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• Report: Roy Moore, GOP Senate candidate, initiated sexual encounter with 14-year-old girl when he was 32

  09-11-2017 23:59 via wivb.com
  (CBS) – A woman named Leigh Corfman says that when she was 14 years old in 1979, Roy Moore, the current GOP Senate candidate in Alabama initiated a sexual encounter with her when he was 32 years old, according to The Washington Post.
  Moore approached Corfman, outside a courtroom in Alabama, the report said, while her mother was inside at a child custody hearing and struck up a conversation with her.
  He asked for Corfman’s phone number and picked up a few days later near her hous
  
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• Lackawanna officials reflect on massive blaze at old Bethlehem Steel plant

  09-11-2017 23:31 via wivb.com
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB)- You’ll still find crews working at the old Bethlehem Steel site just off Route 5 in Lackawanna; the building caught fire Nov. 9, 2016 and had to be demolished.
  The clean-up process is ongoing, and it’s cost the City of Lackawanna more than $630,000 in demolition fees, overtime, and air quality testing.
  The Lackawanna Fire Department isn’t very large, but records show they are fast. They arrived on scene within three minutes of the call going o
  
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• Don Postles returns to the anchor desk today

  09-11-2017 20:54 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Don Postles will return to the News 4 anchor desk this Monday, November 13.
  Don took time off to recuperate from a brief illness but he is excited to get back to work.
  He will co-anchor the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts.
  We're getting the band back together again — Monday at 5 p.m! @DonPostles4 returns to @news4buffalo.(He'll see that somebody has been watering the plants on his desk during his recuperation! ) pic.twitter.com/9lGMaaZ9G5
  — Jacquie Walker (@ja
  
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• Don Postles returns to the anchor desk Monday

  09-11-2017 20:54 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Don Postles will return to the News 4 anchor desk this Monday, November 13.
  Don took time off to recuperate from a brief illness but he is excited to get back to work.
  He will co-anchor the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts.We're getting the band back together again — Monday at 5 p.m! @DonPostles4 returns to @news4buffalo.(He'll see that somebody has been watering the plants on his desk during his recuperation! ) pic.twitter.com/9lGMaaZ9G5
  — Jacquie Walker (@jac
  
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• Mother blames Dr. Gosy for her son’s death

  09-11-2017 20:27 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 166-count indictment against Dr. Eugene Gosy, 56, was returned by a federal grand jury.
  The new indictment supersedes an indictment handed up in April 2016, adding charges of distributing and dispensing controlled substances, other than for legitimate medical purposes, resulting in the death of six patients.
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  Five years ago, News 4’s Nalina Shapiro sat down with Dr. Gosy and a woman who blamed him for her son’s death.
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• TSA screenings fail to spot weapons most of the time, agency says

  09-11-2017 19:17 via wivb.com
  (CBS) — An undercover operation has revealed that Transportation Security Administration screenings at airports fail for the most part.
  Homeland Security investigators found that, more than 70 percent of the time, undercover officers were able to get through TSA checkpoints with mock knives, guns and explosives, the House Homeland Security Committee was told Wednesday. Just two years ago, testing found a 95 percent failure rate, reports CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave.
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• Suspect in custody after shelter in place issued for part of Town of Niagara

  09-11-2017 19:11 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF NIAGARA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Niagara County Sheriff’s office issued a shelter in place for the area of Grauer Rd. between Hermitage Rd. and Military Rd. in Town of Niagara due to an “extraordinary threat to life or property.”
  Around 1:20 p.m., News 4 learned that a suspect was taken into custody. No one was hurt.
  Shortly after that, the Niagara County Sheriff’s office said the shelter in place was lifted.
  News 4 will have more information as soon as it is avai
  
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• Cheektowaga students honor veterans with special ceremony

  09-11-2017 18:54 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sixty five veterans from all different branches were welcomed by students at the Maryvale Intermediate School. Students invited anyone they know who is a veteran, or is currently serving and thanked them, one by one.
  “Heart touching, heartwarming. It’s beautiful,” said veteran Peter Szrkmao.
  “I honored my step dad Jeff Smith and he served in the Army and the Air Force,” said Elizabeth Fiaschetti, 3rd grader.
  “I think once they
  
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• Benefit to be held for Officer Lehner

  09-11-2017 18:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A benefit for Officer Craig Lehner will take place next week at Club Marcella.
  The November 16 event will go from 4-9 p.m. and all ages are welcome to attend.
  The event will feature a 50/50 raffle and a silent auction.
  With a $20 donation, attendees can get dinner and their first drink.
  The proceeds from the event will go toward purchasing a new Buffalo Police Department K-9 in honor of Officer Lehner.
  According to Police Lt. Jeff Rinaldo, the average police K-9 cost
  
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• Fashion Outlets welcomes eight new retailers as holiday shopping season begins

  09-11-2017 18:06 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Shoppers who head to the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls USA this holiday season can enjoy several new options.
  Eight retailers are opening in the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls this season, including two new permanent additions, Dough Boyz, which offers customers scoops of chilled cookie dough in cups or cones, and BFLO Niagara Gallery & Gift Shop.
  BFLO opened its newest location in Western New York last weekend. “It’s gone really well. It&r
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Police announce benefit for Officer Lehner

  09-11-2017 17:53 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police are announcing a benefit for Officer Craig Lehner.
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• Tractor-trailer rolls over in Wyoming County

  09-11-2017 17:49 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF SHELDON, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Wyoming County Sheriff’s office says a tractor-trailer rolled over in the Town of Sheldon Tuesday morning.
  The incident happened just before 5:30 a.m. at the intersection of Route 20A and Humphrey Rd. Deputies, New York State Police and the Sheldon and Varysburg fire departments responded to the scene.
  The driver was taken to Wyoming County Community Hospital for minor injuries, and was released later in the day.
  Deputies say he was driving too
  
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• Steve Scalise challenges Texas congressman to scooter race

  09-11-2017 17:23 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS) — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, who has been using a scooter since he was injured by a gunman at a congressional baseball practice in June, has begun experimenting with other uses for the scooter besides simply getting around.
  On Wednesday morning, 52-year-old Scalise challenged 87-year-old Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, who also uses a scooter to navigate the halls of the Capitol, to a race inside the Capitol.
  Scalise began using the scooter after he w
  
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• Application period for HEAP assistance starts Monday

  09-11-2017 16:36 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Fortunately, the really frigid weather looks like it is going to be short-lived, so a couple of extra blankets should suffice for later this week, but you need to start getting ready now for heating your home this winter.
  While the application period for HEAP assistance starts Monday, there are other things western New Yorkers can do now, to get ready for those upcoming frigid days of winter.
  The Erie County Department of Social Services has a Heating Equipment and R
  
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• What you need to know for Oishei Children’s Hospital move

  09-11-2017 15:19 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Moving day is just around the corner for the staff and patients at Women and Children’s Hospital.
  The doors to the new Oishei Children’s Hospital will open this Friday in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Upwards of 200 patients will need to be moved starting in the morning.
  Hospital leaders will slowly, but surely make this historic move, and they’re taking every safety precaution possible.
  It’s a project that started a decade ago, and from
  
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• LIVE STREAM: What you need to know for Oishei Children’s Hospital move

  09-11-2017 15:19 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Moving day is just around the corner for the staff and patients at Women and Children’s Hospital.
  APP USERS | Watch a live update on the move here.
  The doors to the new Oishei Children’s Hospital will open this Friday in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Upwards of 200 patients will need to be moved starting in the morning.
  Hospital leaders will slowly, but surely make this historic move, and they’re taking every safety precaution possible.
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• Bill would lower drinking age in Wisconsin to 19

  09-11-2017 14:20 via wivb.com
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The legal drinking age would be only 19 in Wisconsin under a bill circulated by the former president of the Tavern League and two other Republican lawmakers.
  The proposal unveiled Wednesday calls for lowering the drinking age from the current minimum of 21 only if Wisconsin would not lose its federal highway funds. A federal law passed in 1984 penalized states with a reduction in federal highway money if they didn&rsquo
  
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• Target reveals Thanksgiving, Black Friday plans and deals

  09-11-2017 13:36 via wivb.com
  (WROC-TV) — The holidays may be weeks away but some retailers are already in the holiday spirit.
  Target says its stores will be open from 6 p.m. to midnight on Thanksgiving, and they will reopen at 6 a.m. on Black Friday.
  Target also says its Black Friday deals will be available online early the morning of Thanksgiving, with free shipping on all orders.
  And, for the first time, when you spend $50 on Black Friday, you’ll get a 20 percent off coupon for a futur
  
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• Amazon wants you to shop for Black Friday in augmented reality

  09-11-2017 13:31 via wivb.com
  (CNN) — The company has rolled out its Black Friday deals store, with bargains offered through the day after Thanksgiving.
  For the first time, augmented reality is an option. Amazon says iPhone customers can shop for home office products, decor and electronics — and get a look at how those products would look in their own homes.
  Here’s how it works: Customers with iOS 11 installed on their iPhone 6S or later can choose to shop in AR through the Amazon App.
  There, they can pick
  
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• Walmart to offer Black Friday deals early on its website

  09-11-2017 13:22 via wivb.com
  BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Walmart hopes to tempt shoppers with online deals before Black Friday.
  It’s beginning some online deals Thursday and plans to offer most of its Black Friday deals online starting at 12:01 a.m. on Thanksgiving. Stores will be open all day on Thanksgiving with the deals available there at 6 p.m. Walmart is adding a color-coded map of store departments on its circulars that it hopes will make it easier for customers to find items.
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• Delaware Ave. reopens after water main break

  09-11-2017 12:24 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crews have started cleaning up following a major water main break on Delaware Ave. near the S-curves.
  The road was under water Thursday morning after the incident. A member of the Buffalo Water Department told News 4 the water main break was 20 inches.
  The flooding left behind dirt and rocks.
  Earlier in the morning, part of Delaware Ave. was blocked off. This made the eastbound ramp onto Route 198 inaccessible from there.
  
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• Community groups present their own plans for the Scajaquada expressway

  09-11-2017 05:08 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The years long controversy about the Scajaquada Expressway in Buffalo continues. Community groups presented their own plans for what should happen to the expressway Wednesday. These plans come about 3 months after the New York State Department of Transportation presented its designs to turn the urban expressway into an urban boulevard.
  “Restoring the park, reuniting the park, reconnecting the park to its communities,” said Brian Dold with the Buffalo Olms
  
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• Doctors face new challenges with opioid epidemic

  09-11-2017 04:48 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Acting U.S. Attorney James Kennedy announced Wednesday that a 166-count indictment against Dr. Eugene Gosy, 56, was returned by a federal grand jury. The new indictment supersedes an indictment handed up in April 2016, adding charges of distributing and dispensing controlled substances, other than for legitimate medical purposes, resulting the death of six patients.
  The indictment of Gosy paints a picture of a careless pill-mill doctor, who ignored patient addiction.
  
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• Self-operating shuttle bus crashes after Las Vegas launch

  09-11-2017 04:34 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The robots won this one.
  A driverless shuttle bus was involved in a minor crash with a semi-truck less than two hours after it made its debut on Las Vegas streets Wednesday in front of cameras and celebrities.
  The human behind the wheel of the truck was at fault, police said.
  Las Vegas police officer Aden Ocampo-Gomez said the semi-truck’s driver was cited for illegal backing. No injuries were reported.
  “The shuttle did what it was supposed to do, in that it&rs
  
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• CMA Awards hosts reference tragedies in opening

  09-11-2017 04:27 via wivb.com
  (AP) – County Music Association Awards hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are dedicating Wednesday’s telecast to the victims of recent mass shootings and hurricanes.
  The 10-time hosts opened the show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena with Underwood naming the cities of Las Vegas, Charlottesville, Virginia, New York and Sutherland Springs, Texas. She said the past year has been one marked by tragedies that affected “countless lives, including many in our country music
  
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• Tre White on facing Drew Brees: “He can light it up”

  09-11-2017 02:54 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tre’Davious White is living out his NFL dream, playing cornerback for the Bills.
  On Sunday when he takes the field against New Orleans, the rookie will do his best to disrupt the passes of Drew Brees – the same quarterback who provided hope, helped rebuild a city and delivered a Lombardi Trophy to “The Big Easy.”
  “After we went through Katrina, he brought us a Super Bowl,” White said standing at his locker on Wednesday. 
  
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• The clock strikes midnight, but no glass slipper for Elmwood business

  09-11-2017 02:15 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – It is one of the first things that catch your eye, as you enter Elmwood Village–chain link fences enclosing houses and storefronts at the corner of Elmwood and Forest avenues–except for the sign shop right at the corner.
  Now even ENS Signs is going dark, as that section of the village bows out for a new housing development. The mythical clock struck midnight for Clarence Carnahan’s small sign shop but there was no fairy tale ending.
  “It is a C
  
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• Political analyst: Erie County Democrats won in the long run on Election Night

  09-11-2017 01:11 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Erie County Republican Party walked away from Election Night with three major victories. Stefan Mychajliw was reelected as County Comptroller and Mickey Kearns was elected County Clerk. Barring any major surprises from absentee ballots, it’s almost certain incumbent Sheriff Tim Howard will also hold on for another term.
  A political analyst told News 4, however, the Democrats have still put themselves in a strong position for years to come. They won the majori
  
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• Nutella fans are freaking out over recipe change

  09-11-2017 00:53 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – Fans of Nutella are going absolutely nuts after the brand changed its recipe.
  Nutella said in a post on its German Facebook page on Tuesday that it was “fine tuning” its recipe. It said the addition of more powdered milk increased the spread’s sugar content.
   The brand’s U.S. Twitter page also confirmed the recipe had changed.The news was met with howls of rage on the internet, where loyal customers professed their love for the old recipe.
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• 911 caller reports woman screaming “Help!” Deputies arrive to find noisy pet parrot

  09-11-2017 00:32 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – A UPS driver was delivering packages in Clackamas, Oregon, on Monday when he heard what sounded like a woman screaming inside a residence.
  The driver, Lee Purdy, paused on the street to listen. Sure enough, once again, he heard, “Help! Help!” He didn’t know what was going on.
  He called his wife and explained the unusual situation. He told her he wasn’t sure the voice sounded real. But she called 911 just to be safe.
  “It was clearly weighing on him
  
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• Daughter accused of 2005 stabbing death of her mother

  09-11-2017 00:16 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo woman is accused of murdering her own mother.
  The crime happened twelve years ago.  Wednesday, The Erie County District Attorney’s office finally made an arrest.
  It was an emotional scene outside of the State Supreme Court room.
  Ruby Wilson, a family member, said, “It’s one thing to take someones life, but the person that bore you into this world.”
  Family members of LaShawn Lewis confront each other after she is accused of
  
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