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• Scratch-off ticket makes New York teen a millionaire

  01-07-2017 21:20 via wivb.com
  
  BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Imagine your tires are low so you stop at a Stewart’s to fill them up and drove away a millionaire.
  “I thought it was a dream I didn’t think it was real,” Anthony Iavarone said.
  He’s the luckiest teen in town, 19-year-old Anthony came to the Stewart’s shop in Ballston Spa for a quick trip. While he filled his tires with air, he sent a friend inside to pick up his favorite scratch off lotto game. It was not until he went home
  
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• NHL Free Agency Tracker: Sabres sign Johnson, Pouliot (UPDATED)

  01-07-2017 18:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — We’re keeping track of NHL Free Agency as the Buffalo Sabres try to make additions to the roster under new GM Jason Botterill.
  Here’s the latest:
  12:00 ET – Former Sabres goaltender Anders Nilsson signs with the Vancouver Canucks.
  12:05 ET – Chris Johnston of Sportsnet reports Buffalo signs former Edmonton Oilers left winger Benoit Pouliot, who the Oilers bought out last week. The deal is for one year, $1.15 million. Would add needed dept
  
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• Police: Club shooting that injured 28 may be gang-related

  01-07-2017 14:10 via wivb.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Clubgoers screamed and scrambled for cover as dozens of gunshots rang out during a rap concert in downtown Little Rock early Saturday, leaving 28 people injured from an 11-second melee that police said may be gang-related.
  Police Chief Kenton Buckner said investigators believe multiple people fired shots and that the shooting could be connected other violence in the city in recent days. All of the victims were expected to survive the shooting at the Power Ultra Lou
  
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• Little Rock Police: Several injured after nightclub shooting

  01-07-2017 14:10 via wivb.com
  
  LITLLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Police said 17 people were hurt in a shooting early Saturday after a dispute at a downtown Little Rock nightclub. The city’s police chief said officers suspect multiple people fired weapons but that the incident was not terror-related.
  The shooting happened at the Power Ultra Lounge, a club in a two-story building downtown about 1 mile (1.61 kilometer) east of the state Capitol. Police cordoned off the block as crime-scene technicians gathered evidence from i
  
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• Little Rock police: 25 people shot at nightclub

  01-07-2017 14:10 via wivb.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Police say 25 people were shot after gunfire rang out Saturday at a rap show at a downtown Little Rock nightclub, prompting pleas from top leaders to curb the growing violence in Arkansas’ capital city.
  Police said the shooting at Power Ultra Lounge was the result of a dispute among clubgoers and not an active shooter or terror-related incident. Little Rock police said Saturday that 25 people were shot and three others suffered unrelated injuries. All were ex
  
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• Outside attorney breaks down Pigeon case after judge throws out key evidence

  01-07-2017 05:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some potentially incriminating evidence in the Steve Pigeon case will not be allowed in court. It’s a big win for the defense.
  State Supreme Court Judge Donald Cerio threw out key evidence in the case against Pigeon explaining that it was illegally obtained.
  The evidence includes e-mails found during a raid at Pigeon’s home in 2015. Investigators say the e-mails uncovered contained proof of his alleged crimes.
  The evidence is suppressed because state inve
  
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• Expect sobriety checkpoints, extra patrols this holiday weekend

  01-07-2017 04:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York State Police and other law enforcement agencies will step up patrols over the holiday weekend to crack down on drunk and drugged driving and other traffic infractions.
  The STOP-DWI campaign will kick off Saturday and run through Tuesday (July 4). The campaign is funded through the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee.
  Last year, the State Police issued nearly 11,000 vehicle and traffic tickets during the 4th of July weekend. Troopers arrested 206 people
  
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• Buffalo fire commissioner retires

  01-07-2017 04:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – After 33 years with the Buffalo Fire Department, commissioner Garnell Whitfield has retired.
  Today was Whitfield’s first full day of retirement. He has served as fire commissioner for the past seven years.
  Whitfield said that the decision to retire was tough, but he has health issues and can’t serve in the way that he says the community deserves.
  Whitfield thanked Mayor Byron Brown for the opportunity and said that he wants to serve the community in a dif
  
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• Bone marrow donation drive will be hosted Saturday at 11 Day Power Play

  01-07-2017 04:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – In addition to playing 250 straight hours of hockey to benefit Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the 11 Day Power Play is also hosting a bone marrow donation in conjunction with Roswell.
  The onsite bone marrow drive will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at HARBORCENTER, 100 Washington St. level 7.
  Saturday- day 10 of the 11 Day Power Play- has been dedicated to those affected by blood cancers. Marrow and blood cell transplants are used to treat leukemia, lymph
  
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• Local leaders want to redevelop Niagara Falls waterfront

  01-07-2017 01:39 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The power brokers in charge of Niagara Falls want people to stay there longer — and they want them to be attracted to more than just one of the world’s largest waterfalls.
  In the coming years, leaders want to transform 11 miles of waterfront on the upper and lower Niagara River into a massive outdoor playground.
  Perhaps the biggest news to come out of this request from the USA Niagara Development Corporation, New York State Office of Parks, Recreati
  
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