house for sale on a Sunday afternoon. She went to meet him alone.  In the vacant house, after what seemed like a normal house showing, the man attacked her, tied her hands, threatened her with a kni
  
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• Case against teen accused of killing toddler goes to grand jury

  14-04-2017 00:13 via wivb.com
  
  MARILLA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The case against a teenager accused of killing a toddler is now headed to a grand jury.
  Devon VanDerWege, 17, allegedly beat a 2-year-old he was watching last month while the boy’s parents went to work.
  VanDerWege had been living in the family’s trailer at the time.
  MORE | Learn more about the alleged incident here.
  
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