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• Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station says goodbye to final C-130 aircraft

  27-07-2017 23:05 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Members of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station gathered Wednesday to observe the final departure of the last Hercules C-130 from the base, ending a 47-year tactical airlift mission.
  Wednesday was the final stage for the base’s transition from an Airlift Wing to an Air Refueling Wing for the 914th .
  “Now that the C-130 is actually leaving, it’s really hitting home,” said Col. Brian Bowman, 914 ARW commander, reflecting on the day’
  
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• Company orders rides closed after Ohio State Fair accident

  27-07-2017 21:48 via wivb.com
  COLUMBUS, OHIO (AP) – The manufacturer of a thrill ride that ride broke apart at the Ohio State Fair, killing one person, is ordering the rides to be shut down around the world.
  Dutch manufacturer KMG said Thursday that it’s telling operators to cease operations until it can investigate and learn more about what caused the malfunction.
  The company says there are 43 such rides around the world, including 11 in the United States. The order doesn’t impact the company’s other
  
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• Tainted liquor may be responsible for tourist’s death in Mexico, authorities say

  27-07-2017 21:21 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – Mexico is the top international destination for U.S. travelers; nearly 30 million Americans visited the country last year alone.
  People come to Mexico for the beautiful beaches and just unwind and let loose. But one Wisconsin family of four who visited in January to do just that lost their 20-year-old daughter. She was found face down in a swimming pool after drinking.
  The U.S. State Department is now warning Americans to consume alcohol in moderation while visiting Mexico, an
  
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• Cops: His wedding called off, Texas man torches 8 cars in NY

  27-07-2017 20:39 via wivb.com
  PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a Texas man who was in northern New York to get married set fire to eight cars after the nuptials were called off.
  Police in Plattsburgh say officers responded early on July 9 to reports of several vehicles on fire in the north end of the city located about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of the Canadian border. Officials say some vehicles sustained minor damage but at least two were totaled.
  Police looked at hours of street surveillance video before
  
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• Trocaire receives grant to increase diversity in nursing program

  27-07-2017 19:09 via wivb.com
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The demand for nurses in the area is increasing at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is expanding and the population is getting older.
  “Being a nurse, just holding a hand, being present in the moment, can make a difference,” said Dr. Catherine Griswold, the Dean of Nursing at Trocaire College.
  The next class of nursing students coming into the college will be part of those receiving the benefits from the $1.8 million federal Nursing Workforce
  
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• Wake Up on the Radio: 103.3 The Edge’s Shredd and Ragan co-host for 23 years and counting

  27-07-2017 17:58 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Every morning, Ted Shredd and Tom Ragan bring listeners the latest news, sports and entertainment on 103.3 The Edge.
  The co-hosts of the Shredd & Ragan show, which airs from 6 a.m. until 10 a.m. weekdays, are a rare team in talk radio. They’ve been working together for 23 years.
  “For most people in this business, staying together for more than a couple years is a challenge,” Shredd said. “Obviously, putting it together for 23 years is a ch
  
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• Sheriff: Burglar tries to flee officers, jumps face-first into cacti

  27-07-2017 17:56 via wivb.com
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local authorities captured two men accused of burglarizing a house in Grand Island on Wednesday.
  After receiving a report about a suspicious vehicle along Harvey Rd., members of the Erie County Sheriff’s office and the Grand Island Police Department responded.
  One person said they saw two men park and walk around the back of a house on the road.
  When law enforcement officers got there, around 1:30 p.m., they noticed that the building had been entered,
  
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• Data: Cities cutting red light cameras while Buffalo considers them

  27-07-2017 17:50 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo city leaders could face an uphill battle convincing the community to support red light cameras.
  Numbers from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show communities across the country, including Rochester, have eliminated the cameras in recent years. In 2012, 533 communities used the traffic tool. As of July 2017, that number has dropped to 421.
  Merely mention the cameras, and controversy follows.
  “My problem with them is that they actually cause in
  
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• Man arraigned on multi-count indictment after 2013 homicide

  27-07-2017 16:40 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Thursday morning, Leron Bailey, 36, was arraigned on a multi-count indictment related to a 2013 homicide.
  Diamond Toler was 19 when she was fatally shot at Stevens Ave. and E. Ferry St. The shooting happened in June of that year.
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  Bailey was charged with Murder, Attempted Murder and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon.
  Prosecutors say he fired multiple shots into a car that Toler and another man were in.
  The man was struck in th
  
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• Buffalo man arraigned on 2013 homicide charges

  27-07-2017 16:40 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was arraigned Thursday morning on a multi-count indictment related to a 2013 homicide.
  Leron Bailey, 36, is charged with Murder in the Second Degree, Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree for the shooting death of 19-year-old Diamond Toler of Buffalo.
  He pleaded not guilty before Acting Erie County Court Judge James McLeod.
  Toler was shot in the heart while sitting in parked ca
  
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• New synthetic cartilage offers hope for those with Osteoarthritis

  27-07-2017 16:14 via wivb.com
  DALLAS (WIVB) — Many women love high heels, but sporting all that fashionable footwear can lead to Osteoarthritis of the big toe and painful surgery.
  A new alternative is offering shorter recovery times and bones that function closer to normal.
  Until recently, the only option was a surgery that left patients with long recoveries and permanent loss of motion in their big toes.
  A new, FDA-approved procedure is using the Cartiva implant — a synthetic cartilage that’s made of
  
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• Man killed on Detroit St.

  27-07-2017 15:10 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man was fatally shot on the first block of Detroit St. in Buffalo Thursday morning.
  The shooting happened around 5:15 a.m. and the victim died at the scene. The man has only been identified as a 35-year-old.
  News 4 will provide more information as soon as it is available.
  
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• VIDEO: Orca attacks boat in Alaska

  27-07-2017 14:42 via wivb.com
  ALASKA (WIVB) — Cell phone video out of Alaska captured part of what a man says is a wild encounter with a killer whale.
  Victor Littlefield was salmon fishing when the orca wrapped itself in the boat’s anchor line before yanking it away.
  He also says it rammed and slapped the side of the boat with its tail before finally swimming off.
  Littlefield notified federal fishery experts, who say such attacks are extremely rare.
  
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• Cellino and Barnes back in court Thursday

  27-07-2017 14:25 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two prominent New York law partners are back in court, but Thursday, Ross Cellino and Stephen Barnes will be on opposite sides.
  The Cellino & Barnes personal injury law firm is in the process of breaking up.
  Cellino said in court documents that he and his long-time partner are now divided on just about every issue related to how to run the company.
  The case will go back to the State Supreme Court Thursday at 3 p.m.
  MORE | Unsealed court documents in Cellino
  
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• Company develops hearing implant for iPhone

  27-07-2017 13:57 via wivb.com
  CUPERTINO, Calif. (WIVB) — Apple is teaming with Cochlear to launch the first hearing implant made for an iPhone.
  The FDA has approved Cochlear’s Nucleus 7 sound processor, which can stream sound directly from a compatible iPhone or iPad to a patient’s surgically embedded sound processor.
  The device also allows customers with the implant to control and customize sounds directly from their devices.
  
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• Justin Bieber hits member of paparazzi while driving

  27-07-2017 13:38 via wivb.com
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (WIVB) — Police say Justin Bieber hit a member of the paparazzi while he was trying to drive away from an event.
  It happened around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday near the Saban Theater.
  Moments after the incident, Bieber was seen consoling the man and offering assistance to him.
  The pop star had reportedly just come from a church event.
  The photographer was taken to a hospital with a minor leg injury and is expected to be okay.
  Police are still investigating to see if a
  
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• Chinese zookeeper cares for baby pandas wearing panda suit

  27-07-2017 05:08 via wivb.com
  CHINA (WIVB) – This job’s specifications are pretty “black and white”. This zookeeper in China puts on a fuzzy panda suit to help teach cubs how to live in the wild.
  Human interaction can hinder a panda’s chance for survival once it’s released. The suit helps prevent the cubs from experiencing stress, since they feel like its their real mother.
   
   
  
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• 1 dead, 7 injured after ride malfunctions at Ohio State Fair, authorities say

  27-07-2017 03:37 via wivb.com
  OHIO (CBS) – One person has died and another seven were injured when a ride malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair, according to CBS affiliate WBNS-TV, citing the Columbus Division of Fire.
  Two of the injured are in critical condition, and one is listed in serious condition.
  Officials with the Ohio Department of Agriculture identified the ride as the “Fireball.”
  The Ohio State Fair confirmed the incident with a post on Twitter:There has been a report of a ride incident. We a
  
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• 1 dead, 6 injured after ride malfunctions at Ohio State Fair, authorities say

  27-07-2017 03:37 via wivb.com
  OHIO (CBS) – One person has died and another six were injured when a ride malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair, according to CBS affiliate WBNS-TV, citing the Columbus Division of Fire.
  The station adds that five of the injured are listed in critical condition. The last was in stable condition.
  Officials with the Ohio Department of Agriculture identified the ride as the “Fireball.”
  The Ohio State Fair confirmed the incident with a post on Twitter:There has been a report of
  
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• ECMC spends millions to recover from ransomware attack

  27-07-2017 02:40 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- ECMC is spending millions of dollars to recover from a ransomware attack. International hackers locked up the hospital’s computer system in April and demanded $30,000.
  The hospital refused to pay the ransom required for the key to unlock the system. ECMC officials now say it’s cost them $10 million to recover from the attack.
  A portion of that money was spent on hardware and software to rebuild a new computer system. It also includes the cost of overtime pa
  
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• Public hearings next week for National Grid proposed rate hike

  27-07-2017 02:25 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Customers could soon be shelling out more for electricity if National Grid gets its way. The company is proposing raising rates by $8.93 a month for the average customer.
  “How can you make millions and millions of dollars in profit but tell us you need to raise the rates for people who can ill afford it?” said William Yelder, a member of the grassroots organization PUSH Buffalo.
  He joined more than half a dozen other frustrated Buffalo residents to urge peo
  
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• Coca-Cola is replacing Coke Zero with a new drink

  27-07-2017 02:15 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – If you love Coke Zero, you’d better stock up on it: Coca-Cola is ditching the drink.
  Coke Zero will be replaced by a new sugar-free drink called Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Coke announced Wednesday.Coca-Cola Zero Sugar has already been a success in 25 markets around the world, including Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Next month, it will be the United States’ turn: the new drink will be coming to America in August.
  So, what’s the difference between Co
  
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• Wegmans rolls out home delivery service in Buffalo, next week

  27-07-2017 01:57 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Wegmans shoppers can soon have their groceries delivered right to their door step, without leaving home.Starting next Tuesday, Instacart, a San Francisco-based on demand delivery company will take customers’ online orders from the shelf to their front door in as little as an hour.
  In this day and age of the retail giants, such as Walmart, Amazon, and Target getting into grocery home deliveries, Wegmans sees the new service as the future of retail, accordin
  
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• Cost to oust Paladino reaches six figures

  27-07-2017 00:26 via wivb.com
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The cost of trying to oust Buffalo School Board member Carl Paladino is now in six figures, after more than $50,000 was spent on the five-day hearing in Albany and the legal filings since then.
  As expected, Paladino said Tuesday he believed the hearing was a waste of time and money. But the bill for taxpayers will continue to grow.
  The hearing in Albany before New York State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia started on June 22. In advance of the hearing,
  
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• Behind the scenes of hit-and-run investigations

  27-07-2017 00:20 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y.–
  News 4 went inside the minds of hit-and-run investigators to find out how they solve the crimes. Investigators who work those cases said they can be very difficult to solve.
  Five hit-and-runs have been reported in Buffalo since May. Three of those were deadly, and one seriously hurt a 7-year-old boy. The crashes have put more pressure than ever on investigators to find closure for the victims’ families.
  “He loved to walk,” Bryant Ziegler, nephew of hit-and-
  
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• Erie County IDA acquires part of former Beth Steel site

  27-07-2017 00:19 via wivb.com
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Land that’s sat vacant since the early 1980s experienced a rebirth Tuesday, when 148 acres was acquired by the Erie County Industrial Development Agency to be redeveloped; building a foundation on the past for technology of the future.
  “We are going to turn this site into productive use,” said Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz. “A lot of people didn’t think that we’d ever get to this day of just owning the property.”
  In
  
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• Eyes on the sky: Drone racers want to bring national competition to Buffalo

  27-07-2017 00:10 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  There’s a new push to make Western New York a hot spot for drone racing. It’s one of the worlds newest televised sports: Drone racing.
  Buffalo’s skyline could be the next destination for a national competition.
  With any luck, you’ll soon seen these mini quads buzzing around Buffalo, in a national drone racing competition
  Internationally ranked Drone Racing Pilots AJ Goin and Kevin McCleary fly up and down silos, getting a view of &l
  
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