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• Several people injured following ride malfunction at Darien Lake on Saturday

  01-10-2017 22:16 via wivb.com
   TOWN OF DARIEN, N.Y. (WIVB)- Darien Lake’s Silver Bullet ride successfully completed it’s daily inspection on Sunday morning.
  The ride reopened to the public after several people were hurt following a malfunction when bringing the ride to a stop on Saturday.
  Viewer video shows seat carts on the ride swinging back and forth which is not how the ride usually runs. The viewer who took the video tells News 4 that he heard people on the ride screaming.
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• Hauschka, defense lift Bills to 23-17 victory over Falcons

  01-10-2017 22:03 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Stephen Hauschka continues to live up to this nickname “Haush Money” booting 56 and 55-yard field goals late in the fourth quarter to lift the Bills to a 23-17 win over the previously unbeaten Falcons.
  Hauschka has now made 11 straight kicks from 50-yards or longer.“HAUSCH MONEY”
  56-yarder for Stephen Hauschka gives #Bills a 20-17 lead in the 4th! pic.twitter.com/YyBYhhd910
  — Nick Filipowski (@NEWS4_NICK) October 1, 2017
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• ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ host, philanthropist Monty Hall dies

  01-10-2017 20:56 via wivb.com
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Monty Hall, the genial TV game show host whose long-running “Let’s Make a Deal” traded on love of money and merchandise and the mystery of which door had the car behind it, has died. He was 96.
  Hall, who had been in poor health, died Saturday morning of heart failure at his home in Beverly Hills, said his daughter, Sharon Hall of Los Angeles.
  “Let’s Make a Deal,” which Hall co-created, debuted as a daytime show on NBC in 1963
  
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• Several Bills kneel during national anthem

  01-10-2017 19:10 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Prior to kickoff in Atlanta and for the second straight week, the Bills locked arms while others knelt during the playing of the national anthem.
  Kaelin Clay, Cedric Thornton, Mike Tolbert, Shareece Wright, Taiwan Jones and Jerel Worthy all took a knee.Six #Bills kneel for the anthem today. pic.twitter.com/n1uqxQMWN2
  — Thad Brown (@thadbrown7) October 1, 2017
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• Mixed response to return of UB’s 24-hour weekend shuttle

  01-10-2017 18:57 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  For UB students, the return of what they all call the ‘drunk bus’ means a safe, free ride home from parties.
  “Freshman some down from North to party, and the buses are great way from them to get back to North safely,” says UB sophomore Akinsola Akinwu, who lives near South Campus.
  “This area is known for parties and drinking and that’s what you do in college, everyone drinks in college, everyone parties,” Junior Kristin F
  
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• Keys to a Bills win against Falcons

  01-10-2017 18:37 via wivb.com
  (WIVB) Josh Reed, Thad Brown, Scott Pitoniak, and Nick Filipowski  share their thoughts on what the Bills need to do to win in Atlanta.
  Topics include Tyrod Taylor, turnovers, Steven Hauschka, and LeSean McCoy.
   
  
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• Niagara Falls Fire Department holds memorial service

  01-10-2017 18:17 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Sunday, the Niagara Falls Fire Department held a memorial service in honor of firefighters who have passed away.
  Thomas Colangelo, Niagara Falls Fire Chief shared with News 4 a bit about the ceremony. He said, “When we ring the bells, it’s them coming back into the firehouse for one last time.”
  The honored firefighters include Robert Bloom, Francis Downie, Richard Johnston, Benjamin Kudela, Robert Miller, Jack Shiah, and William Smit
  
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• VIDEO: Marilyn Manson hurt onstage during NYC show

  01-10-2017 17:04 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Marilyn Manson’s representative says the singer was injured in a mishap on stage during a New York City performance and taken to a hospital.Variety reports that Manson was performing a cover of the Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” when he began to climb a podium, causing it to wobble. Manson fell backward and the prop fell on him. Soon the house and stage lights went off for several minutes and came back on
  
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• Marilyn Manson hurt onstage during NYC show

  01-10-2017 17:04 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Marilyn Manson’s representative says the singer was injured in a mishap on stage during a New York City performance and taken to a hospital.Variety reports that Manson was performing a cover of the Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” when he began to climb a podium, causing it to wobble. Manson fell backward and the prop fell on him. Soon the house and stage lights went off for several minutes and came back on
  
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• Buffalo Kickoff LIVE: Roundtable Bills at Falcons

  01-10-2017 16:42 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Each week the Buffalo Kickoff LIVE panel tackles three storylines leading up to the Bills weekly matchup.
  Ahead of their showdown with Atlanta (3-0) the BKL crew discusses:
  1) Cordy Glenn and his health – The left tackle isn’t just battling one football injury, he’s nursing two.  Rookie Dion Dawkins is slated to make his second straight start.  How far can the Bills good with a rookie protecting Tyrod Taylor’s blindside?2) Marcell Da
  
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• The Big Story: Grounding the Falcons Offense

  01-10-2017 16:01 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Bills defense is allowing just a shade over 12 points per game, which ranks No. 1 in the NFL.
  However, they haven’t faced an offense nearly as talented at the Falcons.
  Atlanta is averaging 29 points per game (5th most in the league) and are led by an elite quarterback in Matt Ryan.
  “He does a lot of good things — it’s not just one thing he does well over another thing,” Safety Jordan Poyer said Wednesday.  “He manages
  
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• 5 Questions with Stephen Hauschka

  01-10-2017 16:00 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – He’s the reigning AFC Special Team Kicker of the Week, and behind four field goals from Stephen Hauschka the Bills improved to 2-1 overall.  The Buffalo Kickoff LIVE crew caught up with the man known simply as ‘Haush Money’.
  Buffalo Kickoff Live: First thing is first.  You’re a kick in the NFL and nicknames are hard to come by sometimes, but you’ve got one, ‘Haush Money.’ Do guys give you a hard time about that or d
  
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• O.J. Simpson out of prison after 9 years for armed robbery

  01-10-2017 15:38 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former football legend O.J. Simpson became a free man Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel room heist in Las Vegas that brought the conviction and prison time he avoided in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend after his 1995 acquittal in the “trial of the century” in Los Angeles.
  Simpson was released at 12:08 a.m. PDT from Lovelock Correctional Center in northern Nevada, state prisons spokeswoman Brooke Keast told The Associated Press. She
  
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• Early morning house fire in Town of Rushford

  01-10-2017 14:23 via wivb.com
  RUSHFORD, N.Y. (WIVB)- Just after one o’clock Sunday morning authorities were called to a house fire on Main Street in the Town of Rushford in Allegany County.
  Main Street in the Town of RushfordOfficials say multiple fire agencies were dispatched to the scene.
  We’ve reached out to fire crews and are working to find out more about what caused the fire, damage estimates, and if the home was occupied at the time of the incident.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• Former UB Provost Passes Away

  01-10-2017 05:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The SUNY community is mourning the loss of a long-time educator.
  Elizabeth Capaldi Phillips passed away at her Gainesville, Florida home last week after battling brain cancer for the past year.
  She served as University at Buffalo provost and eventually became chief of staff of the SUNY system.
   
   
  
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• 2 Hurt in Wheatfield Crash

  01-10-2017 01:35 via wivb.com
  WHEATFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB) – Niagara County Sheriff’s say two people were hurt in a head-on crash in the Town of Wheatfield.
  It happened on River Road Near Sunset Drive around 11:30 p.m. Friday night.
  Officials tell us a man driving eastbound crossed the center line and drove into the path of a car going westbound.
  The 25-year-old man from North Tonawanda and 68-year-old woman, also from North Tonawanda had to be cut out of their cars.
  Both were taken to ECMC with non-life threaten
  
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• Bulls hoops team holds first practice of the 2017-2018 season

  01-10-2017 01:16 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The UB Bulls held their first practice of the hoops season on Saturday afternoon, as they look to turn the page from a disappointing postseason.
  After back-to-back MAC championship wins and NCAA appearances, Buffalo was bounced from the conference tournament early.
  UB brings back familiar names in forward Nick Perkins and starting point guard CJ Massinburg, who finished second on the team in scoring.
  “We have had a really good off season in my opinion,” h
  
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• Bulls win MAC opener over Kent State 27-13

  01-10-2017 00:46 via wivb.com
  KENT, OH (WIVB) – The UB football team was forced to begin MAC play without starting quarterback Tyree Jackson, who suffered a knee injury last week in a win over Florida Atlantic. Jackson did travel to Kent State with the Bulls.
  In his place, Drew Anderson got the start — a junior transfer from Diablo Valley College in California.
  Anderson was able to breathe easy from the start, as running back Emmanuel Reed carried the load, scoring three first half touchdowns. Reed finished
  
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