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• Support growing to keep WNY Children’s Psychiatric Center in West Seneca

  02-08-2017 23:52 via wivb.com
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — “As of today we are nearly at 6 thousand responses in 4 weeks,” said Assemblyman Mickey Kearns.
  Stacks of surveys show growing support from the community to keep the Western New York Children’s Psychiatric Center in West Seneca. Senator Patrick Gallivan and Assemblyman Mickey Kearns circulated the survey and a petition.
  “The governor and the Office of Mental Health for some reason want to take a step backwards and send these kids to an ins
  
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• Ways to save money at the Erie County Fair

  02-08-2017 23:18 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Fair season is in full swing across Western New York. The biggest, The Erie County Fair is just a week away.  We all know it can be pricey to take the family, but there are some ways to save.The Erie County Fair is an event that brings people from all around Western New York to the fairgrounds in Hamburg. Whether it’s the rides, the music, or the fried treats that are the draw, thousands head out every year. This year, for the 178th year, there are wa
  
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• Is there finally some relief from annoying robocalls?

  02-08-2017 22:46 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, NEW YORK (AP) — For Michael Rizzo, answering the phone is too often a waste of time.
  His Sports City Pizza Pub in Buffalo, New York, depends on customers calling to order wings, pizza and potato skins. But much of the time, it’s an automated message pushing a scam . “It’s getting to the point where it’s blocking other callers from coming in,” the 24-year-old bar owner said.
  Help is coming, if slowly. Over the past year, prodded by the govern
  
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• Man charged in 2008 shooting death of friend found guilty by jury

  02-08-2017 22:23 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A jury in the murder trial for a man accused of shooting his friend in 2008 has returned a guilty verdict.
  Erik Donaldson, 32, was convicted of murder in the second degree for fatally shooting his friend, 22-year-old Christian Thomas of Buffalo, nine years ago.
  Thomas’ body was found in an area between two houses on Montana Street in April 2008. He had been shot in the face and back.
  Thomas had been missing since Dec. 30, 2007.
  The jury reached their decision i
  
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• Fisher-Price to hold job fair Monday

  02-08-2017 21:54 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Fisher-Price is looking to hire 200 seasonal customer service associates for the upcoming holiday season.
  The company will host a job fair this Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave.
  Fisher-Price will be conducting on-site interviews at the job fair, with the potential for on-site job offers.
  Start dates for the positions begin Aug. 28 and run through November. Varying shifts are available for days, nights, and weekends.
  “The ri
  
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• Department of Transportation to host public information meeting about proposed Scajaquada transformation

  02-08-2017 21:33 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) will host a public information meeting next week to present the proposed project to transform NY Route 198 (Scajaquada Expressway) from an urban expressway to an urban boulevard.
  The meeting will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Bulger Communications Center at Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave.
  The meeting will be an informal open house with displays for the proposed project.
  A presentati
  
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• DJ Khaled joins lineup for NY State Fair

  02-08-2017 21:20 via wivb.com
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WIVB) – DJ, producer, and record label owner DJ Khaled is the latest act announced to perform at the New York State Fair in Syracuse later this month.
  DJ Khaled will perform at the Chevy Court stage at 2 p.m. Aug. 26, it was announced Wednesday.
  DJ Khaled has put out ten albums, all of which have broken into the top 15 on Billboard album charts. His last two albums, “Major Key” and “Grateful” both hit #1.
  The Great New York State Fair runs Aug. 23 th
  
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• Off-duty deputy performs CPR, saves person who collapsed at local gym

  02-08-2017 20:37 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Sheriff’s office says one of their off-duty deputies saved a life at a local gym on Wednesday.
  Deputy Lundberg was working out at a gym in Cheektowaga when another person at the facility collapsed.
  Lundberg quickly reacted, performing life-saving CPR on the male. In addition to that, the Sheriff’s office says Lundberg used a defibrillator on him.
  Emergency responders arrived at the scene, and by that time, the person’s heart was
  
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• Williamsville plasma donor site saves thousands of babies lives annually

  02-08-2017 20:11 via wivb.com
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Western new yorkers are responsible for saving the lives of thousands of babies around the world.And it all happens through donating plasma at a lab in williamsvillle.
  The therapy, marketed in the medical world, as Rhogam helps pregnant women with RH-negative blood.
  Almost 50 years ago at the KEDplasma labs, two doctors created a therapy that essentially rid the world of hemolytic disease of the newborn or HDFN.
  Nicole Mrugalski is an RN Plasma Specialist
  
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• Terry Pegula wants “respect” for the Bills this season

  02-08-2017 20:01 via wivb.com
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula met with the media on Wednesday following the team’s sixth practice of training camp.
  The owner said he has liked what he has seen so far under new head coach Sean McDermott. Adding that he enjoy watching the position battles on the roster and watches film with staff after practice.
  He also said he expects that this season’s team will garner respect for how they play on the field.
  Speaking of football fields, Pegula was
  
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• Structure fire reported in Dunkirk

  02-08-2017 18:48 via wivb.com
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A structure fire was reported in Dunkirk on Wednesday.
  It is not clear where exactly the fire took place, or what started it.
  It is also not known if anyone was injured.
  News 4 will provide more information as soon as it is available.
  
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• Hundreds of hopeful applicants turn out for Amazon Jobs day

  02-08-2017 18:19 via wivb.com
  DEPEW, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s a few minutes past 8 a.m., a few minutes after the job fair officially starts, and the chairs in the waiting area are already filling up.  The room inside Salvatore’s Italian Gardens is silent aside from resumes shuffling in hands and a clinking sound as someone clips and unclips a watch, nervously, ahead of the interviews with Amazon.
  “It’s tough to find jobs around here,” said Martin Kosha, one of many hopeful applicants a
  
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• Minneapolis building explodes, collapses; 1 death reported

  02-08-2017 18:16 via wivb.com
  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (WIVB) — A building has collapsed, reportedly killing at least one person, according to CBS.
  CBS contributors in Minnesota say the explosion happened at Minnehaha Academy. People nearby heard a loud boom when it happened.
  A parent, whose child attends the school, said construction had been happening in the building.
  Contributors say that once a gas leak was reported, people had roughly 15 seconds to get out of the building.
  According to the Minneapolis Fire Department, n
  
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• 2 missing after explosion, collapse at Minneapolis school

  02-08-2017 18:16 via wivb.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two people are unaccounted for after an explosion and partial building collapse Wednesday at a Minneapolis grade school, fire officials said.
  The Minneapolis Fire Department initially tweeted that one fatality was reported in the collapse at Minnehaha Academy. But fire officials haven’t been able to confirm that report, and Assistant Fire Chief Bryan Tyner said they are backing off that statement.
  Tyner said three people were rescued from t
  
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• Woman convicted of killing boyfriend released from jail

  02-08-2017 18:00 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — A North Tonawanda woman, convicted of stabbing her boyfriend to death, is now a free woman.
  Jennifer Marchant was released from the Niagara County Jail on Wednesday morning after being sentenced to 12 years in prison.
  She spent the past four years behind bars, charged with manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend, Ralph Stone.
  She has maintained that she was trying to defend herself.
  Appellate judges decided last week that the jury’s verdict was wrong.
  They
  
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• “Olden Days and Modern Ways” at the Niagara County Fair

  02-08-2017 17:51 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Niagara County Fair is celebrating its opening day Wednesday as it once again invites local residents to experience all the traditional fair favorites along with some new family fun.
  The theme for this year’s fair, which runs through Sunday, is Olden Days and Modern Ways, and organizers have high hopes for high attendance numbers.
  “I think it’s one of the best fairs and I hope no one misses it,” said Cathy Maloney, the executive director
  
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• VIDEO: Carjacking suspect makes woman start her car for him

  02-08-2017 17:29 via wivb.com
  ATLANTA, Ga. (WIVB) — The video above shows surveillance video that has Atlanta police alarmed.
  It shows a suspect pointing a gun at a woman before robbing and stealing her car at a gas station.
  Police say the man took her keys, cell phone, wallet and items she bought from the station.
  He tried to take her car, but initially, he couldn’t get it to move. The reason? He did not know how to operate a push-to-start car.
  The woman was told to come back and start her car, and that’s
  
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• Volunteers wanted for soil study related to Tonawanda Coke

  02-08-2017 16:54 via wivb.com
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local organization is looking for volunteers to gather soil in Tonawanda.
  Citizen Science Community Resources (CSCR), the University at Buffalo and SUNY Fredonia are collaborating on a study about the effect of emissions from Tonawanda Coke Corporation on soil near the plant.
  In March 2014, Tonawanda Coke was ordered to fund the $711,000 study.
  MORE | Tonawanda Coke study nears start date
  CSCR says that many dangerous chemicals were found when they submitted
  
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• Jury: Couple who defamed Texas wedding photog must pay $1M

  02-08-2017 15:45 via wivb.com
  DALLAS (AP) — A Texas jury has awarded a wedding photographer more than $1 million after determining a newly married couple unhappy with her work launched a social media campaign to post falsehoods about her.
  The Dallas County jury found Friday that the campaign against Andrea Polito amounted to defamation.
  The jury unanimously found the couple acted of out malice in targeting Polito in the months after their October 2014 wedding.
  Polito said in her lawsuit th
  
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• Family of bullied girl to sue school district over suicide

  02-08-2017 15:35 via wivb.com
  ROSELAND, N.J. (AP) — The family of a 12-year-old New Jersey girl who killed herself said Tuesday it will sue her school district for not stepping in to address the problem of cyberbullying.
  An attorney for the family of Mallory Grossman said he will file a notice of intent to sue the Rockaway Township school district for negligence. The notice is a required precursor to the filing of a lawsuit.
  Mallory took her own life in June after months of bullying by several of he
  
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• University creates automated way to test blood samples

  02-08-2017 15:04 via wivb.com
  VIRGINIA (WIVB) — Does it ever take a long time for your blood work to come back?
  If so, a lab in Virginia has created a way to speed up the process and potentially reduce costs.
  The University at Virginia Health System created an automated way to test patients’ blood samples using high tech robots.
  Here’s how the system works: sealed samples travel along the conveyor belts to various analyzers, where the machines remove the cap, conduct the necessary tests, reseal the tube, th
  
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• Money may be issue behind shortage of primary care physicians

  02-08-2017 14:30 via wivb.com
  HAMDEN, Conn. (WIVB) — It is estimated that by 2025, there could be a shortage of up to 35,000 primary care physicians, and some doctors believe money may be the issue.
  The dean at Quinnipiac University’s new medical school in Connecticut says primary care applicants are put at the top of the admissions list because of their importance in the medical field.
  Some veteran doctors say that after graduating with several hundred thousand dollars in debt, most choose a specialty to fo
  
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• Fire breaks out at east side home

  02-08-2017 13:10 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A number of people did not wake up in their home Wednesday due to a fire that broke out on Buffalo’s east side.
  It happened around 2 a.m. on Rustic Pl., just south of Genesee St. According to fire officials, it started on a hallway ceiling.
  Four people lived in the home.
  The fire caused $15,000 in damage to the building and $10,000 to the contents.
  The cause is under investigation.
  
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• Dozens speak out for & against proposed National Grid rate hike

  02-08-2017 05:30 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Dozens of protestors outside a Public Service Commission hearing Tuesday night pushed back against a proposed National Grid rate hike.
  The utility company proposes raising customers’ bills by about $9 a month for the average customer. It would be tacked onto the rate customers pay per kilowatt hour. It will go into effect April 1, 2018 if it’s approved.
  “A rate increase will mean the difference between keeping electricity on or having it shut off,&rdq
  
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• Body of 18-year-old Cattaraugus County man found in Chicago

  02-08-2017 04:58 via wivb.com
  CHICAGO, Ill. (WIVB) – The body of a young Cattaraugus County man was found Tuesday under an “L” train in Chicago.
  Investigators say he was an 18-year-old man from the town of Freedom.
  His name has not been officially confirmed.
  The man’s body was found in a grassy area in a Costco parking lot.
  Investigators will not say how they think he died.
  
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• Buffalo Common Council president calling for greater transparency about traffic stops

  02-08-2017 03:35 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Darius Pridgen, Buffalo Common Council president, is calling on the Buffalo Police Department to be more transparent with their locations of traffic checkpoints around the city.
  Buffalo Police use checkpoint to stop cars as they’re coming through a certain area to check for violations- anything from not wearing seat belts to driving with outdated registration. Checkpoints are held strategically at different places around the city.
  Pridgen said that there’
  
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• Massive black bear naps on Florida man’s doorstep while taking cover from rain

  02-08-2017 02:10 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS)  – Warren Woodard almost didn’t believe his wife when she told him a giant black bear was blocking the front entrance to their Longwood, Florida, house last week.
  When he arrived home, his wife waved him over to the garage door.
  “She said, ‘Come here a minute. There’s a bear laying at the door asleep,'” Woodard told CBS affiliate WKMG-TV.
  He walked inside the house and peeked outside the front door.
  Sure enough, he saw what appeared to be
  
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• New Jersey senator looking to legalize marijuana at the federal level

  02-08-2017 00:53 via wivb.com
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker says he’s introducing legislation to legalize marijuana at the federal level.
  Booker announced his measure Tuesday in a Facebook Live video.
  He says the legislation is needed to because the federal marijuana prohibition unfairly affects poor and minority citizens, who he says are subject to arrest at greater rates than wealthier and white people.
  The legislation comes in the face of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’
  
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• Hot car deaths reach record numbers in July

  02-08-2017 00:43 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – As of July 31, the number of children across the United States who have died of heatstroke when left in hot cars was at a record high.This year, 29 children have died of heatstroke after being left in a vehicle. That’s more than at this point in previous years, according to Jan Null, a certified consulting meteorologist with the Department of Meteorology & Climate Science at San Jose State University. And 11 of those deaths were reported in the past week alone.This
  
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• Tonawanda man believes family heirloom painting is a Michelangelo

  02-08-2017 00:23 via wivb.com
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Martin Kober grew up believing that the small, wood paneled painting in his family’s home was a work of Michelangelo.
  The family even referred to the painting as “The Mike”. It was given to Kober’s family in the 18th century, and the family has been trying to get it recognized by the artistic community for generations.
  So far, they haven’t been successful.
  Kober said that his earliest member of the painting was in a family home in Syra
  
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