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• ‘Hamilton’ creator: New song a ‘love letter to Puerto Rico’

  30-09-2017 23:19 via wivb.com
  (CNN) “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and his father, Luis Miranda, made a passionate plea for help for the hurricane-ravaged island of Puerto Rico.They emphasized the seriousness of the crisis, with many people lacking power, food and fuel more than a week after Hurricane Maria made landfall.“Puerto Ricans, that’s 3.5 million American citizens, just like Texas, just like Florida,” said the younger Miranda whose parents moved to New York from Puerto Rico
  
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• Will slow starts doom Sabres this season?

  30-09-2017 23:14 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Slow starts were the identity of the Sabres a season ago, and even though it’s a new year with a new coach and philosophy, the preseason had a similar feeling.
  With the exception of one game, Head Coach Phil Housley wasn’t too pleased with the Blue & Gold’s energy in the first period of their exhibition slate.
  “I think just our starts in general haven’t been very good,” Housley told reporters following their 3-1 loss to th
  
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• Attorney: ‘No doubt’ OJ Simpson goes to Florida after prison

  30-09-2017 21:48 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson will live in Florida after he is released on parole from a Nevada prison where he has been held for the past nine years for a robbery conviction, his lawyer said Friday.Attorney Malcolm LaVergne didn’t specify where the former sports and movie star would live, although Tom Scotto, a close friend who lives in Naples, Florida, has offered his home. Scotto didn’t respond to messages seeking comment.
  “He’s going to Florida,&r
  
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• Retaining wall at Olcott Yacht Club collapses

  30-09-2017 21:24 via wivb.com
  OLCOTT, N.Y. (WIVB)- The steel retaining wall at the Olcott Yacht Club collapsed around 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
  Niagara County Chief Information Officer, Christian Peck says this is most likely the result of springtime flooding due to elevated lake levels.
  Peck says the collapse has caused “widespread destabilization of the land adjacent to the main building”.
  The Yacht Club is located at 1535 Van Buren.
  News 4’s Shannon Smith will be live from Olcott on News
  
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• Sabres send Bailey, Deslauriers and Fedun to Rochester

  30-09-2017 20:05 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – With Tuesday’s deadline to trim the roster to 23 on the horizon, the Sabres sent forwards Justin Bailey and Nick Deslauriers along with defenseman Taylor Fedun to Rochester, while also releasing defenseman Cody Goloubef.
  Both Deslauriers and Fedun are subject to waivers.
  The move signals that Seth Griffith could be in line for a spot on the opening night roster, when the Sabres host the Montreal Canadiens to start the season.
  Griffith scored a goal in the
  
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• Solar powered carousel coming to Canalside

  30-09-2017 18:42 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —Canalside is no stranger to new things. In just about 2 years, it will be adding another addition, The Buffalo Heritage Carousel.
  Saturday, a panel met at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo to continue discussions about the future of the carousel. When all is done, 34 horses will be a part of the carousel. So far 6 have been completed because of how slow the process is.
  Roseanne Hirsch, carousel restorer, told News 4, “We’ve had horses we’re
  
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• Aspiring local musician sings heartfelt apology to mom, song goes viral

  30-09-2017 18:22 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB)- 22-year-old Jarrett Hoyt needed to express to his mother, Karen, how grateful he was for her; he also needed to tell her how sorry he felt for the pain he caused as a teenager.
  “I was adopted at birth so there was just always this disconnect between me and my parents,” he says.
  The aspiring musician put his heart to keys, and wrote his mother a song of redemption.
  For Hoyt, this musical apology might be the most important song he’s ever written.
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• Trump lashes out at San Juan mayor who begged for more help

  30-09-2017 17:29 via wivb.com
  BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the mayor of San Juan and other officials in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, contemptuous of their claims of a laggard U.S. response to the natural disaster that has imperiled the island’s future.“Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help,” Trump said in a series of tweets a day after the capital city
  
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• Islanders top Sabres in preseason finale 3-1

  30-09-2017 06:09 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Phil Housley told reporters Friday morning he wanted Sam Reinhart to return to his roots at center and provide some additional scoring for the Sabres on the third line.
  Reinhart did just that in the Buffalo’s preseason finale scoring the lone goal in the Sabres’ 3-1 loss to the New York Islanders.
  The offense, which has struggled over the last week, scored one of fewer goals in three of their final four preseason games.  They scored four in a loss to
  
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• GI knocks off Starpoint, Cheektowaga improves to 4-1

  30-09-2017 05:55 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –
  Cheektowaga 13, Burgard 6 FPioneer 14, Lew-Port 7 FClarence 13, Bennett 14 FStarpoint 7, Grand Island 33 FLancaster 61, Niagara-Wheatfield 28 FMedina 40, Barker 14 FSweet Home 32, Kenmore East 24 FMcKinley 28, Hamburg 19 FNiagara Falls 46, Frontier 14 FWSW 35, Lackawanna 8 FMaryvale 67, East Aurora 6 FSt. Joe’s 6, Cardinal Mooney 34 FWilson 28, Eden 6 FCleveland Hill 46, Akron 6 F
  
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• Parent accuses high school football coach of hitting player

  30-09-2017 04:55 via wivb.com
  ANGOLA, N.Y. –– Parents in the Lake Shore School District are calling for a football coach to be fired after they say he hit one of his players.
  Craig Hutchinson’s son Branden is a junior at Lake Shore High School and plays varsity football. He says his 16 year old son is used to getting hit on the field.
  “He’s been playing football for 10 years now, so he’s upset,” said Craig Hutchinson.
  But Hutchinson recently Branden was hit by his own coach.
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• A family’s dilemma: Is it a scam, or did someone make a big mistake?

  30-09-2017 02:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – With Internet scams, mail fraud, and computer hackers dominating the news, especially the massive security breach at Equifax, consumers are on edge when it comes to their privacy.
  A Cheektowaga family received a packet in the mail this week that looked so much like an official notice–right down to bar codes, and court identification numbers—it caused them to wonder suspect it was a sophisticated scam, or a monumental case of mistaken identity.
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• Whole Foods investigating credit hack

  30-09-2017 02:01 via wivb.com
  (CBS) – Whole Foods is investigating a breach of customer credit information at some of its stores.
  The company said Friday that it “received information regarding unauthorized access of payment card information” at the checkouts of in-store restaurants and bars, known as “taprooms,” at a number of its locations. The company did not say how many stores were affected or where they are located. More than 40 Whole Foods stores also serve beer on tap.
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